Over the last two years, OTF has been enthusiastically working with the Aboriginal Education Office (AEO) of the Ministry of Education to increase teacher awareness of the Ontario First Nation, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) Education Policy Framework.
Classroom assessment is a complex and challenging task for all teachers. Occasional teachers are partners in the daily assessment process and their observations and tracking of student learning play an important role.
ETFO’s newest resource book, The Heart and Art of Teaching and Learning: Practical Ideas andResources for
Staff at ETFO Professional Services (PFS) are constantly challenged to envision the future of teacher professional learning, understand evolving professional learning needs, and design and deliver programming that respects the principles of both effective adult learning and teacher professional l
The opportunities to use social media and electronic communication for pedagogical purposes are expanding every day. Social media offer teachers exciting new ways to engage with students, parents, and the wider school community.
Each year on March 8, International Women’s Day (IWD), we celebrate the ongoing struggle of women to achieve legal and economic equality and freedom from violence.
In the Winter 2011 edition of Voice, you were introduced to the approved bargaining goals that ETFO will pursue in the upcoming round of negotiations. These goals form the foundation of what we would like to achieve for our next collective agreements.
ETFO collective agreements expire at the end of August 2012 and bargaining for new agreements is about to begin. As we move into active bargaining, members can expect to be challenged about what we are asking for in our next contract.
ETFO has a proud reputation of contributing internationally. When an earthquake strikes, we are there. At the same time we sometimes look less closely at how communities right here at home need our support.