ETFO | FEEO
OTF Connects invites teachers to learn, share and collaborate with colleagues from across the province through rich, relevant professional learning opportunities. Sessions are offered in a wide variety of topic areas including Technology in the Classroom, Mathematics, Curriculum, Kindergarten, and Financial Literacy. More sessions will be added throughout the coming months, so check back frequently.
Ontario Teachers’ Federation – OTF Connects
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)
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
| The New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) is the second job-embedded step along a continuum of professional learning for new teachers, building on and complementing the first step: initial teacher education programs. It provides professional support to help new teachers develop the requisite skills and knowledge to be effective as teachers in Ontario. |
The New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP)
| 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. |
This article lists all of the advantages that new teachers have which counters the stereotypical discourses around them.
The Advantages of Being a New Teacher
An article that gives new teachers advice on how to set priorities and have a successful first year.
Setting Priorities as a New Teacher
Are you planning to use a copyright-protected work? This tool will help you find out if the use is allowed under fair dealing.
http://www.copyrightdecisiontool.ca/
NOTE This resource is suggested as a replacement for an item currently on the ETFO-OT website titled “Copyright Matters – Some Key Questions and Answers for Teachers” (found by using search bar). The old resource is a downloadable pdf file while the new resource is an online decision-making tool.
This resource outlines the need to create safe, inclusive, and respectful workplaces for LGBTQ members. It also provides information for LGBTQ members about the supports available from ETFO Professional Relations Services.
LGBTQ Rights in Your Workplace – Ensuring LGBTQ Member Rights in All School Workplaces
This must-read ETFO resource provides an overview for teachers about legal rights, responsibilities, and guidelines for educators and administrators regarding workplace violence, workplace harassment, and serious student incidents.
Workplace Violence, Workplace Harassment, and Serious Student Incidents