When the Ministry of Education announced that the formal fall report card would be replaced with an interim, informal report, ETFO applauded. We did caution the ministry that implementation might be a concern.
In July, the Minister of Finance invited ETFO and other public sector unions to a meeting to discuss compensation.
Last fall, after reporting that the province is facing a $24.7 billion deficit, Premier McGuinty and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan began to muse publicly about how to cut government costs.
Assessing student achievement and reporting that progress to parents is a big part of teachers’ lives today. That’s why, in the last round of collective agreements, ETFO worked hard to increase professional activity days for teac
In the last round of collective bargaining ETFO negotiated a professional activity day that teachers would use to complete report cards.
Elementary teachers are professionals. They understand how best to organize their time and commitments to meet the educational needs of their students.
ETFO is an organization made up of 73,000 potential leaders. Most of our members chose education as a career because they wanted to lead and support others, to help them grow and achieve.
By the time this magazine reaches you, most teacher and occasional teacher locals will have negotiated collective agreements with their boards. The deadline for reaching agreements was April 24.
The provincial agreement that ETFO agreed to on February 12 contains important provisions that enhance our members’ professionalism.
In this issue of the magazine you will find a number of articles about how teachers’ classroom practice can improve the chances for educational success for children from low-income families.