As announced last week, 99% voted in favour of taking local strike action if necessary to support meaningful bargaining and to reach a fair collective agreement for ETFO Toronto Occasional Teacher members.

A 99% strike mandate sends a strong and clear message to the employer.

LIST OF TDSB'S PROPOSED STRIPS TO THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

Restrictions of Work Locations

•The Board has provided formal notice ending past practice that they have the right under the collective agreement to restrict any occasional teacher’s ability to accept work to certain schools.

•This could mean that an OT that lives and works predominantly in Etobicoke could be restricted to only accept assignments in Scarborough.

Probationary Period

8.1.0. All Occasional Teachers, when added to the Board’s list of Occasional Teachers, on or after January 1, 1998, shall serve a probationary period of one hundred (100) full-time equivalent teaching days worked in the elementary panel.

Termination of Assignment

10.8.1. - In the event that a Long Term Occasional Teacher wishes to terminate their assignment prior to the originally scheduled termination date, the Long Term Occasional Teacher shall provide a minimum of five school days notice to their school principal or designate unless they are moving to another position in TDSB. The outgoing Long Term Occasional Teacher shall provide all assessment data to their Principal or designate prior to their final day.

Overpayment

10.9.2 Overpayment:

In the case of overpayment, the following shall apply:

1. If a substantiated overpayment has occurred, the payroll department will communicate with the Occasional Teacher to obtain agreement prior to recovering the overpayment.

Examples of repayment schedules are below.  

Overpayment Amount Recovery Period $1,000 or less 3 pay periods

 $1,001 - $5,000 10 pay periods

$5,001-$10,000 16 pay periods

Over/Underpayment

28.9.0. Prior to any action being taken, in the case of underpayment or overpayment, the Occasional Teacher will be contacted by the Board to discuss a repayment plan.

Temporary Leave from List

18.4.0. An Occasional Teacher on the Occasional Teacher List may, with reason and 15 school days prior written notice, request to have that Occasional Teacher's name voluntarily removed from the Occasional Teacher List for a specified time period.

Days Required to Stay on List

18.5.1. Effective, September 1, 2022, Ssubject to 18.5.0., the Board will review the composition of the Occasional Teacher List and may, at its discretion, remove the name of any Occasional Teacher who has not taught for at least forty five (45) full time equivalent days by February 1 and thirty (30) ninety (90) full time equivalent days by June 30 of each year. 

Removal from List

NEW XX An Occasional Teacher who does not provide the Board with their current/updated OCT within 10 days from it being published (for dispatching purposes) shall/may be removed from the OT list.

Capped List

18.7.0 The Board shall maintain a capped Occasional Teacher List of up to forty percent (40%) of the FTE number of permanent elementary teachers employed by the Board.

Elementary OT Concerns Committee (EOTCC)

19.2.0 The Committee shall may meet twice during the school year at the request of either co-chairperson at a mutually convenient time if the concerns can not be addressed through out means.

Same Timetable

28.2.0. The Timetable for an Occasional Teacher shall be the same as the timetable of the Teacher being replaced.