Last week, representatives of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation met with Maude Barlow and four members of the Council of Canadians to discuss the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s investment in water and sewage systems in Chile.

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The Teacher Voice on Assessment (TVA) Project
For many years, secondary teachers’ concerns with assessment, evaluation, grading and reporting practices and policies across Ontario have not been addressed. The TVA project will enable secondary teachers to go online and complete a survey. The data gathered will inform advocacy from OTF and the Affiliates on your behalf and will be the basis for a resource for all secondary teachers.

Click here to complete the survey.

More info: Jobs People Do has been designed to assist teens with career path choices. It is an exciting and informative exploration of many different job options. Its objectives are to:

•    inspire young people to ‘think outside the box’
•    define pathways to careers
•    instill confidence and
•    empower today’s youth

Jobs People Do is an interactive website featuring various jobs, videos, post-secondary information, volunteer information, articles, resume writing, scholarships and more.
The site will soon have an area designed for teachers called the “Teachers’

Lounge” where teachers will be able to chat with other teachers across Canada.

To view the site, please click here: http://www.jobspeopledo.com/

Innovative resources on equity and inclusive education are on their way to teachers as part of Safe@School Phase 2.  Focusing on the prevention of homophobia, racism and sexism, a new toolbox for secondary school teachers will
help teachers and other school staff as they strive to create schools where everyone can feel safe, strong and free. 

The new toolbox contains:
•    a new DVD, including a video called Hear Me Out and students’ creative expressions about equity and inclusion;
•    a professional learning module for teachers and support personnel in book format with strategies to diminish homophobia, racism and sexism in schools; and
•    posters and pins to encourage dialogue with students about these important issues.

A poster set will also be going out to every elementary school and a new section on the Safe@School website will soon be available.
Watch for the materials in your schools by the end of January or beginning of February.

In the meantime, you can visit the Safe@School website at www.safeatschool.ca  to access existing materials and activities on bullying prevention.

The Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) and the Ontario Government, joint sponsors of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, are filing a funding valuation with the provincial pension regulator two years earlier than required by law.