- New home for ETFO-YR!
- We are pleased to announce that ETFO-YR has purchased land in the Wellington & Leslie area of Aurora, where we will be constructing a new office.
- Construction is slated for completion prior to the next winter break.
- We will post regular updates/photos once construction begins.
- Please click here
to see the concept drawings for the new ETFO-YR office.
- ETFO’s Summer Academy features professional learning designed by ETFO members for ETFO members. Courses are held all over the province throughout the summer including here in York Region.
- Summer Academy registration has been steady with over 750 registrants to date. There are still spots remaining in many of these practical and dynamic courses.
- Please encourage your members to check out the ETFO 2018 Summer Academy website.
- For more information, please contact Ruth Dawson (rdawson@etfo.org) or Joanne Myers (jmyers@etfo.org) or Jane Bennett (jbennett@etfo.org) at the ETFO provincial office.
- Several Summer Academy courses are being offered here in York Region. Please click on the flyers below for more information:
- Election Results for 2018-2020 Executive - Click here
- ETFO AQs for Dramatic Arts, Dance and HPE are being offered on-site in Scarborough (near the zoo) in the summer of 2018. Click here for more information
- 2018-2019 Staffing Timelines - Click here for more information
- ETFO-YR Annual Awards Dinner – June 21, 2018
ETFO protest against 20% fee increase at the Ontario College of Teachers
Violent special needs classroom incident still haunts York Region teacher 2 years later
School board weighs best course of action for teachers, students... more
ETFO has launched a new website for ETFO Members Sharing in Assessment
ETFO has another new website to support Junior/Intermediate teachers in bringing
play-based learning to Grades 4-8
- The website includes lessons by grade, curriculum and types of learning, as well as resources
- Check it out at http://etfolearn.ca
The Ministry of Education, through the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF), is providing a subsidy of up to $450 to teachers who successfully complete additional qualifications courses in Mathematics or Technology.
This subsidy applies to courses successfully completed on or after February 1, 2016.
If you registered for an AQ/ABQ course on or after May 1, 2015 or completed a course prior to February 1, 2016, you should be subsidized through application to your school board.
The subsidized mathematics courses are
- Mathematics, Primary and Junior – Part 1
- Mathematics, Primary and Junior – Part 2
- Mathematics, Primary and Junior – Specialist
- Mathematics, Grades 7 and 8
- Mathematics, Intermediate/Senior (ABQ)
- Mathematics, Honours Specialist
- Any undergraduate mathematics course that is prerequisite to the AQ/ABQ courses listed above
The subsidized technology courses are
- Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction, Part 1
- Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction, Part 2
- Integration of Information and Computer Technology in Instruction, Specialist
- Teaching and Learning through e-Learning
Click here for more information on the programs and subsidies.
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- OTF has developed the “Teachers’ Gateway to Special Education” website at www.teachspeced.ca. The Special Education Gateway is a collection of resources and strategies for elementary and secondary teachers of special education students and also provides searchable web-based resources.
