Visions: Developing New ETFO Leaders (Equity And Women's Services)
The large majority of new members are women. (Just over 80 percent of all ETFO members are women.) This makes gender an ever-present dimension of union revitalization.
Leadership
Letting The Leader Shine (Equity and Women's Services)
The concept of a Girls’ Leadership Conference sprang from a successfulthree-day Girls’ Leadership Retreat with 80 Grade 7 girls. These same girls and eight teachers who attended the retreat were also invited toattend the conference.
Disabled or Enabled? Turning Challenges into an Asset
When Cheryl MacMillan was 11 years old she and her family discovered she was deaf. The revelation changed her life — not for the better.
Annual Meeting 2010
Member concerns about EQAO testing dominated ETFO’s 2010 annual meeting. President Sam Hammond called on the government to temporarily halt province-wide testing and reduce the resulting number of Ministry initiatives.
Experienced Players Hooked on Challenge of Negotiations
Like many other ETFO leaders, Julie Stanley brings years of experience to her position as chief negotiator for the Bluewater Teacher Local. Stanley is typical of a unique group of experienced women negotiators leading collective bargaining teams across the province.
Your federation
ETFO’s annual leadership conference for women, …and still we rise, celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. The conference takes its name from the Maya Angelou poem, Still I Rise.
ETFO Online Additional Qualification Courses: Professional Learning for the 21st Century (Professional Services)
The federation’s executive took a bold step in September when it agreed to a plan for developing ETFO online additional qualification (AQ) courses.
Your Federation
Representative Council brings together local leaders three times a year. In October First Vice-President Susan Swackhammer chaired the first meeting of 2009-10.
A Quiet Leader is Recognized
Education assistants make up a small fraction of the ETFO membership. But the impact they have in the classroom can be substantial.
Taking on the Challenge of Local Leadership
Dave Wing is the president of the Kawartha Pine Ridge ETFO Local. He started teaching in 1989. Today he is married (to another teacher) and has two children, ages five and seven. He spoke with Voice about his leadership journey.