Many ETFO members have fond memories of the Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of Ontario (FWTAO) and the Ontario Public School Teachers’ Federation (OPSTF), the two organizations that came together in 1998 to create ETFO.
This year ETFO celebrates its 10th anniversary. an opportunity for all of us to reflect on how far we have come since this federation was founded.
During the 2007 provincial election, the Ontario government promised to significantly reduce poverty and its effects. To deliver on this commitment, the government will have to adopt a multi-pronged approach in which education plays an important role.
More than 40 years of research has shown that children from disadvantaged backgrounds do less well in school than their peers from wealthier families.
As you know ETFO collective agreements expire at the end of August and bargaining for new agreements is underway.
It’s spreading: the number of school boards looking at moving grade 7 and 8 students into high schools is increasing.
On August 31, less than 200 days from now, every ETFO teacher and occasional teacher collective agreement will expire. It is only at the bargaining table that ETFO can bring about changes that positively affect every member at once.
Last spring, as ETFO began preparing for the October 2007 election, the federation looked back on four years during which the government had worked constructively with education stakeholders to address issues affecting public education and the teaching profession.
A roundup of Your Federation news for 2007.
Elections for a new provincial executive and the un