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*The assignment you accept through SFE is the assignment that you are given upon arrival at the school. If the job is changed, you may refuse it and contact SFE for another one.

*There should be an Occasional Teacher's Handbook/Information Package available. Come to the DOTL Office for a laminated card with a detailed list of what should be in the OT Handbook; it will clip to your lanyard for quick reference.

IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS ARE AT ISSUE AT A SCHOOL, CALL US AT 905 404 0411, OR EMAIL info@etfodotl.com

Thursday, November 19 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm

Supporting Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Durham OT Local, Meeting Room

Please join your PL committee in welcoming ETFO presenters Maureen Wen and Elizabeth Ogiltree as well as Special Needs PL coordinator for ETFO provincial, Tara Zwolinski as they bring us this fantastic workshop. This is one of four special needs workshops ETFO has created to provide resources and strategies for teachers teaching students with multiple exceptionalities. Check your email for more details.

Tuesday, November 17 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Teaching Learning Skills

Durham District School Board

The session will focus on strategies and resources to explicitly teach and assess student Learning Skills in an inclusive classroom setting through the use of mentor texts. We will explore ways to gather information and to set goals based on observations. We’ll also review Growing Success and how Learning Skills are evaluated for the elementary report card.

Know Your Collective Agreement

L16.01 (i) The timetable of the Occasional Teacher shall be the same as the timetable of the teacher being replaced. 
            (ii) (b) On a day when a school does not receive a sufficient allotment of Occasional Teachers to cover teacher absences, an OT may be required to assist in the coverage of classes in the same manner as Regular Teachers, as determined by the school principal;

L16.09   An Occasional Teacher who accepts and reports for an assignment shall be placed in that assignment unless otherwise mutually agreed, subject to L11.02 (rules around call-out errors and cancellation) and L16.01 (above).

Monday, November 9 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Town Hall Registration for Strike Vote Information

virtual

Virtual Town Hall also November 10, 7:00-8:30 PM Check your email for the link to register.

Monday, November 9 @ 8:30pm – Wednesday, November 18 @ 4:00pm

Save the Date! On-Line Strike Vote

Virtual

Detailed Instructions to follow. Check your email regularly.

PA Day

November 13 @ 9:00 am

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Voting Party

November 13 @ 1:00 pm

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Teaching Learning Skills

November 17 @ 4:00 pm

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January 13, 2026 •

Ann Webb

Power Teacher Report Writing

Join Ryan Tyndale to learn how to use Power Teacher effectively to write report cards.

January 22, 2026 4:30 – 6:30 pm

DOTL Office Meeting Room

January 9, 2026 •

Ann Webb

Executive Meeting

January 21, 2026 4:30 – 7:00 pm

Members wishing to attend as observers should contact Ann Webb at info@stg-etfodotl-stage.kinsta.cloud.

Please note: some portion of this meeting may be held “in camera” and observers will be asked to leave the room.

January 9, 2026 •

Ann Webb

Indigenous Education – An evening of Learning

The Indigenous Education Elementary Curriculum team invites you to an evening of learning. We will explore who Indigenous Peoples are on this land we now call Canada and practice introducing texts in a culturally respectful way. We will discuss the concepts of Story Work and peruse some resources to support embedding Indigenous Education in teaching practices.

Tuesday January 20, 2026 4:30 – 6:30 pm

Durham District School Board Head office- room 1D

January 9, 2026 •

Ann Webb

Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy (CRRP)

ETFO presenter Manprit Rai will provide members with the opportunity to reflect on how our identities impact our practice and to consider how student identities and their lived experiences inform CRRP from an ETFO perspective.

February 4, 2026  4:30 – 6:30 pm

DOTL Office Meeting Room

December 18, 2025 •

Ann Webb

Menopause Session – Thursday January 8, 2025

Menopause: More than Hot Flashes (Part 1)

“Shift the Narrative. Find the Magic”

Dinner provided

IBEW, 101 Ritson Rd. S., Oshawa

 

December 17, 2025 •

Ann Webb

Enhanced CPR/Medical Emergency Training January 27, 4:30-9:30 PM

This half day (5 hours) training session is designed to support occasional staff. Participants will receive CPR-C certification through the Life Saving Society upon completion.

December 15, 2025 •

Ann Webb

Bill 33 and the Role of the Trustee

DDSB Whitby Trustee Christine Thatcher explaining the role of the trustee to our DOTL Political Action Team at 1077 Boundary Rd earlier this month.

There were several questions about violence in the classrooms and the implications of Bill 33.

Read more …..

Heads Up 33

 

November 26, 2025 •

Ann Webb

Financial Literacy December 9, 2025

Join Ryan Tindale on-line to explore the topic of Financial Literacy in the Elementary Panel.

November 10, 2025 •

Ann Webb

Executive Meeting

The next DOTL Executive Meeting will be November 26 from 12:30 to 5:00 pm. Interested members (up to 10) may attend as observers, by giving at least two days notice to Ann Webb at info@stg-etfodotl-stage.kinsta.cloud.

Please be aware that a portion of the meeting will be held “in camera” and you will be asked to leave the meeting room.

November 5, 2025 •

Ann Webb

DOTL Holiday Dinner

 

Holiday Dinner 2025