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This section contains a collection of answers to the most common questions members ask.
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If you have a registered account on the ETT website, you can login using either your email address or ETFO number. The email address associated with your account is the address in which you receive ETT Weekly.
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If you encounter any difficulties please submit a technical support request.
Please be advised that occasional teachers and LTOs are not members of ETT, and therefore cannot access the secure section of our website.
Your ETFO number can be found on the front of your ETFO card. If you don’t have an ETFO card, or can’t find it, please contact ETFO Member Services at 1-888-838-3836 or 416-962-3836, available Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Member Services will only be able to provide you with your ETFO number, they will not be able to provide any assistance logging-in to the ETT website or registering for events.
Your ETFO number can also be found on any official correspondence from the ETFO office.
First, please double check to make sure you have entered your ETFO number correctly. This is the number on the front of your ETFO card. It is between one to six digits in length.
Second, please confirm that you are indeed an ETT member. Occasional teachers and LTOs are members of the ETFO Toronto Occasional Teachers, not ETT, and therefore cannot access the secure section of our website.
Retired members are also no longer members of ETT and therefore cannot access the secure section of our website.
Members are advised that our login and registration system is reliant on accurate, up-to-date records from the provincial office.
If you are receiving a message that your account has been deactivated, it most likely means that your information is not present in the list of members we receive from ETFO.
If you believe that you are receiving a deactivation message in error, please submit a technical support request.
We also advise that you contact ETFO Member Services at 1-888-838-3836 or 416-962-3836, available Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., so that any necessary corrections to the provincial records can be made.
First, please double check to make sure you have entered your ETFO number correctly. This is the number on the front of your ETFO card. It is between one to six digits in length.
Second, please confirm that you are indeed an ETT member. Occasional teachers and LTOs are members of the ETFO Toronto Occasional Teachers, not ETT, and therefore cannot access the secure section of our website.
If you are still receiving an error message please submit a technical support request.
Members are advised that our login and registration system is reliant on accurate, up-to-date records from the provincial office. At certain times during the school year, particularly in September and October, our records may not be complete as we may not have received the necessary information from ETFO.
If you’ve forgotten your password, you can reset it through the password reset function. Make sure to check your spam/junk mail folder. Depending on your email settings, our password reset email may have been classified as spam.
If you encounter any difficulties please submit a technical support request.
Login to your profile, and enter your new password in the fields provided.
Passwords must be at least six characters in length, and contain at least one numeric character and one alphanumeric character.
To subscribe to ETT Weekly and to receive bargaining updates you must have an account.
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If you already have an account, please update the email address in your profile and then confirm your subscription to ETT electronic communications.
If you encounter any difficulties please submit a technical support request.
Your account will automatically be removed from the system and you will be unsubscribed from all ETT Electronic Communications once we receive updated records indicating your change in status from the provincial office. Please be advised that this may take several months.
To immediately remove yourself from the system please submit a technical support request.
ETT does not keep a record of members’ physical mailing addresses. All mailing records are kept by ETFO.
You can update your mailing address either online or by calling ETFO at 416-962-3836 and asking for Member Records (available 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.).
The Education Act sets out the duties and responsibilities of teachers (and principals) in Ontario. Every school/site should have a copy of the Education Act which is usually kept in the office. The most used parts of the Act outlining the duties of teachers are Section 264 and Regulation 298. Your Collective Agreement further outlines your rights and responsibilities as a teacher. In addition, it more clearly determines many of your working conditions. Please ensure that you have a copy and refer to it often. It is the responsibility of the employer to provide you with a copy of the Agreement.
Each member of ETT pays a fee to be a member of ETFO. 1.6% of your annual salary is deducted from your pay cheque and sent to ETFO. ETFO retains most of the fees to provide protective and professional services. It also pays for membership in EI (Educational International), CTF, OTF, CLC, and OFL, and funds QECO services. ETFO returns a portion of the members’ fees to ETT. ETT’s budget is approved each spring at the Annual Meeting by a vote of the members present. Budget documents are available from the Union.
Permanent Teacher: once you have completed one full year of successful teaching you are considered a permanent teacher.
Full-time Teacher: a teacher who is employed by the board on a regular basis for full-time duty.
Part-time Teacher: a teacher who is employed by the Board on a regular basis for other than full-time duty (usually half day).
Preparation time is a working condition that was attained in 1987 through collective bargaining.
Currently, the contract provides for 480 minutes of prep time per ten-day cycle free from classroom instruction and supervision. More commonly, this is scheduled as 240 minutes per five-day cycle. Prep time is yours to use as you determine for professional activities.
The contract ensures that prep time must be scheduled in blocks of at least 20 consecutive minutes, with the objective of scheduling blocks of 30 minutes or more. In an emergency, your principal may reschedule your prep time but it must be made up within 15 school days (refer to Section L – D.15.0. of the Collective Agreement).
Please refer to the Salary Grid for 2014-2019 or to Section L – B.2.2. of the Collective Agreement.
Supervision schedules should be determined by your School Staffing Committee in consultation with the staff.
The Collective Agreement, under Section L-D.7.0., details the make-up and role of the School Staffing Committee including a description of the committee’s responsibilities regarding the “equitable distribution of non-instructional periods including supervision, preparation time and instructional periods.”
No teacher shall be required to perform in excess of 80 minutes of supervision duties per 5 day schedule. Many schools safely operate under 80 minutes per week as determined by the school staffing committee based on “superior benefits” as negotiated in the previous round of collective bargaining. (Refer to Section L – D.17.0. of the Collective Agreement).
Centrally Assigned members, including Special Education consultants and coordinators; Learning, Literacy, and Early Years coaches; Itinerant teachers; Outdoor Education teachers; and Section 23 teachers, are supported by the ETT Table Officers.
Pregnancy and parental resources can be found in Teacher Resources section of the ETT website. Please click the link below for a list of the pregnancy and parental resources available.
Retirement information is available in Teacher Resources section of the ETT website. Please click the link below for a list of the retirement resources available.
Health and safety forms can be found in Teacher Resources section of the ETT website. Please click the link below for a list of the health and safety resources available.
Leave applications information can be found in Teacher Resources section of the ETT website. Please click the link below for a list of the leave application resources available.
For work related questions contact your EO
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