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The Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) is a Local of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO). With over 11,000 members, it is the largest teachers' Local in Canada.
I am pleased to present Voices from the Classroom, a research project sponsored by ETT, which explores the work place experience of elementary teachers in Toronto. Based on eight extended consultations with 81 of our members, this report highlights a variety of important issues that are relevant to the present and future of our profession.
In Solidarity,
Martin Long
- The SIF has an inappropriate focus on EQAO test results—an overly narrow measure of a school's effectiveness. This misuse of testing data leads to certain schools being stigmatized because of their results.
- The SIF website provides demographic data about schools such as socioeconomic status, parental levels of education, the number of special needs students, and the number of students whose first language is neither English nor French.
- These data encourage users to compare schools based on the information provided; in other words, to shop for schools based on test results and/or demographics.
Join ETFO in its fight to have the School Information Finder dismantled. Spread the word about noSIF.ca to your friends, neighbours, and colleagues. Encourage them to visit this site and email their MPP to protest the SIF. If you manage a blog or website, help promote the campaign by embedding icons with links back to noSIF.ca.
