From the Editor: This spring, school leaders and educators across the world entered what the superintendent of one major district has called “truly uncharted waters.” All stories in this special issue of Educational Leadership are free and open to all users. Although generally a paid publication, this issue is available free for download as a PDF.
A New Reality: Getting Remote Learning Right
ETFO: Protection from the Coronavirus and Influenza
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.
Réseau de Savoir sur l’Équité | Equity Knowledge Network (RSEKN)
A website devoted to equity and what it can look like in schooling. There are a lot of resources such as articles with current and relevant information and lesson plans from an equity lens.
Réseau de Savoir sur l’Équité | Equity Knowledge Network (RSEKN)
Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators: Understanding and Mitigating the Effects
This article discusses how student trauma impacts teachers. It also lays out how we can create trauma-informed classrooms and schools.
Secondary Traumatic Stress for Educators: Understanding and Mitigating the Effects
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.
Teacher Well-Being
This website by OTF has various platforms including the importance of teachers’ mental health and well-being.
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.
Mental Health
This article from the UK offers five simple steps to boost teachers’ mental health, recognizing the impact that workload has on teachers.
Mindful Teachers: Living, Learning & Teaching with Mindful Awareness
This site includes various blogs from teachers or other professionals that focus on the art of mindfulness. It offers a range of ideas for incorporating mindfulness into the classroom as well as using it as a means of self care.
Mindful Teachers: Living, Learning & Teaching with Mindful Awareness