Wishing you a happy and well-deserved holiday break. We hope you’re able to rest, recharge, and enjoy time with family and friends.

The Local office is closed for the holiday season and will re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 5, 2025.  Email will be checked daily and every effort will be made to return critical calls within 24 hours.  Non-critical inquiries will be responded to after the holiday.

Best wishes from your AOTL leadership team for a healthy and happy New Year!

Members are reminded to ensure your QECO Statement of Evaluation is updated. This is essential for salary grid placement for both permanent and LTO positions.

You can apply for upgrading advice or re-evaluation annually, including if qualifications were earned outside Ontario. Please see QECO’s website for applications and contact information.

For new employees, you have 60 calendar days from your date of hire to provide your QECO documentation (or proof of application) to HR. If you provide proof of application, submit your QECO statement to HR within 14 days of receiving it.

For existing employees, if you’re seeking a category upgrade because of a completed course, you must submit a new QECO evaluation statement (or proof of application) to ADSB before October 31. If you provide proof of application, submit your upgraded QECO statement to HR within 14 days of receiving it.

If the above timelines are met, you will receive retroactive salary adjustment to the beginning of your assignment. However, if the above timelines are not met, salary adjustments will take effect in the month following HR’s receipt of your QECO documentation.

Occasional teachers should submit their current timesheet for June 12-25 on Wednesday, June 25. Pay for this 10-day period will occur on July 9.

Timesheets for June 26-27 should be submitted on Friday, June 27. Pay for these two days will occur on July 23.

If applying for Employment Insurance, please note the Board will electronically send your Record of Employment to Service Canada on Friday, July 18. Begin your claim on the last day you work — do not wait for your ROE before applying.

For more information, see the Member’s Guide to Employment Insurance.

ETFO continues to advise members not to participate in the voluntary EQAO teacher questionnaire. EQAO has indicated it is leveraging information from teacher questionnaires to investigate decreasing scores.

This risks the transferring of accountability to teachers and away from the government for its systemic underfunding of public education.

Learn more about ETFO’s position on EQAO.

Intent to Remain Form must be completed by May 31 in order to stay on the elementary Occasional Teacher Roster for the 2025-26 school year.  Please attend to this responsibility even if you are currently on a leave, or are planning to request a leave next year.

To complete the form:
Log into your Employee Portal.
Click “Forms Online > Forms” in the left hand margin.
Click on “Intent to Remain – Elementary” to open and complete the form.
Press the green button to submit.

OCT Fees are due each year on April 15.  Please double-check that you have paid your 2025 fee on time to avoid any unwanted surprises.

QECO has identified a data breach that occurred on July 26, 2024. Measures have been taken to secure the system, and all affected individuals will be notified.

ETFO members with questions can contact the QECO incident response line at 1-833-778-1365, available Mon – Fri from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST.

The Local office will be closed for the holiday season starting at 4:00 p.m. today and will re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 6, 2025.  Email will be checked daily and every effort will be made to return critical calls within 24 hours.  Non-critical inquiries will be responded to after the holiday.

We’d like to wish you a warm and relaxing Christmas break. Best wishes to all for good health, happiness, and success in the new year!

Please see the chart for Payroll processing deadlines for the holiday season.  ROEs will be processed automatically to Service Canada by January 9.

AOTL members follow the same timetable of the absent teacher who is being replaced. This includes supervisory duties and preparation periods.

Should an administrator direct you to teach through your regularly-scheduled prep time, let us know.