Your Federation: Summer 2025
Spring Representative Council
President Karen Brown welcomed delegates to May Representative Council.
Special Education
A Call to Action
Cristol Bailey considers the impacts of years of funding cuts on the special education needs of students in the North.
Supporting the Special Education needs of Ontario Students
Amrita Kaul writes about the ways in which chronic underfunding of public schools and large classes have stretched Special Education resources.
Unique Challenges for Daily OTS
Talking into a different class each day as a daily occasional teacher can present its own unique challenges.
Building Better Schools: ETFO's Vision for Education Reform (Ideas)
To refresh the government’s agenda and develop her own brand as Liberal Party leader, Premier Kathleen Wynne is spearheading a number of public consultations.
A Digital Age For a Special Needs Education
It’s a new age for children with Autism. Everything is changing, for the better.
Special Needs Students: Resources for the Occasional Teacher (Occasional Teachers' Column)
An unfamiliar school, unfamiliar classroom, unfamiliar routines, and unfamiliar students can contribute to a sense of uncertainty when I accept a call as a daily occasional teacher.
The Evolution of Access Without Borders (Equity and Women's Services)
In 2006, as the social justice chair of my local, I attended the ETFO annual leadership conference. The two-day event ignited my interest in equity work.
Special Education Teachers: Community of Learners (Professional Services)
Professional learning for teachers has come a long way from the days of “sit and get” workshops covering topics mandated from on high.
Assessment Strategies that Work
In The Last Lecture, college professor Randy Pausch writes that for him the “number one goal [of education] was this: I wanted to help students learn how to judge themselves . . . In the end, educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective.”