Your local AOTL office will be closed after June 28th and will reopen when school resumes in September. We do check email on a weekly basis. Should an emergency occur where you require assistance from ETFO Provincial, you can contact them at 1-888-838-3836.

Warm wishes for a happy summer!

We are looking for two members to assist with auditing our financial records over the summer.  This role requires no prior experience and involves about two hours of work.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Ryan by Tuesday, June 18.

ADSB Occasional Teachers will receive Bill 124 Remedy payments on May 15, 2024. Information about your remedy amount will be included on your regular pay stub which can be found in your Employee Portal.

Once in your Portal and viewing your pay stub, click “View Timesheet” for an accounting of your days worked between September 1, 2019 to the present along with the remedy amount for each actual day worked. If you notice any discrepancies, please contact the Payroll department (ac.no1721602846.bsda1721602846@llor1721602846yap1721602846) after May 15.

A copy of the new OT Daily Rates and Teacher Salary charts have been distributed via email.

On Tuesday, May 14, ETFO leaders from across the province met at the Ontario Legislature to speak with MPPs and call for urgent action in response to the rise of violent incidents in our elementary classrooms.

We had an engaging and thoughtful discussion with Michael Mantha, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin.

(L-R) Ryan Geick, ETFO Algoma OT; Michael Mantha, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin; Shelly Predum, Algoma ETFO

Saturday, May 25
8:30 a.m. breakfast; business to follow
The Water Tower Inn, SSM

Meet your Local Executive and join your colleagues for a complimentary buffet breakfast consisting of pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, redskin roasties, and pastries. Everyone who attends will receive a special door prize valued at approx. $50 and there will also be a number of other prizes to win!

As per our constitution, please submit any proposed constitutional amendments to ac.lt1721602846oa@se1721602846rp1721602846 by end-of-day on April 25.

Mileage & Accommodation Reimbursements
Members traveling from out-of-town whose home postal code does not begin with P6A, P6B, or P6C will be provided with a round-trip mileage reimbursement of 25 cents/km.  Additionally, members traveling in excess of 150 km to reach Sault Ste Marie will be eligible for up to a $100 reimbursement toward overnight accommodation costs on Friday, May 24.

Intent to Remain Forms must be completed and submitted via the Employee Portal no later than May 31.

The Board will remove anyone who has not completed this annual requirement from the Occasional Teacher Roster.

ADSB is seeking your input on the 2024-25 school year calendar. Please complete the staff survey no later than Monday, January 29.

The local office will be closed from December 23 to January 7. Email will be checked periodically during this time.

On behalf of your Local executive team, we extend our heartfelt thoughts and wishes for a delightful holiday season and a joyous New Year!

The ADSB Payroll Office wishes to remind you that the timesheet submission schedule for the Christmas shutdown December 25-January 5 inclusive is as follows:

Wednesday Oct 11
Boreal FI Public School
4:30 – 6:00 pm

Are you in your first five years of teaching? Then this workshop is for you! Come and get all of the need-to-know details about supply teaching with ADSB that they didn’t tell you at orientation.

All elementary occasional teachers are invited.

This workshop has been cancelled due to low registration.