PA Day
November 13 @ 9:00 am
Voting Party
November 13 @ 1:00 pm
Teaching Learning Skills
November 17 @ 4:00 pm
August 20, 2025 •
Site Admin
BBQ & Information Fair
Join us for a delicious BBQ lunch and Information Fair.
Pick up your DOTL DayPlanner and sit for a photo for your DDSB Photo ID.
Location: Jubilee Pavilion Banquet & Conference Centre, 55 Lakeview Park Ave, Oshawa, ON L1J 7Z2
Date and time: Tue, Sep 2, 2025 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
June 3, 2025 •
Site Admin
Making your LTO a success- Grades 1-3
Have you ever been in a class with no structure, no rules, no organization? It is extremely important to ensure all of these exist in your classroom. Let me show you how to thrive in your LTO. It is easier than you think.
Join your DOTL PL committee for the last workshop of the 2024-2025 school year. Presenter Candice Holt will be giving tips and tools and strategies to help make your LTO a success. You may even get some interview talking points. AS always there will be refreshments and a door prize. We look forward to seeing you there.
When: Tuesday June 10, 2025
Time: 5 to 7pm
Where: Local’s Meeting Room
May 14, 2025 •
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IEPs and Report Cards with PowerTeacher Pro – May 21, ’25
IEPs and Report Cards through PowerTeacher Pro: participants will get a general overview of the development of an IEP and how they connect to report cards. We will take examples of modifications and show how they are reflected on the report card. Teachers will also get an overview of how to use PowerTeacher Pro to complete reports.
When: Wednesday May 21, 2025
Time: 4:30pm-6pm
Where: VIRTUAL- through the DDSB- Google meet link will be sent to you the morning of to the email address you registered with.
May 14, 2025 •
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Empowering Neurodiversity: Understanding Austism – May 22, ’25
Please join your PL committee in welcoming presenter Donna Graham from Kerry’s Place Autism Services. Donna will present this workshop which will help participants describe autism, identify strengths of people with autism and describe how strengths can be used as an opportunity for learning.
When: Thursday May 22, 2025
Time: 4:30pm- 6:30pm
Where: This workshop is presented virtually. Join from wherever you are comfortable. The ZOOM link will be sent out to registrants the morning of the workshop to the email you register with. Please check your junk mail.
April 30, 2025 •
Ann Webb
DOTL Annual Meeting and Dinner – May 28, 2025
DOTL Annual Meeting and Dinner
May 28, 2025. 4:30 – 6:00 pm, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Come for the meeting, and let us treat you to an elegant dinner!
April 29, 2025 •
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No lesson plan, No problem – April 29th, ’25
How frustrating is it to go into a class and there are no lesson plans? Plus the students are coming in soon. There’s no need to panic, the day can still be successful. Take a deep breath. Create a lesson plan in about 15 minutes with the information, techniques and materials you will receive during this workshop.
When: Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Local’s Office
April 26, 2025 •
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Loose Parts Workshop with Angela Odusanya – May 14th, ’25
| The Durham permanent teachers’ local and the Durham permanent ECE local have invited the Durham OT local join them in this amazing opportunity. The Durham OT local is only able to accept 20 participants for this workshop. It is very important that if you register, you attend. We are paying for a copy of the book and part of the presenters’ fee. If you register and find you can no longer attend please email as soon as you can so we can offer the spot to other members. **If you do not attend and give no notice you will be responsible for the cost of the book.
When: Wednesday May 14, 2025 Time: 4:30 to 6:00 pm Where: IBEW Local 353 East, 1001 Ritson Rd S, Oshawa
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April 25, 2025 •
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Financial Literacy – May 8th, ’25
Join presenter Ryan Tindale as he unpacks the financial literacy curriculum. He will unpack each grade and then give you a few lesson ideas you can use in your classroom. He may even mention his successful classroom economy.
When: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Where: virtually- the comfort of home (ZOOM link will be emailed the morning of the workshop to whatever email address you register with)
Time: 5:00 – 6:30pm
April 25, 2025 •
Site Admin
Keep Calm and Play on: Music for OTs – May 6th, ’25
| Please join us in welcoming ETFO presenter on the road Heather Weber in this exciting workshop. You will become more familiar with the core topics found in a music program and learn how to apply the overall Ontario curriculum expectations and the elements of music to any music program. Participants will leave this workshop with a better understanding of the elements of music, and possible activities and ideas to create an engaging and rewarding music program. |
| When: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Time: 5-6:30pm Where: DOTL meeting room- 1077 Boundary Rd, Unit 107, Oshawa |
April 14, 2025 •
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Classroom Management Workshop – April 22, ’25
| Please join the PL committee in welcoming presenter Connie Zoet for this incredibly important topic. More and more OTs are having allegations made about them on a daily basis. |
This workshop will focus on strategies to help OTs and LTOs to prevent allegations, we will look at and hear about real life disciplines that have occurred within the DDSB and participants may be able to share their experiences with classroom management and situations that may have impacted them directly.
When: Tuesday April 22, 2025 Where: Durham Occasional Teachers’ Local meeting room Time: 5pm-7pm |




