It’s important to have up to date contact information, and we know how important it is that your information be kept safe.

Below is a contact form to ensure we have the most up to date contact information for you before we roll out our Local Bargaining Survey next week! If you could take a moment to ensure we have the most recent contact information for you, it would be greatly appreciated! 😁
Your information will not be shared with anyone outside of this office.
Thank you for being a valued member!

Student Loan Forgiveness

There are requirements for eligibility for the new Canada Student Loan Forgiveness Program. Please check the attached DBU and link for more information to see if you could qualify for student loan forgiveness. 

To clarify some information – eligibility may vary. Your work location is a factor. The program is applicable to the educator job classes mentioned as of December 2025, and it is based on the amount of time you have been working for. If in doubt, please apply anyway!

Beginning in January 2026, employees of Boards will be subject to mandatory police record checks as a result of Ontario Regulation 298/25, filed by the provincial government on December 5, 2025, which significantly amends background check requirements for school boards.
The regulation introduces new terminology, timelines, expanded coverage, and stricter compliance obligations. School boards are required to collect police record checks for all employees, services providers, volunteers, and students on educational placements.
The type of check required will depend on your jobclass. Members are encouraged to watch for further information from their employer regarding implementation and process and to refer to D/BU #083/2025−2026 for more information.

Interview Feedback

Have you recently requested interview feedback and not received a response? Has this happened to you over the last school year for interviews for semester 1 and two?

According to Board Policy and PPM 165, if you request feedback from an interview, you are supposed to receive it. Also, according to the Letter of Agreement  #21 in the Central Terms of our Collective Agreement, the employer is to provide feedback to you if requested within 30 days!

If you have requested feedback and have not received it, please reach out to let me know. I am hoping to find members willing to put their names forward to help get this recognized.

You should be getting feedback!

Assignment cancelled?

We are asking Occasional Teachers to assist by completing a new OT Assignment Cancellation Tracking Form.

This form is intended to document instances where OT assignments were cancelled, reduced, or altered – including situations related to bus cancellations, inclement weather, or being sent home or reassigned after reporting to work.

Thank you for taking the time to support this work and for continuing to share your experiences.

On-call Tracking

On-calls can be frustrating and often pushed onto OTs to cover last minute. These also take away work from other OTs. I am hearing from many of you that you are receiving many on-calls, and I’d like your help to keep track of this.

When you are working in a Daily Occasional job (in secondary), could you please fill out the form attached below. The more you fill this out the better data I will have to present to the school board and the more it will inform our bargaining committee when it comes to negotiating your contract next year! Please note that while I do ask for your name, names will never be shared with the Employer.

Lets work together to push for better working conditions.

Education has been at the top of the agenda recently, whether it is about the changes to post secondary tuition and the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) or the chaos K-12 schools. Here is a link to the Kawartha Now article on the town hall.

Students across Durham walked out of class Monday to protest recent changes to OSAP, the Ontario Student Assistance Program.

Earlier this month, the province announced cuts to OSAP, which include capping grant funding to a maximum of 25 per cent. This is a significant reduction from the former cap of 85 per cent, which critics said could make post-secondary education unreachable for many.

OECTA PVNC delegate and Labour Council’s treasurer, Andy Butler reported at our general membership meeting last evening, that his provincial organization, Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) just-released a report on violence in the classroom.