Voices

“Teaching must be further  professionalized and teachers must be at the forefront of those efforts.

From time to time, an ETFO member on long-term disability will be approached by the insurance company with an offer of a one-time lump sum payment in settlement of her or his ongoing claim for monthly LTD benefits.  This  may seem like an enticing offer, and you may want to leap at the

Since ETFO’s inception in 1998, strong collective bargaining has worked to equalize compensation and working conditions for teacher and occasional teacher members across the province.

When a former student came to me with an idea to make an impact on the environment  I jumped at the chance.

“We will never obtain the high results in literacy that we are seeking in Ontario until strong arts programs and teaching are in place in elementary schools.” Bob Barton, a teacher and language consultant for more than 30 years, shared this view at a drama workshop for teachers taking their&

During the past year the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat (LNS) released the new School Effectiveness Framework: A

As you know ETFO collective agreements expire at the end of August and bargaining for new agreements is underway.

re: Attawapiskat campaign

There’s no such thing as a teacher who doesn’t have a diverse classroom in one form or another. We have a world of children from all over the globe in our classrooms. As teachers, we are expected to understand all our students and to give them the best education we can.