We're the union representing public elementary teachers in Peel. We defend quality public education & provide members with quality professional services.
#ETFO
BREAKING: All tchrs & ed workers who teach/work &/or live in Peel will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccination next wk.
ANOTHER win for collective action & advocacy.
Currently waiting on info/details from PPH & PDSB re: req’d documentation & process.
#ETFO
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Effective Mon, Aug 24,
@ETFOPeel
President
@GailHBC
has been appointed to a non-released position on the
@ETFOEducators
Provincial Executive. Gail will continue in her role as PETL President while also forming part of our
#ETFO
elected provincial body.
#onted
#onlab
.
@FordNation
,
@LisaThompsonMPP
: allow us to intro you to a group of dedicated new Ts from the PDSB – all of whom have been declared Surplus to Region precisely b/c of your irresponsible cuts to
#onted
. Just some of the very real faces behind your cuts.
#ETFO
#onlab
#CutsHurtKids
Happening now, Twitter Storm to support Special Education workers.
@Sflecce
, as the numbers continue to climb, and schools across Ontario are closed to all other in person learners, make the call to keep ALL students and staff safe and
#PrioritizeSpecEdStaff
now!
It's happening across Ontario, but
@FordNation
wants to keep it quiet. He's cutting public
#OntEd
*again*. As parents & educators, we need to TURN UP THE VOLUME. 📢 We need to stop Ford's devastating cuts.
Take action at
#ETFO
#OntEd
#OnLab
#OnPoli
MEDIA STATEMENT:
@SFLecce
must immediately withdraw his candidacy for the upcoming provincial election
“Nothing but an immediate withdrawal of his candidacy would serve to properly address the seriousness of this anti-Black racist behaviour.”
#ETFO
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#onlab
#onpoli
RELEASE:
@FordNation
govt cuts lead to teacher layoffs in Peel
@ETFOPeel
President
@GailHBC
: “This is yet another example of this govt throwing our
#onted
system into unnecessary chaos & instability.”
“We call on this govt to reverse their cuts.”
#ETFO
#onlab
On behalf of our 7,300+ members,
@ETFOPeel
sends its most sincere & heartfelt condolences to the staff, students, & community of
@MeadVillPS
at this incredibly difficult time. Our thoughts are with you, & with Riya’s friends & family. //
@PeelSchools
@Gailhbc
@mmmcquain
Important information for families regarding the tragic passing of a Meadowvale Village Public School student. Our thoughts are with Riya's loved ones today and always.
.
@ETFOPEEL
: Confirming that all
@PeelSchools
will go remote for this week (Apr 6-9, inclusive). Hopefully there’ll be a corresponding announcement that
#onted
wrkrs will be prioritized for vaccination.
The result of local leaders & members acting collectively. ✊🏽
#ETFO
#onlab
PARENTS OF PEEL ELEMENTARY Ss: The *only* language this
@FordNation
govt understands is the language of collective action. This Friday, if/when you’re able, please join one of our many Peel picket lines. Your child’s teachers are ready to stand shoulder-to-shoulder w you.
#ETFO
Today, & every day, we recommit ourselves to the important work of actively fighting hate, intolerance, & inequity. As a union, we’re proud of our work, & we value our role as educators in creating a society that knows only love.
#DayofPink
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
#OnlyLove
.
@PeelSchools
:
@ETFOPeel
members across the PDSB are trying to make important progress on RCs – on a weekend that they should be spending w their fams – & they *can’t* b/c the system is down.
What is being done to address & correct this in the immediate term?
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
Sending solidarity to
@ETFOPeel
members at Roberta Bondar, Ray Lawson, & Tony Pontes PSs who begin a new school year today. Amidst the uncertainty of a badly underfunded safe return,
#ETFO
members in these schools will do what they always do – support Ss & families.
#onted
#onlab
#HYBRIDHURTSKIDS
CAMPAIGN UPDATE FOR PEEL:
There will be
#NOHYBRID
for all PDSB elementary classes & programs.
You have made an important & powerful difference. Ed workers & community fought for Ss & their learning needs, & the PDSB listened. *We* did this.
#ETFO
#OntEd
#OnLab
.
@ETFOPeel
members: please note that if your admin is reaching out to teaching staff this wk to convene a virtual staff mtg, & you don’t have the access to be able to participate online, you should request to be able to participate via teleconference. Please share w co-workers.
Open Letter to
@PeelSchools
Director Colleen Russell-Rawlins from PDSB Educators.
“We urge the PDSB to review the expectations for remote learning & to re-evaluate their approach to this current system closure to ensure the safety & well-being of staff & Ss.”
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
We’re disappointed that, despite calls from
@ETFOPeel
membs for even *1* turnaround day on Mon, Apr 19 so that tchrs can effectively & appropriately plan for a last-minute pivot to remote learning, & despite the many boards who have,
@PeelSchools
has refused.
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
.
@ETFOPeel
members send their heartfelt congratulations & solidarity to PETL President – *our* President –
@GailHBC
on her election to the
#ETFO
Provincial Executive.
#onted
#onlab
NEW:
@ETFOPeel
President
@GailHBC
’s January 6, 2021 letter to
@RegionofPeel
MOH Dr. Lawrence Loh – in light of ever-increasing COVID numbers in Peel & this govt’s irresponsible decision to send students &
#onted
workers back to school come Monday.
#ETFO
#onlab
#ETFO
ADVISORY TO MEMBERS:
RE: EQAO TRAINING
Members are advised not to complete the EQAO voluntary training unless release time is provided.
“The ongoing encroachment of
professional learning & training outside of the school day…is unacceptable.”
#onted
#onlab
As
@ETFOPeel
members begin their work w Ss & fams, we will – as always – do our best to provide a quality learning enviro, even at a distance, in the midst of a global pandemic. We’ll do *our* best, & *what* we do best: putting S wellness above marks & RCs.
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
B/c silence is violence…
…as a union,
@ETFOPeel
condemns & deplores the hateful & white supremacist demonstrations we’ve seen in Ottawa over the last 2 days.
…we must *all* raise our voices & take action against this type of hate, racism, & bigotry.
#ETFO
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#onlab
UPDATE: The board has confirmed that teachers can still drink & hydrate throughout the day while maintaining 2 metres’ distance from Ss.
#ETFO
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The local is seeking clarity from the board about their Friday email re: new PPH recommendations & OP protocols – particularly the direction around not eating & drinking “w Ss present”, which is concerning. Other directions require additional clarity as well.
#ETFO
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Message to
@ETFOPeel
members from President
@GailHBC
:
“I *still* see you, being the best that you can be, & I also see the toll that this is taking on you.
We *will* get through this unprecedented time, & we will do so together.” ✊🏽❤️
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
As individuals, as a collective, as workers – as Cdns – we have *nothing* if we don’t have our constitutionally-protected Charter rights. None of us do. *That* is what this legal challenge will be about. At issue: free association, free & fair CB.
#ETFO
#ETFOStrong
#onted
#onlab
.
@ETFOPeel
sends heartfelt congratulations to Vice-President
@TMolouba
who has recently been hired by
#ETFO
to fill a staff role in their Collective Bargaining service area. Good speed to Toby as she begins this next phase of her career in unionism on March 29.
#onted
#onlab
.
@ETFOPeel
members are strongly encouraged, where possible, to attend this student-led rally & march in support of, & in solidarity w, our Black Ss. Our local released team will be there...join us. Rally at 4:30 pm at Brampton City Hall, & march ends at CBO.
#ETFO
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MEDIA RELEASE:
@FordNation
govt’s appeal of Bill 124 ruling a roadblock to negotiated agreements
@ETFOPresident
: “Not another public dollar should be spent on [this govt’s] disappointing attempt to violate workers’ rights.”
#OntEd
#OnLab
#OnPoli
.
@ETFOEducators
are, once again, calling on the
@FordNation
govt to properly fund
#OntEd
*now* to avoid a full shutdown. “[T]here are costs associated w putting additional measures in place for the health & safety of our...schools, but...Ont’s children are worth it.”
#ETFO
#onlab
Yesterday, the
@ETFOPeel
Exec met to appoint a local exec member to the pos’n of VP, effective Mar 29, as a result of the vacancy created by
@TMolouba
’s departure to
#ETFO
.
The Exec voted to appoint Sister
@NadiaGoode
to the VP pos’n, & we look forward to her joining the team.
MEDIA STATEMENT:
#ETFO
applauds education plan in
@OntarioNDP
’s election platform
“ETFO applauds the
#OntEd
plan put forward today by the
#ONDP
as part of their elxn platform. If implemented, it would bring long-needed improvements to Ontario’s public ed system.”
#onlab
#onpoli
PETL members who teach contained Spec Ed classes & our highest-needs Ss are united in telling
@PeelSchools
& the govt that their
#StudentsDeserveBetter
than highly-divided attention & care.
Online & in-person simultaneous teaching does these Ss a disservice.
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Federal govt steps in to fill funding gap for school reopening plans
“If the
@FordNation
govt cannot be part of the solution, at the very least they need to get out of the way & stop being part of the problem.”
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
#SafeSeptemberON
#onpoli
This has been a wk of outrage, sadness, calls for change.
#ABR
is violent & deadly.
#Solidarity
w our members & communities so deeply impacted.
@ETFOPeel
: take action. Check in w colleagues. Speak out against & do the work w/in to dismantle ABR, & other forms of oppression.
#ETFO
.
@ETFOPeel
members: Quick msg to let everyone know that we’ve been, & will continue to be, in contact w the PDSB. At this time, we’re awaiting further info/clarity from them, & also from ETFO. We will send out further communication to PETL members tomorrow by email.
@vickitabhatt
@Sflecce
@JillDunlop1
@IDA_Ontario
Students are more successful when they see themselves reflected in the curriculum. Assessment strategies are rooted in colonialism and white supremacy unless we are intentional about working through an anti-oppressive lens. Representation matters. Students deserve better.
CALL TO ACTION
@ETFOPEEL
! See the image below for a listing of Dufferin-Peel
#OECTA
picket locations for Tues, Jan 21, & plan to attend w co-workers, in support of our Sisters, Brothers, & Comrades. Our solidarity at this time is critical. ✊🏽💪🏽
#ETFO
#CutsHurtKids
#onted
#onlab
Parents know that a great public
#onted
system helps our children build a solid future.
But instead of investing,
@FordNation
’s Cons are pushing for deep cuts.
@ETFOEducators
are taking a stand. Stand w us. Together we can protect our children’s edu.
#ETFO
#ETFOStrong
#onlab
.
@ETFOPeel
was proud to show support of
@OECTAHEU
members at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Elementary in Oakville this morn as they arrived to work. Halton elementary
#OECTA
members are on Day 3 of WTR strike action against the
@HCDSB
– fighting for a local deal.
#ETFO
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#onlab
HAPPENING NOW: One half of our
@ETFOPeel
Steward team, united in solidarity (& in their
#RedforEd
), & ready for what lies ahead. Ready to lead & mobilize their membs in this fight – the fight for a public
#onted
system we all want, & that our Ss deserve.
#ETFO
#ETFOStrong
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To all the
#peelfam
who asked before: due to weather conditions, all schools and offices in the Peel District School Board are closed for Tuesday, Jan. 29. This includes all busing and all before/after school programs, including night school.
#ONStorm
#PeelSnowDay
The local is seeking clarity from the board about their Friday email re: new PPH recommendations & OP protocols – particularly the direction around not eating & drinking “w Ss present”, which is concerning. Other directions require additional clarity as well.
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
OPEN LETTER TO
@PEELSCHOOLS
:
The PDSB must take immediate action to fight 2S&LGBTQIA+ hate, homophobia, transphobia, & biphobia, & to protect workers & students.
@ETFOPeel
looks forward to consulting w the board on this urgent action.
#ETFO
#OntEd
#OnLab
Every single day of the school year, in schools across
#Peel
&
#OntEd
, 4- & 5-yr-olds receive a world-class Early Years education – thanks to the powerful teamwork of teachers & DECEs.
@FordNation
,
@LisaThompsonMPP
: do right by kids & families – keep your
#HandsOffFDK
. //
#ETFO
We are absolutely with you on this,
@AdvocacyPeel
. We do *not* need police in our schools. What we need are increased funding & supports for Ss.
The
@PeelSchools
SRO program should be terminated, effective immediately, & the funding redirected to our schools.
#ETFO
#onted
#onlab
We call on
@ETFOPeel
to support the defunding of the SRO program in
@PeelSchools
as it disproportionately impacts Black/African students.
Will you support us?