ETFO Thames Valley Occasional Teachers' Local: March 4 Membership Meeting; Smaller Class Size Petitions; Ordering T-shirts; ETFO Provincial Focus Groups; Police Record Check Changes; Accessing the Reflection Survey

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

March 4 Membership Meeting; Smaller Class Size Petitions; Ordering T-shirts; ETFO Provincial Focus Groups; Police Record Check Changes; Accessing the Reflection Survey

1) Registration for our March 4th Membership Meeting at the Lamplighter Inn, 4:30PM - 7:00PM, will close on Friday.

Enjoy a lovely dinner (see last week's Blog for the delicious menu), and spend some time with your peers. Those who register and attend will receive $15 for transportation costs.

To attend, contact us at mail@etfotvot.com

2) This is the last week to sign ETFO's petition for "Smaller Class Sizes" so be sure to check in with the ETFO Steward and add your name to the cause.

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The Local's T-shirts have arrived and they look great, with our TVOT Logo on one sleeve and the permanent Teachers' Logo on the other!

We will bring T-shirts to our March 4 General Meeting so if you ordered one, you can pick it up then. There will be some extras there too!

Orders are still being accepted so contact us with your shirt size (S-6X) at mail@etfotvot.com - we look forward to hearing from you.

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1) ETFO Provincial will be holding 2 virtual focus groups of facilitated discussion on March 2nd (women who identify with designated groups) and March 4th (women members) as part of their Women's Program (WP) review. To apply to participate, click on ETFO Women’s Program Review Focus Groups Application – Fill out form or contact Sabrina Sawyer in the Provincial office at ssawyer@etfo.org

2) Provincial ETFO's t-shirts celebrating the International Day of Pink on April 8/26, are available for purchase until February 27th. To purchase one click on https://shop.etfo.ca/collections/clothing

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Changes to Police Record Checks

You may have seen this week's email from TVDSB (in your Outlook account) about recent Ontario legislation mandating that all school board employees undertake a new Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) every five years. Deadlines to comply are associated with the employee's birth month however, we caution members to wait for further information from both TVDSB and the Local as discussions on this process are ongoing.

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Accessing the Survey for Payment after Participation in TVDSB Paid PD -