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Yesterday, all members received an email with instructions on how to vote either to accept or reject the 2019-22 Local Tentative Agreement.
Details of the tentative agreement are available for you to review on the voting platform before you cast your ballot.
The voting deadline is November 11 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
AOTL has reached a local tentative agreement with the ADSB for the 2019-22 round of collective bargaining. Thank you to Sue Beltrano (Chief Negotiator), Mark Hollingsworth (Secretary), and Pam Dogra (ETFO Staff Officer) who worked tirelessly on your behalf to make this possible.
Tentative Agreement Presentation
A Zoom meeting link has been sent to your personal email address. No registration is necessary.
Ratification Vote
Immediately following the above presentation, all occasional teacher members will receive a special email with instructions on how to cast a vote to APPROVE or REJECT the 2019-22 Local Tentative Agreement.
Voting will be done electronically by secret ballot and each member will be allotted one vote. The voting window will be open for 24 hours. More information will be provided in the near future.
Please don’t hesitate to contact the Local office if you have any questions.
It’s not too late to participate in ETFO’s online bargaining survey.
ETFO is engaging in an extensive surveying process to prepare for the 2022 round of central bargaining. We are asking our members to participate in an online survey and provide us with their bargaining priorities for 2022.
ETFO has extended the deadline to complete the online survey to 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 7, 2021.
The application deadline for ETFO Awards is February 1. Application deadline for Scholarships and Bursaries is April 30.
Please visit etfo.ca/awards for award applications. For more information contact Sonia Ellis-Seguin at gro.o1715912613fte@n1715912613iuges1715912613sille1715912613s1715912613.
ETFO collective agreements expire as of August 31, 2022. While that may seem like a long time away, your union has already begun to prepare for the next round of central bargaining.
The goal-setting process is now actively underway. Around October 6, you should have received an email with a link to the online member survey. Please take the time to complete this important step in the collective bargaining process.
TORONTO, ON — Today, on World Teachers’ Day, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) joins people around the globe in recognizing and celebrating teachers for their outstanding commitment to the development, success, and well-being of students.
The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation is an opportunity for us to reflect, become educated and take action to address past and current injustices against Indigenous Peoples, while centring Survivors, their descendants and those who never made it home. It is a day to mourn the loss of the children whose bodies were recovered this year, those still to come home, and all those affected by both the direct and intergenerational impact of residential schools.
If you are teaching on September 30, we encourage you to wear orange and to allocate a portion of the day to age-appropriate opportunities for learning and reflection about Truth and Reconciliation. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) has a page dedicated to teaching resources which we recommend. Whatever activities you decide to undertake, this day will be an important opportunity for all students to reflect on the history of Residential Schools and to honour the lives lost. Thank you for your ongoing commitment to Indigenous Education.
OTF is offering a limited number of grants that you can use to participate in a French as a Second Language (FSL) professional learning program/activity of your choosing or to purchase resources to support your FSL proficiency and teaching. You can work with other FSL teachers in a collaborative learning team of two to four teachers, or you can apply for an individual grant. For those working in a team, the maximum grant is $500 per team member (maximum $2,000 per team), and for those working individually, the maximum grant is $250.
The deadline for applying for a grant is 5:00 pm on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Successful applicants will be notified by November 5, 2021.
To find out more about the Ici on parle français – Take 2 grant program and to apply, click here.
TORONTO, ON—Today, the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO), Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) issued the following statement in support of mandatory vaccinations in schools:
“Ontario’s education unions representing teachers, education support workers, and other school staff support mandatory vaccinations in schools. To provide the greatest level of protection to Ontario’s students and communities, we believe that everyone working in, or attending a school who is eligible and can be safely vaccinated, should be vaccinated.
TORONTO, ON—More than 650 public elementary teachers and education professionals will attend the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) between August 17 and 19, 2021. Members will set policies and directions for the coming year at this democratic forum, which will be held virtually this year.