Preparing for September While we all continue to wait for the Minister of Education to announce what he plans for schools in September, as well as the funding that will be provided to school boards, The TDSB is developing contingency plans based on three different scenarios: fully remote teaching; a hybrid model with some in-person […] Read More

OSSTF TTBU and the Toronto District School Board reached an agreement on class size today that avoids the increased workload that imposition of the central table default position would have resulted in.  Details will be shared in the next day or two. Read More

OSSTF Toronto District 12 Executive unanimously endorsed the following statement and actions: The Toronto Teachers, Occasional Teachers and Professional Student Support Services Bargaining Units of OSSTF District 12, Toronto, acknowledge the pervasive and destructive forces of anti-Black racism and white supremacy on our membership, the... Read More

Staffing Update & Recall List Members Central staffing meetings began on Monday, May 19, and continue through this week. Bumping is not required for this year which means that every teacher who has been declared surplus to the school will be placed by the end of the summer. On June 8, when the Cone of […] Read More

TDSB Secondary Program Review update On Wednesday May 20, 2020 the TDSB Committee of the Whole received the Interim Report on the TDSB Secondary Program Review and an Executive Summary of the Report was also provided.  The report contains an indepth review of data related to secondary program, program enrolment, utlization of space, along... Read More

May 21, 2020 • ISSUE 11 COVID-19 Pandemic Information Update Closure of Elementary and Secondary Schools for the Remainder of the School Year (Original attached) The following is from Provincial OSSTF On Tuesday, May 19, Premier Doug Ford announced that elementary and secondary schools in Ontario will remain closed for the remainder of the... Read More

May 16, 2020 • ISSUE 50 Education Worker and Teacher/Occasional Teacher Central Ratification Results The ratification vote results for both the Education Worker and Teacher/Occasional Teacher tentative agreements have now been tabulated. OSSTF/FEESO requires a “double majority” for ratification, meaning that an overall majority of members... Read More

The following message is from Provincial OSSTF office: Online voting for ratification of the tentative agreements is extended to 4:00pm on Saturday, May 16  due to a high volume of late requests for registration support, resulting in difficulties for some members.  Inquiries to Membership Database received after 4pm today will not be... Read More

Occupational Health & Safety during COVID-19 When the Ministry of Education closed schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TDSB Management attempted to use it as an excuse to sidestep the Internal Responsibility System.  The Board advised they would shut down the Joint Health and Safety Committee (JHSC) and Workers’ Caucus made up of health... Read More

Thursday, May 14th Annual General Meeting, part 2, Executive Elections (AGM2 Elections) participation information  A reminder that the second part of the TBU AGM will take place on Thursday, May 14 at 4:30 pm via telephone town hall.  This meeting is open to all TBU members.   Click this link for the Agenda. In order to […] Read More