ETFO

Supporting Students with Behaviour Needs
2026-03-04 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Toronto) | DOTL Office, # 107-1077 Boundary Rd., Oshawa
Wondering how to recognize and support your students’ with behaviour needs? This workshop explores stress, behaviour, and trauma informed practices through both an anti-oppressive framework and health and safety legislation. Educators will leave with strategies and resources to support students with the exceptionality of behaviour in the regular classroom.

DOTL General Meeting and Dinner
2026-02-26 16:30 - 21:00 | Jubilee Pavilion
Come to the meeting to help with the business of the Local. Consider amendments to our Constitution and the Financial Statement. Ask questions and have your say.
Stay for dinner and some fun! More information to follow.

Living and Teaching with Energy, Ease and Flow
2026-02-24 16:30 - 18:30 | DOTL Office, # 107-1077 Boundary Rd., Oshawa
Learn to enhance well being from the wisdom of yogic science.
Are you feeling depleted at the end of the day? Stress, worry, fear, overwhelm, overwork taking your time and energy? Losing your sense of purpose and job satisfaction?
In this workshop we will explore strategies from the ancient tradition of yoga, current research and our collective experience in the classroom. This is an introductory session to powerful tools for enhancing physical, emotional and mental well being for occasional teachers.

UFLI Part Two
2026-02-17 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
UFLI Foundations, part of the science of reading
The DDSB has implemented the science of reading as the foundation of literacy programming. UFLI is an integral part of structured literacy in the classroom.
Please join your ETFO Durham OT local Professional Learning Committee in welcoming presenter, DDSB teacher Allison Theis for this super important workshop.

AI in Educ. p2
2026-02-10 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
Join Ryan as he shares part 2 of his original fall AI workshop. He will continue opening up ways to integrate the DDSB supported Gemini platform into your classroom.
Bring a device and prepare to be excited!
Imagine being able to speak on a DDSB approved resource in an interview! Come to this workshop and leave with the knowledge to do exactly that.

Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy (CRRP)
2026-02-04 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
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.

Enhanced CPR/Medical Emergency Training
2026-01-27 16:30 - 21:30 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
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.
Your DOTL PL committee is proud to partner with the DDSB Health and Safety department to be able to bring OTs this important workshop. Along with receiving your certification, awareness of other medical emergencies will be covered such as: choking, allergic reactions/Sabrina’s Law, Respiratory Emergencies (asthma), bleeds, shock, diabetes, seizures and emergency scene management. In order to receive the certification you must be present and participate in all 5 hours of the workshop.
Only 25 members are able to register. registration will be open through MY PD through the board as well as here. Please make sure you register in both spots. The link is here: ENHANCED CPR-C / AED Certification – View Section – Professional Learning
We are especially grateful to the Health and Safety department for covering all costs associated with this event.
Also keep a watch for a full standard first aid training coming in February. It will consist of 7 hours online and 7 hours in person.

Power Teacher Report Writing Workshop
2026-01-22 16:30 - 18:00 | DOTL Office, # 107-1077 Boundary Rd., Oshawa
Learn to use Power Teacher to write report cards, with Ryan Tyndale.

Executive Meeting
2026-01-21 16:30 - 19:00 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
January 21, 2026 4:30 – 7:00 pm
DOTL Office Meeting Room

Indigenous Learning
2026-01-20 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham District School Board, 400 Taunton Road E, Whitby, Ontario, L1R 2K6, Canada
The Indigenous Education Elementary Curriculum team invites you to an evening of learning.
January 20, 4:30-6:30 PM
Durham District School Board Head office- room 1D

Menopause Session January 8, 2026
2026-01-08 17:00 - 20:00

Schools Reopen
2026-01-05
Schools Reopen after Winter Break

Winter Break
2025-12-22 08:00 - 2026-01-04 17:00
The ETFO Durham OT Local’s office will be closed from December 22nd to January 4th, 2026.
In case of emergency, please contact ETFO Provincial Emergency line at 1-888-838-3836

Holiday Dinner
2025-12-11 16:30 - 21:00 | Kedron Dells Golf Club, 2400 Ritson Rd N, Oshawa, Select a State:, L1J 8P8, Canada
DOTL Holiday Dinner and Party

Join us to celebrate the holiday season with a traditional turkey dinner, music and games.

Financial Literacy Workshop
2025-12-09 17:00 - 18:00
This is a virtual workshop. Ryan Tindale will explore teaching Financial Literacy in the Elementary Panel.

Executive Meeting
2025-11-26 12:30 - 17:00 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
A portion of this meeting will be “in camera”.

MLL for OTs
2025-11-12 16:30 - 18:00 | Durham District School Board, 400 Taunton Road E, Whitby, Ontario, L1R 2K6, Canada
This session will introduce Occasional Teachers to practical ways of supporting Multilingual Language Learners (MLLs) using AI and a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach. Participants will explore classroom-ready tools and strategies that promote inclusive, differentiated learning. The session will also clarify what it means to supply for an MLL Coach or In-School Teacher, with a focus on maintaining routines and ensuring continuity of programming for MLLs.

REMEMBRANCE DAY
2025-11-11

Town Hall Meeting
2025-11-10 18:30 - 20:30 | IBEW East Location, 1001 Ritson Road South, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Bill 33 & the Role of Trustees

Helpful AI in Education
2025-10-29 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham Ot, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Select a State:, L1J 8P8, Canada
Join Ryan Tindale as we explore using AI to save you time and energy in teaching. I’ll focus on Google Gemini, which the DDSB now provides. We’ll discuss Chat GPT and other AI tools for the classroom. If time allows, we’ll review a few additional options to expand your tech toolkit.

Artificial Intelligence is here and is not going away. Join us for this learning opportunity and find out ways to use AI to help make your teaching experience easier and use it as an effective tool in stead of a negative hinderance.

DDSB Open House
2025-10-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Durham, 400 Taunton Road E, Whitby, Ontario, L1T3L3, Canada
Come find the DOTL table at DDSB Open House

Website Building (rescheduled)
2025-10-14 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
Join Ryan as he teaches you how to build a simple website that will house your teacher’s college portfolio. You’ll be able to pull that website out in interviews on an iPad and use it to show your strengths. Or, you can turn this workshop into an opportunity to create a simple class website for your parents to view and enjoy.

In this digital age that we live in, imagine how impressive a digital portfolio would look to admin and to parents. Join Ryan Tindale as he walks you through how to build a simple website for either showcasing yourself and your teaching talents or to show families what is going on in the classroom. Bring a device with you so you can go step by step in real time with Ryan.

Communicating with Parents
2025-09-23 16:30 - 18:30 | Durham District School Board, 400 Taunton Road E, Whitby, Ontario, L1R 2K6, Canada
Participants will explore some key foundations on how to engage with families, with a particular emphasis on effective communication. Through interactive activities, teachers will review communication strategies to help support engagement and build trust with parents and caregivers

Back to School BBQ
2025-09-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Jublee Pavilion, 55 Lakeview Park Ave, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 7Z2, Canada
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.
Registration link in your email.

Executive Meeting
2025-08-20 | Durham OT Local Office, 107 - 1077 Boundary Rd, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 8P8, Canada
In-camera Durham OT Local Executive Meeting

ETFO Annual Meeting
2025-08-11 - 2025-08-14 | Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON, M5H 2M9, Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2M9, Canada
Over 600 ETFO members from across the province attend the ETFO Annual Meeting to receive reports of the officers and committees, to elect officers, to receive financial statements and to debate and vote on motions.
ETFO members can read updates and see photos from the most recent Annual Meeting at the Annual Meeting blog at members.etfo.ca. Registration is required.

Testing Calendar
2025-08-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Online, ON, Canada
