President's Report

Occasional Teacher Daily Assignments:
An occasional teacher hired to cover an absent teacher on a daily basis is responsible to cover the teachers regularly scheduled duties.
Additional professional assignments (on-calls and supervisions) are only covered if they already existed on a schedule for the absent teacher.
These should be included in the SEMS booking. This means that on-calls and supervisions should not be added to daily OT assignments upon arrival at a school. If you have concern that our contract is not being followed please raise this with the school branch president.

Professional Development Fund (JSD):
OSSTF D29 has negotiated funding to support professional development. Funds are available for both contract and occasional teachers. If you are a contract teacher, speak with your school educational services representative for more information. If you are an occasional teacher, contact Scott Marshall at the District Office

Collective Bargaining Committee:
Our local collective bargaining committee is one of may active committees made up of volunteers from each of our branches (each school and OT branch). This committee was active last year developing a survey for our members to support the development of our negotiations brief, reviewing these surveys, and then developing the brief. Now that the local brief has been approved they will be involved in the planning and logistics necessary to support job action, should that be necessary. Current members of our CBC team are:
THS – Greg Fellows   
BSS – Jon Jenkinson   
CSS – Karen Brinklow
PECI – Ryan Gabourie    
ESS – Heather Patterson   
NHHS – Ashely Graham
OT Branch – Graham Gough   
Chair – Scott Young (PECI)   
Chief Negotiator – Andrew Wachner (CSS)

Member Social
OSSTF D29 Members are encouraged to join colleagues and friends at the Stirling Theatre Saturday November 23^rd for the evening “Naughty Panto” version of Mother Goose. Tickets, normally valued at $44, are being offered to OSSTF members (and friends) at a discounted rate of $20 per ticket!
A limited number are available, so please book yours soon. Tickets can be reserved through the local d29.osstf.ca website link

AMPA
The Annual Meeting of the Provincial Assembly, is held in Toronto over the March break each year. This is the ultimate decision making body for our Union, setting bylaws, policies, procedures, and making budget decisions and allocations. This meeting works through a delegate system, with each OSSTF bargaining unit in the province allocated delegate spots based upon the number of members in that local. Our teacher bargaining unit has 5 delegate spots, and two alternate spots. The local president fills one position and the remainder are elected by District Council. The election of the delegates to represent OSSTF District 29 will occur at the December 4^th meeting of District 29 Council. If you are interested in putting your name forward, or nominating a colleague, please contact Michelle Dalrymple (our District Officer) at d29officer@gmail.com.