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 learn
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 c
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.
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.
Every Year OTF, in partnership with OTIP (the Ontario Teachers’ Insurance Plan), recognizes the outstanding work of educators across Ontario. The OTIP Teaching Awards were established in 1991 and are held in conjunction with World Teachers’ Day, Oct. 5.
An unfamiliar school, unfamiliar classroom, unfamiliar routines, and unfamiliar students can contribute to a sense of uncertainty when I accept a call as a daily occasional teacher.
You are hired and you celebrate. Then you enter the classroom to confront the challenges and excitement of teaching.