The recent announcement by the Ontario Minister of Education reveals the true goals of the Ford government and they are not pretty. Forget the issue of cell phones and sex education – essentially these issues are smoke and mirrors for the government to distract parents from the real issue of an estimated $1.4 billion being …
On February 28th, I delivered remarks to the Governing Council of the Ontario College of Teachers. These remarks outlined the concerns of OTF and the Affiliates to the OCT governance report and recommendations that Council received late last year from Governance Solutions Inc. The recommendations from GSI, if adopted, would eliminate the majority of teaching …
On November 26, 2018, the Ontario College of Teachers released the Governance Review Report. The review, commissioned in March 2018 and conducted by Governance Solutions Inc., included 37 recommendations. Click on this link to read the OTF and Affiliate response to the Report and the recommendations then complete a two-question survey.
If you successfully completed an AQ/ABQ or undergraduate prerequisite Math course by December 31, 2018, you may be eligible for a subsidy. The Ministry of Education, through the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF), is once again offering a subsidy to OTF or Affiliate members who have successfully completed an Additional Qualification (AQ) or Additional Basic Qualification …
On behalf of the Executive and Board of Governors of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF), President Diane Dewing is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Bill Chinery and John Murray to the Board of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP, Teachers’) for two-year terms commencing January 1, 2019. Click here.
