We're back at the office after a couple of busy and productive days at our local executive's planning session. At our executive meeting on Wednesday, your executive reviewed the nominations received for our Educator of the Year Award. I'm very pleased to announce that the recipient of the ETFO Durham Teachers' Local's Educator of the Year Award for 2008-2009 is....... (drum roll, please)......... Tanya Zappia, a Kindergarten teacher at Romeo Dallaire Public School in Ajax! Congratulations Tanya!! The award will be presented at our Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 5th at Deer Creek Golf Club. Our retirees and 25 year pin recipients will also be honoured at this dinner. Ticket sales ended today, but if you're quick, you should still be able to nab a ticket on Monday - use the order form sent to your school or call the local office at (905) 666-1122 to make arrangements.
Sam Hammond, president of ETFO, received a phone call today from the Minister's office indicating that Premier Dalton McGuinty will announce the government's plans for the introduction of early learning on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. ETFO will issue a media release following the announcement from the government. It is our hope that the government will follow through on their 2007 election promise and provide full-day/every day Kindergarten programs with qualified, university-educated teachers, and not go the ECE route. Ontario children deserve the very best quality education in these most important foundation years and ETFO members are best suited to deliver the kindergarten program! Click on the title of today's blog to check out all the excellent information on ETFO's website about the benefits of full day kindergarten for Ontario's children.Stay tuned for Monday's post - it will be all about the H1N1 flu pandemic, with a focus on the direction that school boards and schools have received from the Ministry of Education and how the H1N1 flu relates to our collective agreement. Until then, have a fantastic weekend!
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