Halton Highlights - Sept/Oct Issue

Halton Highlights

September/October 2017 – Issue 1

Creation is not a property, which we can
rule over at will; or, even less, is the

property of only a few: Creation is a gift,
it is a wonderful gift that God has given
us, so that we care for it and we use it
for the benefit of all, always with great

respect and gratitude
Pope Francis

2017-2018 OECTA Events

Blue Jays Game Saturday, September 9, 2017

Halton OT Welcome and Social Monday, September 18, 2017

Paint Night Thursday, October 12, 2017
Getting Hired Workshop Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Unit General Meeting Thursday, October 26, 2017

Volleyball November 2017
Floor Hockey November 2017

Maternity and Parental Leave Workshop Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Unit General Meeting Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Skating and Santa Sunday, December 3, 2017

Pension Workshop January 2018

Unit General Meeting Thursday, February 22, 2018
Coldest Night of the Year Walk Saturday, February 24, 2018

Bowling in the North April 2018

3 on 3 Basketball April 2018

Maternity and Parental Leave Workshop Wednesday, April 11, 2018

OTIP Retirement Workshop Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Unit AGM Thursday, May 24, 2018
OECTA Recognition Night Thursday, May 24, 2018

Come Out and Get Involved in YOUR OECTA!

More Information can be found in Halton Highlights and on the
website under Information Updates at www.haltonoecta.ca.
Follow us on Twitter @oectaheu.

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September 2017

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Labour First Day Arbitration HEU goes to the
Day Blue Jays!
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Staff/CBC Rep United Way HEU Executive
and H & S Rep Meeting Meeting
names to HEU
Labour Council
Meeting

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HEU/OT LTO
Teacher Welcome
& Social

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PA Day

Arbitration

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October 2017

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Meet with Arbitration PA Day
Director re. Elem.
Labour- Faith Day
Management

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Happy Legislation Staff/CBC Rep Paint Night
Thanksgiving Committee Training SOLD OUT!
Meeting Meeting #1
Labour Council
Meeting

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OECTA Health HEU Executive
and Safety Rep Meeting
Training #1

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29 30 31 Getting Hired HEU General 3 4
Workshop Meeting #1

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Halloween

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In Memoriam Sept/Oct 2017

Our sincere sympathy and prayers go out to the following members,
as well as to their family and friends:

Fred E. Walmsley, father of Dan Walmsley, a Grade 8 teacher at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School in Burl-
ington, passed away Friday, June 16, 2017.

Antonio Alves, father of Sara Alves, an Elementary Teacher at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary School
in Milton, passed away on Tuesday, July 18, 2017.

Dave Sloan, husband of Tammy Sloan, Librarian at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Georgetown, and father of
Myles Sloan, an Occasional Teacher, passed away on Monday, July 24, 2017.

Daniel Stevenson, father of Liane Stevenson, an Elementary Resource Teacher at St. Mark Elementary in Burl-
ington, passed away on Tuesday, August 15, 2017.

Giacomo Corbacio, Superintendent of Facility Management Services at the Catholic Education Centre in Burling-
ton, father of Catharine Corbacio, Music and Arts Elementary teacher at St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School
in Oakville, and brother-in-law of Joan Zamora, a retired elementary teacher of our Board, passed away on
Friday, August 18, 2017.

Terezija (Teresa) Hmcigonja, mother of Vesna Uremovich, a retired teacher from St. Bernadette Catholic Elemen-
tary School in Oakville, mother-in-law of Peter Uremovich, a retired teacher from Assumption Catholic Secondary
School in Burlington, and grandmother of Kristina Gilchrist, an elementary teacher at St. Mary Catholic Elemen-
tary School in Oakville, passed away on Monday, August 28, 2017.

Arnold Palango, father of Linda Savel, an elementary teacher at St. John Catholic Elementary School in Burling-
ton, and grandfather of Mark Savel, an elementary teacher at St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Elementary School
in Oakville, passed away on Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Stjepan (Steve) Djumlin, father of Darlene Martin, a Grade 6 teacher at St. Anne Catholic Elementary School in

Burlington, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017 Page 4

Nina March, President
Halton Elementary OECTA

Mental Health in the Workplace

The video “Mental Health in the Workplace with Clara Hughes” is now
available on the website’s Members’ Section under the Health and Safety tab.
(https://www.catholicteachers.ca/Members-Area/Health-Safty/Mental-Health-in-the-Workplace)
If you have not yet taken the opportunity to view this 18-minute video featuring Clara Hughes, six-time Olympic
medalist in cycling and speed skating, you really should!
This video “… is a venture equally sponsored by OECTA, OCSTA, OSSTF, OPBSA, ETFO, and the Ministry of Educa-
tion. It focuses on raising awareness of worker mental health in the workplace and introducing the Canadian
National Standard on Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.”
As this video has been produced exclusively for education workers in publically funded elementary and second-
ary education in Ontario, we will encourage its use for the Health and Safety PD day to start the discussion.

Occasional Teacher “Getting Hired”Workshop

Save the date!

The very popular, annual Halton OECTA, “Getting Hired” Workshop will be held on Wednesday, October 25,
2017, at Corpus Christi C.S.S., in Burlington. More information, including how to register, will be sent out to
members’ personal email addresses.
If you know an Occasional Teacher who would be interested in attending this valuable interview, preparation,
and skills workshop, but they have not provided their personal email address to the HEU, please ask them to
send their personal email address to [email protected] to access this information.

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Project Overseas 2018

“…I loved every minute of the time I spent in Uganda. It truly is a life-
changing experience. I encourage all Catholic teachers to apply.”
- Natasha, York Catholic Teacher

OECTA is now accepting applications for Project Overseas. Please
click on the link below for information and the application form.
Applications are due no later than Wednesday, November 1, 2017.

The Canadian Education Exchange
Foundation: Australia, 2017-2018

Have you ever thought, “I would love the opportunity to teach in
Australia”?

OECTA members are invited to trade places for a year (or less)
with a teacher in an Australian Catholic school as part of an
exchange program organized by the Canadian Education
Exchange Foundation (CEEF), a non-profit charitable organization
that provides national and international exchange programs and services for students and educators.

The teacher exchange program would involve trading job assignments and homes for the period of the
exchange.

Please note: you cannot leave your spouse, children, parents, etc. behind! The living space must be
vacated and available for the exchange teacher.

The OECTA member would continue to receive their current salary, benefits, pension, and seniority.
To view examples of currently available exchange opportunities and read more about the program, visit
www.catholicteachers.ca/For-Your-Career/Australian-Exchange.

Once you have reviewed the information, if you have questions, please contact Mariana Rakiteansky,
Teacher Exchange Coordinator, via email at [email protected] or phone at 705-739-7596.

As Thanksgiving is upon us, on behalf of the Halton Elementary Unit Executive, I would like to wish you a
very happy Thanksgiving. May your blessings be many.

Nina March, President, Halton Elementary OECTA
[email protected]

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PROJECT OVERSEAS 2018

Teachers’ Action for Teaching

VOLUNTEER OVERSEAS WITH CTF!

Are you ready for something more in your professional life?
Are you looking for a larger, more global view of education?
As a teacher, do you feel you have more to offer, and more to learn?
Are you ready for a personal and professional adventure?

If yes, Project Overseas (PO) Jeux coopératifs entre les stagiaires haïtiens
might be for you! PO 2016

CTF needs English and French-speaking
Canadian teachers who are interested in

volunteering during July and August
to offer in-services in a wide range
of subjects and levels, in various

developing countries.

Canadian volunteers and Ghanaian co-tutors in PO Application criteria include:
planning meeting — PO 2016
• Membership in a provincial or
territorial teacher organization that
supports PO

• At least five full years teaching in
Canada by program start

• Canadian citizenship

• Excellent health and ability to work in
developing country conditions

• Flexibility, mature judgment, and a
strong willingness to put a team and
project’s needs above personal needs

PO is a volunteer experience. Administrative, travel, and living expenses are borne
by CTF, provincial and territorial teachers’ organizations (which are CTF members).

No salaries or honoraria are paid.

APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED EACH FALL AT CTF MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.
PLEASE GO TO CATHOLICTEACHERS.CA FOR THE

SUBMISSION DEADLINE AND APPLICATION DETAILS.

Application forms and further information are also available at www.ctf-fce.ca

CTF’S INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM: Teachers’ Action for Learning

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Tara’s Topic of the Month

Sign Up, Get Involved!

A time for new beginnings and new opportunities.

I’m sure by now your administration has passed around the sign-up sheet to see who will take on
which clubs and sports this school year. Remember, you are under no obligation to sign up for extracurricular
activities. If you choose to take some on, take on those that you enjoy and want to do, and remember that even
when you coach or lead a club you are a teacher 24/7 and are held to a higher standard.

Administration may also start talking to intermediate teachers about overnight class trips. Again,
you are under no obligation to sign up for these; they are volunteer opportunities, not a part of the curriculum.
If you do not want to go on such trips, you do not have to, and now would be a good time to let administration
know so they can plan accordingly.

While you consider which school-based extracurriculars you may or may not want to sign up for,
take the time to think about OECTA’s sign-up opportunities. We are always looking for members to come out and
get involved in the Unit. We have a variety of committees looking for members, including Political Action,
Advocacy Award Selection, Young Authors, and Human Rights/Status of Women.

If joining a committee is not your thing, we have a wide variety of social events, including HEU
Goes to the Jays, Occasional Teacher Welcome and Social, Paint Night, Volleyball, Floor Hockey, Skating and
Santa, Coldest Night of the Year Walk, Bowling in the North, and 3 on 3 Basketball.

The year is what you make it, so choose activities you are passionate about and want to be
involved in. We hope you take the time for OECTA this year and we look forward to seeing you at one of our
meetings or social events.

Here’s to making the 2017-2018 school year the best one yet!

Yours in Solidarity,

Tara Hambly Page 8
HEU First Vice-President

Health and Safety Minute

Happy New School Year!

This is a busy and exciting time as we welcome a new class and embark on a fresh start to a new school
year. Our health and safety is as important as ever during this time. Below are a few reminders to help
us all get off to a great start:

1. The school Health and Safety Rep will inspect the school monthly. However, if you have a
health and safety concern, you do not have to wait until the inspection to report it.

2. Maintenance issues (like repairs, replacing light bulbs, etc.) should be reported to the
custodian right away to be rectified. These types of concerns do not have to be reported
unless they are not being addressed.

3. The Health and Safety Board will list important information, including monthly
inspection reports, JHS meeting minutes, and who is in the JHS committee. This is
where you can find information regarding the status of your concerns in addition to talking
to your Health and Safety Rep.

4. Remember that violence also affects your health and safety and can be a serious health and
safety concern. Be sure to have proper safety plans in place and fill out the Safe Schools
Reporting Form (SSRF) as necessary. Keep a copy of the forms and the receipt for your
records. To review information about the SSRF and/or to obtain an SSRF, go to:
http://www.haltonoecta.ca/safe-schools-reporting/

Health and safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Krista Hutchinson
HEU Treasurer and Health and Safety Committee Chairperson

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Occasional Teachers’ Update

Smart Find Express is a system that the Board uses to fill vacancies. It is used by permanent teachers and
Long-Term Occasional Teachers to fill absences. As well, it is used by OTs to search for jobs.

The system will call OTs between 6:00 a.m. and 10:45 p.m. with available jobs. In the past, the online
portion of the system was inactive between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., so OTs could
participate in family time. However, in June 2017, due to the number of jobs left open, the Board activat-
ed the online search between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. for OTs to search for jobs. This remains in place
currently.

You can view your profile on Smart Find Express. Through this system, you can accept, decline, or cancel
jobs. Below are some details on what is available to you via Smart Find Express:

• You will need to give a reason if you decline a job.
• You cannot cancel a job on the morning of the assignment.
• If you want to add or remove schools from your profile, you need to contact Liz Silva.
• You can make yourself unavailable on Smart Find Express for a partial day, a whole day, or

up to three weeks.
• When you make yourself unavailable there is a “do not call” option. If you mark that option,

the system will not contact you during the time you are unavailable.
• If you are unavailable for more than three weeks, you will need to send a letter to Joe O’Hara,

Executive Officer, Human Resources, requesting a leave of absence for the specified period of
time.
• You can find information about school closures due to inclement weather on Smart Find
Express.

Sheila DiFelice
HEU Occasional Teacher Rep

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A Moment for Peace

On June 8, 2014, The Holy Father said, “In our days, there is a great need to pray – Christians, Jews, and
Muslims – for peace.”
Although Pope Francis spoke these words three years ago, they still resonate loudly today. Peace is an
issue that is very important to the Pope and to us, especially, it seems, these days.
When asked why he chose St. Francis of Assisi as his namesake, Pope Francis replied, “because he is the
man of poverty, the man of peace, and the man who loves and protects creation.”
“Because he is a man of peace…” This is the trait of St. Francis that we should take a moment to think
about. Let us find peace in the quiet moments of our days and let us celebrate peace by seeking harmo-
ny with those around us.
Jill Mercer,
HEU Executive Councillor

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HEU

Top Ten Member Concerns
and What You Can Do About Them

The Halton Elementary Unit office receives calls regularly from members with respect to the
following issues:

10. You are attending “invitational meetings” because you believe that it is a requirement,
not because you want to.
No mandatory meetings will be conducted on days that are not within the 194 instructional
(school) days. Please feel free to respectfully decline any “invitational meetings” without fear of
discipline.

The only meetings that you must attend are staff meetings (once per month for a maximum of
90 minutes commencing at the dismissal bell), parent-teacher interviews, and IPRC meetings
during the instructional minutes of the school day.

Division meetings are treated like staff meetings in that they are held no more than once per
month and for no longer than 90 minutes. Most schools conduct division meetings that are no
more than one hour in length.

“Lunch ‘n Learns” are neither division meetings nor are they mandatory. If you want to go to
these invitational sessions, please feel free. If you do not, you can respectfully decline.

9. You have planning time during non-instructional minutes of the school day.
Planning time must be scheduled in minimum 20-minute blocks and must be scheduled during
the instructional minutes of the school day; not before or after school, not during lunch or
recesses, and not during the times that you are not paid to be at work.

8. You take on extracurricular activities because you are told that you have to because
“everyone must be a team player”.
Your contractual obligation is to fulfill your duties as a teacher.

Running and/or supervising extracurricular activities do not fall under duties of a teacher. If you
wish to and enjoy running extracurricular activities, you can.
If running and/or supervising extracurricular activities is interfering with your ability to do your
job (your duties as a teacher), you will need to re-evaluate. You will not get special consideration
for running extracurricular activities.

7. You have more than 80 regular supervision minutes per week.
Supervision is pro-rated depending on your FTE (i.e. a 1.0 teacher has a maximum of 80 minutes
per week; a .5 teacher has a maximum of 40 regular supervision minutes per week). Supervision
can be scheduled 15 minutes before the start of the school day (as per your school start time on
the board’s website), during morning and afternoon recesses, during the lunch hour (in 20-
minute blocks), and after school for 15 minutes from the dismissal bell.

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*Daily Occasional Teachers are responsible for the regular supervision schedule of the teacher
they are replacing, unless otherwise directed by the school supervisor. There are *CA exceptions,
as noted below.

*Teaching colleagues cannot change the supervision schedule of the Daily Occasional Teacher.

6. You are doing 20 minutes of supervision before the start of the school day, not 15 minutes.
Many schools have adopted a five minute early warning bell to alert and give students five
minutes to line up before they are admitted into the school building in the morning.

The early warning bell should not add five minutes to any teacher’s supervision time.

*Daily Occasional Teachers do not do “before school” supervision duties unless it is beyond the
first day of a multi-day assignment. This is also true if the assignment is .5 for the afternoon
only.

5. You work at two different schools and travel from one to the other over the lunch hour and
you are on either schools’ supervision schedules.
Teachers who travel between two schools over the lunch hour will not have lunch supervision
assigned and 15 minutes will be counted toward the 80-minute regular supervision cap, for each
day travelled (for example: 5 days x 15 minutes = 75 minutes weekly toward the 80-minute
weekly supervision cap).

Any minutes allocated on regular supervision would put you over the weekly cap and you will
document those minutes in the excess supervision log and those minutes will be paid back to
you in the same manner as lost planning time.

*Daily Occasional Teachers cannot be assigned supervision over the lunch hour if they are
scheduled to work at one school in the morning and a different school in the afternoon. The
Occasional Teacher must inform the supervisor upon arrival at the school.

*Daily Occasional Teachers who work only in the morning can only be assigned the 20-minute
lunch supervision at the beginning of the lunch hour (but no other lunch supervision) and only as
long as they have no afternoon teaching assignment.

4. You work between two schools (or even at only one school) and it feels like you are
spending your whole life at work.
The school day is made up of 300 instructional minutes (as per the school start time on the
board website). This time does not include before school supervision, although teachers must be
in the school building 15 minutes before the school’s start time, even if not on supervision duty,
as per the Education Act. This time does not include recess nor lunch. The instructional minutes
end at the dismissal bell.

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The 300 minutes can be tabulated from the start of the school day to the start of morning
recess, then from the end of morning recess to the start of lunch. That will give you the number
of instructional minutes in the morning.

The afternoon instructional minutes are tabulated from the end of the lunch hour to the
beginning of afternoon recess, then from the end of afternoon recess to the dismissal bell.
When you add these two numbers, they must add up to 300 minutes.

300 minutes is the number of minutes a teacher with a 1.0 FTE works, regardless of the number
of schools that teacher is assigned to. The time starts at the morning school’s start time and
ends at the afternoon school’s dismissal bell.
Both planning time and maximum supervision minutes are pro-rated to the teacher’s FTE.

A teacher who has a .2 contract (FTE) will work no more than 60 instructional minutes per day,
with a minimum of 48 planning time minutes per week and a maximum of 16 regular
supervision minutes per week.

A teacher who has a .6 contract (FTE) will work no more than 180 instructional minutes per day,
with a minimum of 144 planning time minutes per week and a maximum of 48 regular
supervision minutes per week.

There may be variations to how the FTE is applied (i.e. a 0.6 FTE teacher may work only three
full school days per week). If you have questions about this please contact the Unit office.

3. You are scheduled for after school supervision and staying with students after school
beyond your 15-minute duty because the bus is always 10 minutes late!
Once your 15-minute after school supervision is complete, all remaining students (whether
walkers, picked up by parents, or those who go home on the school bus) should be accompanied
to the school office to be placed in the care of the school administrator or designate.

2. You only ever have 40 minutes for lunch!

Teachers, both classroom and non-classroom teachers, must get a 40-minute, uninterrupted
lunch at which time teachers are free to leave the school premises without prior permission.

The only thing that can be assigned during the lunch hour is scheduled supervision, as
documented on the school duty schedule. All teachers at the school site (including Kindergarten
teachers) have their scheduled supervision documented on the school supervision schedule.

On days when teachers have no assigned lunch supervision, they have a 60-minute lunch
when they are free to leave the school premises without prior permission.

Please note: The Education Act compels teachers to be in the school building five minutes
prior to the end of the lunch hour.

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Teachers who have scheduled middle lunch duty will have scheduled planning time either
immediately before or immediately after the lunch hour. On the days that middle lunch duty is
scheduled for this teacher, the teacher may choose to schedule the planning/lunch/supervision
in one of the following ways, dependent on the scheduled planning time:

• 40-minute lunch during her/his scheduled planning time. The teacher would then utilize
the 20 minutes before the middle lunch supervision and the 20 minutes following the
middle lunch supervision as planning time on those days

• 20-minute planning, 40-minute lunch, 20-minute supervision, 20-minute planning
• 20-minute planning, 20-minute supervision, 40-minute lunch, 20-minute planning
1. You are staying after school for 15 minutes past the dismissal bell because you are being
told that it is your duty as a teacher.
Only teachers who are scheduled to supervise students on the school duty schedule after school
are obligated to remain for 15 minutes after the dismissal bell on the day that they are
scheduled for duty.
Nothing else compels a teacher to remain after the school dismissal bell once their students are
safely dismissed to the person supervising students after school, as per the supervision schedule,
and the classroom is secured.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Unit office from your personal
email address.

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OECTA Paint Night
SOLD OUT

OECTA is
sponsoring its first
ever Paint Night!

Catherine Ross, retired HCDSB teacher,
will be guiding a small group through
the steps to produce this Christmas
painting, “Northern Nativity”.

Date: Thurs., Oct.12th, 2017 “Painting is my get-away activity and I enjoy spending time cre-
Time: 4:30-6:30 pm ating in my basement studio. My previous Christmas painting was
Place: HEU OECTA Office, used as the cover of the OECTA magazine, OECTA Christmas
1182 Blair Road, Burlington cards and a Toronto Billboard. I was thrilled!”

*All materials are provided by the Using acrylic paint and canvas, you will be creating your own version
HEU. Please bring an Apron or of “Northern Nativity”. Perhaps you will enter your painting in the
Paint Shirt competition for the OECTA Christmas image. Perhaps OECTA will send
out Christmas cards with your painting on the front! Try it and enjoy
Please Note: This event is first the social and creative atmosphere of OECTA Paint Night!
come, first served with a Limit of
15 HEU Members Catherine Ross

Registration to:

[email protected]

By: Tues. Oct. 3rd, 2017

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Dear Member,

Manulife recently conducted an extensive review of the osteopath associations listed
below. This type of review is common practice for insurance companies, as they are
always working to ensure the highest level of member health and financial protection.

The six osteopathic associations below do not meet the administrative standards as
required by Manulife, that are comparable to other paramedical providers governed by
provincial bodies. As a result, effective November 1, 2017, Manulife will no longer
recognize the following associations and member practitioners:

• Ontario Osteopathic and Alternative Medicine Association
• Ontario Association of Certified Osteopaths and Acupuncturists
• Ontario Association of Osteopathy and Natural Medicine
• Ontario Association of Osteopathic Practitioners
• Ontario Professional Association of Osteopathic Medicine
• Society of Osteopaths of Canada / Society of Osteopaths of Quebec

This decision is not intended to call into question the conduct of any individual
osteopath. However, if you or an eligible family member uses the services of an
osteopath registered with any of these associations after October 31, 2017, claims will
be ineligible for reimbursement.

We are providing this information in advance of November 1, 2017 so you have an
opportunity to confirm if your osteopath is registered with a recognized osteopathic
association, and to make alternative arrangements for services if required. To confirm
that your osteopath belongs to an association that meets Manulife’s
administrative standards, please contact OTIP Benefit Services at 1-866-783-
6847 with the name of your osteopaths’ association.

Claims between September 15 and October 31

Claims from practitioners registered to the above associations with service dates
between September 15 and October 31, 2017 can continue to be submitted to
Manulife for reimbursement. For online claims submission, however, you will be
required to attach your service receipt electronically. Kindly disregard the online
memo in the Message Centre that states a termination date of September 15.
You can also mail your claim with the service receipt to Manulife using the Extended
Health Care form found at www.otip.com/Group-Benefits/Forms under the Health and
Dental form drop down.

If you have any additional questions about this change, or any of your health-care
benefits, please call OTIP Benefits Services at 1-866-783-6847.

Sincerely,

OTIP Benefit Services
1-866-783-6847

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Celebrating HEU Catholic Teachers

Last year we shared some inspiring stories about how our colleagues reach out, share their
gifts, often inspire others, and how their actions have helped to facilitate positive change for
others.

We look forward to sharing more of these stories with you and highlighting the great initiatives
that Halton Elementary Catholic teachers are involved in relating to social justice and
community outreach. These can be activities that are conducted at school or on personal time.

To send a submission, please email the following details to [email protected]:

• Name of Teacher
• School Location
• Personal email or personal phone number to contact
• Is this a school or personal initiative?
• The details of the social justice/community outreach project
• If possible, a picture

Please provide submissions no later than the 15th of each month.

If your submission is chosen for publication, both you and the celebrated teacher will receive a
$25 gift card of your choosing from the following: Chapters Indigo, gas, Tim Hortons, Starbucks,
LCBO, movies, or grocery.

/RDER ONE TO iT YOUR NEEDS AND Spring 2018 Fall 2018

Registration Opens Registration Opens CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
(PENDING ACCREDITATION)
DECEMBER 5, 2017 JUNE 12
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
Registration Closes Registration Closes FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
GUIDANCE AND CAREER EDUCATION
MARCH 16 SEPTEMBER 11 INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION AND

Courses Start Courses Start COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN
INSTRUCTION
APRIL 3 SEPTEMBER 24 KINDERGARTEN
MATHEMATICS
Courses End Courses End READING

JUNE 15 DECEMBER 14 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Summer 2018 A limited number of
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Registration Opens $450 AQ STUDENT ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
SUBSIDIES
APRIL 6 are available for ALL TEACHER LIBRARIAN
TEACHING COMBINED GRADES
Registration Closes Math, Kindergarten and TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Technology (ICT) courses.
JUNE 1 TEACHING STUDENTS WITH
COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS (A.S.D.)
Courses Start
TEACHING STUDENTS WITH
JULY 3 COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS (L.D.)

Courses End (PENDING ACCREDITATION)
Single course only
JULY 27

CWLOISLINLG DABTEES A DISCOUNT OF $200 FOR ANYONE
EXTENDED WHO TAKES AN OECTA AQ SPECIALIST
IF SPACES IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE, THAT
ARE STILL IS NOT SUBSIDIZED.
AVAILABLE

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Is Your Home Insured for Water Damage?

Images of extreme flooding have been dominating
headlines of late. Unfortunately, it doesn't take
exceptional hurricanes, like Harvey or Irma, to flood
urban areas. Residents of Windsor and Essex County
experienced devastating damage to their homes in
August as heavy rainfall caused thousands of people to
wake up to flooded basements. Water can cause a lot
of damage to your home, and repairs can be costly; so,
don’t presume you’re fully covered, only to find out
you’re not.

Visit www.otipinsurance.com/article14 to read the full
article.

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Addressing Violence,
Building Respect

5

OCT

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