This regularly updated page provides guidance about how you can get the right information about public health concerns related to the Coronavirus pandemic and the issues that arise in your school. Use this as a launching point to know who to contact, and how to get support from your union.
ETFO: Protection from the Coronavirus and Influenza
ETFO: Professional Judgement
Professional judgement is something teachers exercise daily in their classrooms. After many years of bargaining for this item, the inclusion of the definition of professional judgement in the 2014-2017 Central Agreement was a significant advancement for teachers. In the Professional Judgement Matters resources, ETFO outlines how this concept applies to assessment, evaluation, reporting, student IEPs, and teacher performance appraisals. If you have questions regarding the use of your professional judgement in your practice, please contact Professional Relations Services at 1-888-838-3836 or by contacting your local.
ETFO Professional Judgement Matters: The Occasional Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Performance Appraisal
| ETFO Professional Judgement Matters: The Occasional Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Performance Appraisal processes are intended to promote teacher development for improved teaching and student learning. Within that objective, the processes are also intended to promote collaboration and professional dialogue between the principal and the teacher. This guideline will help you understand the role of educator professional judgement in the evaluation process. |
Professional Relations Services (PRS)
This website presents some video clips around member well- being and mental health, taking pregnancy and parental leaves and health and safety.
A Member’s Guide to Long Term Disability
This provides information for members and is intended to be a general overview of what’s involved in applying for LTD.
Know Your Local Collective Agreement
ETFO’s listing of Occasional Teacher locals provides contact information as well as website links where available. This is where the answers to many employment-related questions can typically be found; answer will vary depending on your local agreement. The best thing a member can do to ensure that her or his negotiated rights are being upheld is to read the agreement and consider the implications. Members are encouraged to contact their local for clarification and/or assistance if they think that their rights are being violated by any party, including other members, administrators, or members of other unions.
To Volunteer or Not? Volunteering during the Instructional Day
There are a number of circumstances in which ETFO members may feel they should volunteer in schools. This ETFO PRS Matters Bulletin informs members of the ongoing risk and limited protection and provides tips to those who volunteer.
To Volunteer or Not? Volunteering during the Instructional Day
Electronic Communication and Social Media
These articles from ETFO Professional Relations Services staff consider the safe, effective and responsible use of online, mobile, and social media technologies.
Professionalism for the Occasional Teacher
This document, prepared by ETFO, discusses a variety of topics related to being a professional. This document is unique because this document is written specifically for occasional teachers.
Tutoring and Conflict of Interest
Members often ask whether they can engage in private tutoring on their own time. This link is to information about the legalities involved in tutoring students and ETFO’s advice for members who may want to tutor children.
Tutoring and Conflict of Interest