ETFO’s 2009 annual Meeting
The election of a new provincial executive, the introduction of full-day kindergarten, and EQAO testing were the focus of delegates’ attention and concern at ETFO’s 2009 annual meeting.
EQAO
OTF Concerns: Pensions and Standardized Testing (OTF Report)
The Current Economic Crisis has been likened to the Great Depression and has created pressures that most Ontarians have not experienced before.
Bargaining is Group Work (Collective Bargaining)
As this is being written, only a handful of settlements have been negotiated. All of them are excellent, despite the very major challenge that this year’s unusual bargaining scenario being presented.
When Information is Dangerous (From the President)
Recently with the Ministry of Education launched, with no prior notice, a new website, the School Information Finder. It’s a site that pulls together information about schools, their EQAO scores, and selective demographic characteristics of students and their families.
A new Vision for Provincewide testing (OTF Report)
For the past year the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) has worked on a new vision for student assessment in Ontario – one that examines other means of measuring student achievement and demonstrating accountability to the public.
Letters to the Editor
Re: Helping all kids succeed
(December 2008)
Responding to the School Effectiveness Framework (From the General Secretary)
During the past year the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat (LNS) released the new School Effectiveness Framework: A Col
The Challenge of Teaching in an Emotional War Zone
For the average Canadian teacher, the war in Afghanistan seems remote. It is a news story we can turn off and ignore.
Just Say " No!" (From the President)
ETFO has never supported the standardized tests administered by the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). Your federation has been speaking out against them from the time the tests were first introduced.