Latest posts tagged with #oecta on Bluesky
You can't do more with less.
When adjusted for inflation, #OntEd is getting less funding than every before. The resources students need are a worthy investment.
📺 Full CBC News interview w/#OECTA President René Jansen in de Wal: https://bit.ly/46CJRZA
📋 Read our violence report: bit.ly/4tQrdHF
📢 Attention #CatholicTeachers!
A new Provincial Bargaining Update (PBU) has been released.
#OECTA members, please check your personal email 📩 to read the PBU or visit the Members’ Area at catholicteachers.ca 👇
www.catholicteachers.ca/Members-Area/Provincial-...
#CatholicTeachers from across Ontario made their voices heard throughout the govt’s pre-budget consultation process, calling on MPPs to make real investments in schools.
THANK YOU to our amazing #OECTA unit presidents for championing what #OntEd students need to succeed 👏👏👏
📢Attention #CatholicTeachers!
A new Provincial Bargaining Update (PBU) has been released.
#OECTA members, please check your personal email 📩 to read the PBU or visit the Members’ Area at catholicteachers.ca 👇
www.catholicteachers.ca/Members-Area/Provincial-...
#CatholicTeachers unit presidents wore #RedForEd today to highlight the fight for the supports our students, schools, and publicly funded #OntEd system NEED!✊
Be sure to join #OECTA GTA pACT's initiative to wear red on the 1st Friday of every month!
WEAR RED and join #CatholicTeachers across the GTA this FRIDAY (February 6) for #OECTA GTA pACT’s first #RedForED action day of 2026.
Together, let’s champion real investment in our schools, smaller class sizes, and the resources and supports #OntEd students need and deserve.
In the north, #OntEd students who need mental health supports are waiting six months to a year, if they even get them at all. There are no supports for these kids.
- #OECTA Sudbury Secondary Unit President Jaime Sauvé tells MPPs to stop ignoring our most vulnerable learners.
#BlackHistoryMonth calls us not only to celebrate Black excellence, but to reflect on our shared responsibility to challenge racial injustice, which requires collaboration, accountability, & sustained commitment from all.
#OECTA President René Jansen in de Wal's statement: https://bit.ly/466Svzp
Talk to any #CatholicTeacher. They’ll tell you how chronic underfunding impacts #OntEd: overcrowded classrooms, fewer supports for the students who need them most.
- #OECTA Thunder Bay Secondary Unit President Carlo Cappello calls on MPPs to start investing in schools again.
The research is clear. Smaller class sizes lead to better outcomes. Period.
- #OECTA Northeastern Unit Release Officer David Rosso calls on MPPs to use the 2026 budget to invest in #OntEd students and schools. #CatholicTeachers
Great to connect with education union leaders from across Ontario. Solidarity and shared purpose as we continue advocating for strong public education and education workers.
Thanks to AEFO for hosting.
#Solidarity #BetterSchoolsBetterTomorrow #OSBCU #ETFO #OECTA #OSSTF #AEFO
Special education needs real funding! Critical classroom supports for students that we had 10 years ago have disappeared.
- #OECTA Renfrew Unit President Scott Lafreniere tells MPPs that the 2026 budget must invest in special education resources to support every #OntEd student.
It's past time for this govt to ask why the conditions in #OntEd schools are causing teachers to leave the profession.
- #OECTA Ottawa Unit President Mary Catherine Hogan tells MPPs that the 2026 budget must address the growing teacher recruitment and retention crisis.
I hear from #CatholicTeachers at almost every school begging for additional supports to help their students.
- #OECTA PVNC Unit President Bart Scollard, telling MPPs that the 2026 Ontario Budget must make real investments in #OntEd, for more EAs and other essential school staff.
"No minister under the Ford govt has collaborated w/teachers on anything at all." - #OECTA President René Jansen in de Wal
#CatholicTeachers reject #Bill33. We need LESS centralized control, & MORE investments in #OntEd students, schools, & communities!
https://bit.ly/4pvVN6S
Well said #OECTA President René Jansen in de Wal!👏
#CatholicTeachers see the unique challenges, needs, & barriers students face across #OntEd. Standardized tests like EQAO can't tell you that. REAL improvement to student learning requires REAL support & investment from the Ford govt!
Local #OSSTF leaders are raising the alarm 🚨
On Mon., OSSTF/FEESO, @etfoeducators.bsky.social, & #OECTA locals hosted a virtual panel, warning that Bill 33 has pushed #OntEd’s schools to the edge of a crisis. Local voices matter more than ever as the Minister takes greater control.
bit.ly/4oj2TKs
With Doug Ford's supervisors assuming control of some school boards, will new superintendents become political appointees? #onpoli #onted #etfo #osstf #oecta #aefo #cupe
Ontario teachers‘ unions are ALL punching back, but there needs to be more parental & community support.
#OSSTF #OECTA #AEFO #OTF #ETFO #CUP-OSBCU #OntEd
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Amidst ongoing changes & uncertainty in #OntEd, #CatholicTeahcers' primary concern remains clear: student well-being.
"We're hoping the ministry is equally interested in collaborating & enlisting teachers' expertise." - #OECTA President
https://t.co/FMvyschZld https://t.co/2dlRGbQzuf
There are 3 books available for schools that highlight Richard Pierpoint, one of Ontario's first African settlers.
Add #RichardPierpoint to curricula- #AmericanRevolution #UnitedEmpireLoyalist #Warof1812 #UpperCanada #ontarioteacher #OSSTF #OECTA #ETFO
Employers have no reason to bargain if they think the government will legislate employees back to work. Every union should heed this lesson. Ignore anti-collective bargaining legislation. #etfo #osstf #ona #oecta #aefo #solidarity
Air Canada, flight attendants ...
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...a weaker contract that was first accepted by #OSSTF and #OECTA. I do not want to experience two years of negotiations. If we don't take action after six months, I'll know that we are losing. Don't ask me to wear "Red for Ed." 6/ #etfo
To all teachers,
Do not use materials from PragerU. As a occasional/supply/substitute teacher, I will not give or present materials from PragerU to the students. youtu.be/lYIdmVTdI3I?... #onted #etfo #osstf #oecta
Teachers should not be signing off on students volunteering for #FIFA as these positions could be paid positions. #osstf #oecta #onted
When making new #OntEd initiatives, the Ford government must work w/education experts — teachers.
As #OECTA President states, #CatholicTeachers know the most effective professional learning is practical, evidence-based, & grounded in the real challenges & opportunities of today’s classrooms.
"When class sizes grow, individual student needs get harder to meet." - #OECTA President René Jansen in de Wal
#CatholicTeachers continue to call on Premier Doug Ford & Minister Paul Calandra to support #OntEd students' learning and teachers' working conditions by investing in smaller class sizes!
