Tel:
Web:
1-800-268-7061
416-966-3424
www.otffeo.on.ca
What it’s all about:
• You
• Us
• Them
You
• As teacher candidates
enrolled in an Ontario
faculty of education, you
automatically become
“associate members”
of the Ontario Teachers’
Federation (OTF).
• Once employed in the publicly-funded school
system, you automatically become full members of
OTF and of one of its Affiliates.
Us
• The Ontario Teachers’
Federation (OTF) is a statutory
body, created by the Ontario
Government in 1944 under the
Teaching Profession Act (TPA),
as the professional
organization for teachers in
Ontario.
Us: Aims & Objectives
• To promote and advance the cause of
education;
• To raise the status of the teaching profession;
• To promote and advance the interests of
teachers and to secure conditions that will
make possible the best professional service;
Us: Aims & Objectives
• To arouse and increase public interest in
educational affairs;
• To cooperate with other teachers’
organizations throughout the world having
the same or like objects;
• To represent all members of the Teachers’
Pension Plan in the administration and
management of the pension fund.
Us: Who are our members?
All elementary & secondary school teachers in
Ontario’s publicly-funded school system
• Full-time teachers
• Part-time teachers
• Occasional teachers
• Student teachers (Associate Members)
Us: Structure
ONTARIO TEACHERS’ FEDERATION
Approximately 144,000 members
L’Association
des
enseignantes
et des
enseignants
francoontariens
Approximately
7,500
members
Elementary
Teachers’
Federation of
Ontario
Ontario
English
Catholic
Teachers’
Association
Ontario
Secondary
School
Teachers’
Federation
Approximately
65,000
members
Approximately
34,000
members
Approximately
50,000
members
Us: A world view
EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL
Over 23 million members
279 teacher organizations
in 148 countries
CANADIAN TEACHERS’ FEDERATION
Approximately 243,000 members
ONTARIO TEACHERS’ FEDERATION
Approximately 144,000 members
Us: OTF’s major spheres of influence
• Political Representation
– Curriculum, Legislation, Meetings with
Ministry
• Liaison with Faculties of Education
– Pre-service, In-service, Federation Days, Deans
• Liaison with College of Teachers
• Co-management of Teachers’ Pension Plan
– Pension partnership
Us: Major roles of our Affiliates
• Negotiations
• Protection
• Counselling
• Professional Development
Them
• Now about those blueberries….
Us & You: What OTF does for our
Associate Members
• OTF is the vehicle by which
student teachers receive
information about their rights
and responsibilities as future
members of the teaching
profession.
Us & You: What OTF does for our
Associate Members
• OTF works with the
faculties of education
to ensure that preservice programmes
adequately equip
students to become
competent educators.
Us & You: What OTF does for our
Associate Members
• OTF liaises with
government and
others to safeguard
that changing
economic and
political conditions do
not jeopardize the
integrity of the
teaching profession.
Us & You: What OTF does for our
Associate Members
• OTF helps to educate
student teachers
about the benefits –
both philosophical
and tangible – of
membership in the
Federation and its
Affiliates.
You, Us & Them: Responsibilities of
Associate Members
• As associate members, you are subject to
the same responsibilities as full members:
– “A member shall strive at all times to achieve
and maintain the highest degree of
professional competence and to uphold the
honour, dignity, and ethical standards of the
teaching profession.”
You, Us & Them: Responsibilities of
Associate Members
• Members have duties to:
– their pupils;
– the public;
– educational authorities;
– Federation;
– fellow members.
You, Us & Them: Responsibilities of
Associate Members
• Strikes and practicum placements:
– During teacher strikes:
• No practicum in schools affected by strike;
• No reassignment in striking Board;
• No reassignment in other Boards.
– During strikes at a Faculty of Education:
• Practicum suspended.
You, Us & Them: So you’re looking
for a job…
• OTF and the Affiliates have resources to
help you.
– Publications
– Web sites
– Personnel
You, Us & Them: Communications
•
•
OTF web site:
www.otffeo.on.ca
–
Interaction on line
–
We the Teachers of Ontario
–
Links to Affiliate web sites
Survive & Thrive
–
Online conference and resource centre
for beginning teachers
You, Us & Them: Survive & Thrive
•
•
•
Literacy
Working with parents
& families
Professional issues
•
•
•
•
Classroom management
Special education
Assessment & reporting
Managing stress
You, Us & Them:
A profession that lets you
touch the future.
Tel:
Web:
1-800-268-7061
416-966-3424
www.otffeo.on.ca