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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
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
School Information Finder Damaging
Public Education is Collateral Damage in ‘School Information Finder
The ‘School Information Finder’ on the provincial government’s website is a “blunt instrument” that will do irrevocable damage to public education in Ontario if it is allowed to stand, say elementary teachers.
Launched in...
July 4th, 2009 | Issues | Read More
Queen’s Park Highlights – May 8, 2009
Queen’s Park Highlights – May 8, 2009
1. Education Minister Introduces Bill on School Board Governance
On May 7, 2009 Education Minister Kathleen Wynne introduced Bill 177, the Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, 2009. The bill follows from the report of the government-appointed...
May 11th, 2009 | Issues | Read More
Breaking The Silence
Breaking the Silence
By Joseph Blase and Jo Blase
Reviewed by George E. Pawlas
Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.
In this first-of-a-kind book, the authors unveil the various types of mistreatment teachers may experience from their school administrator.
In...
March 31st, 2009 | Issues | Read More
Close The Gap
An ETFO survey of a representative sample of adult Ontarians conducted in February 2007 found that fewer than one in three Ontarians is aware that elementary students are funded at a lower amount per capita than secondary students. When told of this disparity, Ontarians did not feel the funding gap is...
February 3rd, 2009 | Issues | 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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