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Voice – December 2009
The December issue of Voice magazine is online at the ETFO provincial website. Featured is an article on three ETFO Waterloo Region Teacher Local members, Ali Stickland, Elke Baumgartner, and Sandra Himann, who are all instructors for Drake/ETFO Credit Courses.
http://www.etfo.ca/PUBLICATIONS/VOICE/Pages/default.aspx
Professional...
January 8th, 2010 | Featured | Read More
Annual Meeting 2010
The form for resolutions for the Provincial Annual Meeting, that will be held in August, 2010 has been uploaded to the Downloads page.
ETFO Waterloo members, committees, and Executive have the right to submit a resolution for consideration.
The provincial constitution is available on the provincial website...
January 7th, 2010 | Featured, News | Read More
Constitutional Amendments
We are seeking input from the members of ETFO – Waterloo Region regarding possible amendments to our local Constitution and By-Laws.
Amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws will be made at the Winter General Membership Meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Motions for constitutional amendments...
January 7th, 2010 | Featured, Issues | Read More
OTIP Teaching Awards
Recognizing and celebrating teaching excellence, OTIP and OTF give three awards each year to outstanding educators in the categories of elementary, secondary, and beginning teacher.
Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2009. All supporting materials must be received by this date.
The awards recognize...
November 12th, 2009 | Awards, Featured | Read More
ETFO/DRAKE Credit Courses
Check the COURSES page for listings and registration details of ETFO/DRAKE courses offered in Waterloo in the new year.
Courses being offered include:
Reading Across the Curriculum
Purposeful Learning Through Multiple Intelligences
Teaching Skills of the 21st Century
Successful Teaching for Acceptance...
November 12th, 2009 | Featured, PD | Read More
Queen’s Park Highlights – November 6, 2009
The Ontario Legislature adjourned on Thursday, November 5 and will return on Monday, November 16. November 9 -13 is Constituency Week, a break to allow MPPs to spend time in their ridings and, in particular, to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies.
1. Government Looks at Public Sector Restraint...
November 12th, 2009 | Featured, Issues | Read More
Queen’s Park Highlights – October 2, 2009
1. Ministry of Education Releases Discussion Paper on Elementary Curriculum
The Ministry of Education has released a discussion paper on the elementary curriculum. Ever since the former Progressive Conservative government implemented the current curriculum, ETFO has been pressing the government to make...
October 5th, 2009 | Featured, Issues | Read More
OTF Says No To Professional Designation
Communiqué September 2, 2009
Volume 15, No. 1
OTF SAYS NO TO PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION
You have been hearing from the College of Teachers about a possible professional designation for teachers. OTF has spent considerable time researching this proposal and has concluded that a professional designation...
September 4th, 2009 | Featured, Issues | Read More
Full Day Kindergarten
TheStar.com – Opinion – Early learners need teachers
August 28, 2009
Sam Hammond
President of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
When Premier Dalton McGuinty campaigned for re-election in 2007 he promised Ontario parents “full-day kindergarten.” Perhaps McGuinty...
August 28th, 2009 | Featured, Issues | Read More
New ETFO President and Executive
Sam Hammond of the Hamilton-Wentworth Teacher Local was elected President of ETFO at its 11th Annual Meeting on Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Hammond is the 4th President in the history of the federation.
Hammond was a teacher in Hamilton-Wentworth for 21 years and has taught physical education and health...
August 28th, 2009 | Featured, News | Read More
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ETFO Responds to the Haitian Crisis
January 18, 2010 08:01
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New ETFO-AQ Website
January 18, 2010 08:01
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Voice – December 2009
January 8, 2010 14:01
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Classroom Assessment Series
January 8, 2010 11:01
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Annual Meeting 2010
January 7, 2010 22:01
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