Validating our Mission/Vision November 5 2007 IFITH Subjects: 1. SAINTS OF THE TORONTO CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD 2. DEFERRED SALARY PLAN T - Management Employee Group--repeat H DIRECTOR’S - CUPE Local 1328 OCT 12-Month Employees--repeat E - CUPE Local 1280 Custodial & Trades & Maintenance Employees--repeat BULLETIN 3. SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION NEWS--repeat 2007-2008 4. REMEMBRANCE DAY VIDEOS AND DVDS 5. INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET INFORMATION MEETING--repeat In a school community 6. SUMMER STUDY IN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND & ITALY formed by Catholic 7. MARCH BREAK 2008 CREDIT COURSES IN ITALY--repeat beliefs and traditions, 8. TCDSB GOES GREEN our Mission is to educate students 9. AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES & CONTESTS - Anti-Litter Calendar Contest to their full potential 10. SCHOOL ANNIVERSARIES, OFFICIAL OPENINGS & BLESSINGS - St. Rose of Lima’s 50th Anniversary--repeat 11. EVENT NOTICES - Henry Carr’s Say Good-bye to the Old Building A Community of Faith - “Girls’ Night Out”, Notre Dame--repeat - CPIC (Catholic Parent Involvement Committee) Conference - “Crazy for You” Cardinal Carter --repeat - TAPCE Commissioning Ceremony - TCDSB Staff Arts Christmas Concert--repeat With Heart in Charity 12. SHARING OUR GOOD NEWS - St. Cecilia Catholic School - St. John Catholic School - St. Gerard Majella Catholic School Anchored in Hope - Cardinal Léger Catholic School - Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School - Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts - Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School - Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School - Holy Rosary Catholic School & St. Joseph’s College School - Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School - Senator O’Connor College School - Neil McNeil High School - Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary School - Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School The Toronto Catholic District - St. Pius X Catholic School School Board educates close to - St. Monica Catholic School 90,000 students from diverse - St. Francis de Sales, St. Jude, St. Wilfrid, St. Francis Xavier and cultures and language St. Robert Catholic Schools backgrounds in its 201 Catholic - Cardinal Newman Catholic High School elementary and secondary continued… schools and serves 475,032 Catholic school supporters across __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the City of Toronto Toronto Catholic District School Board, 80 Sheppard Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6E8 Telephone: 416-222-8282 PLEASE ENSURE THAT A COPY OF THE WEEKLY DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN IS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STAFF 177#10 …continued Subjects: 13. MEMORIALS 14. BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS 15. CURRICULUM & ACCOUNTABILITY - Tree Bee Registration--repeat - Art Workshop for Elementary Teachers - Books on the Environment--repeat - Professional Learning Network after-school session - New Technology Workshops--repeat - Sorting Through Assistive Technology Workshops--repeat 16. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Dare to Dream – Imagine the Future Workshop 17. APPLICATIONS – FOR IMMEDIATE POSTING POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY - Program Coordinator II, Safe Schools Coordinator, Suspension Program - Teachers & Supervisors, Continuing Education Department CUPE LOCAL 1280 - Head Caretaker Pre-Qualifying Test, Registration Form and Test Process You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 10 November 5, 2007 SUBJECT: 1 The Saints of the Toronto Catholic District School Board We Celebrate with the following schools on their Saint/Name-sake Feast Day: November 4 – 10 St. Charles Borromeo – November 4 St. Elizabeth – November 5 St. Leo – November 10 You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 10 November 5, 2007 SUBJECT: 2-1 DEFERRED SALARY PLAN (DSP) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE GROUP Applications are invited for participation in the Deferred Salary Plan. The Compensation Plan for the Management Employee Group provides employees with the opportunity of participating in a DSP. The Board will grant leaves of absence of one year to management group employees on the basis of spreading 4 years’ salary over 5 years. Any permanent employees who have completed at least two years’ employment with the Board are eligible. Application forms are available from the Human Resources Department and must be returned to Linda Moynagh, Supervisor – Support Staff, Human Resources Department, by: November 30, 2007 for leave commencing January 2012 or March 1, 2008 for leave commencing September 2012 To request a DSP application form, please contact Human Resources Department at 416-222-8282 extension 2335 Further details of the DSP are outlined in the Compensation Plan for Management Employee Group, page 27 SUBJECT: 2-2 DEFERRED SALARY PLAN (DSP) CUPE LOCAL 1328 – OCT 12-MONTH EMPLOYEE Applications are invited for participation in the Deferred Salary Plan. The CUPE 1328 – OCT Collective Agreement, Article 16.15, provides employees the opportunity of participating in a DSP. The Board will grant leaves of absence of one year to CUPE 1328 – OCT employees on the basis of spreading 4 years’ salary over 5 years. Any permanent full-time CUPE 1328 – OCT employees who have completed at least two (2) years employment with the Board are eligible. Application forms are now available from the Human Resources Department and must be returned to Linda Moynagh, Supervisor, Human Resources Department, on or before November 1, 2007 To request a DSP application form, please call Cathy Manganaro, Human Resources Department, at 416-222-8282, ext. 2260 or e-mail at [email protected] Further details of the DSP are outlined in Article 16.15 of the CUPE Local 1328 – OCT Collective Agreement. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 10 November 5, 2007 SUBJECT: 2-3 DEFERRED SALARY PLAN (DSP) CUPE LOCAL 1280 CUSTODIAL AND TRADES AND MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES Applications are invited for participation in the Deferred Salary Plan. The CUPE 1280 Collective Agreement, Article 16.12, provides Custodial and Trades & Maintenance employees the opportunity of participating in a DSP. The Board will grant leaves of absence of one year to custodial and trades & maintenance employees on the basis of spreading 4 years’ salary over 5 years. Any permanent full-time custodial or trades & maintenance employees who have completed at least two (2) years employment with the Board are eligible. Application forms are now available from Human Resources and must be returned to HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, ATTENTION: LINDA MOYNAGH, SUPERVISOR - SUPPORT STAFF, HUMAN RESOURCES, on or before March 1, 2008. To request a DSP application form, please call the Human Resources department extension 2335. Further details of the DSP are outlined in Article 16.12 of the CUPE Local 1280 Collective Agreement. SUBJECT: 3 SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION NEWS On October 1st, 2007 First Group acquired Laidlaw International Inc. The company is planning on rebranding the school bus division of Laidlaw under the name ‘First Student’. There will be no changes to the contact numbers, bus administration/dispatch staff, or route numbers. Over the next several months the name change will appear on all school busses. Operation staff at the bus company will now answer the phone identifying themselves as First Student. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Student Transportation Services Department at 416-229-5313. All parents of students that are transported by school bus to and from school have been notified by letter. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World. Matt. 5:13, 14 THE DIRECTOR’S BULLETIN Those who teach will shine like stars for all eternity. Daniel 12:3 10 November 5, 2007 SUBJECT: 4 AN UPDATE FROM THE MEDIA SERVICES DEPARTMENT REMEMBRANCE DAY VIDEOS AND DVDS The War of 1812 Call # LV2766 Title: War of 1812 Call # LV4285 or LD1105 Title: The War of 1812 - Part One - When I Meet My Doom. Call # LV4286 or LD1106 Title: The War of 1812 - Part Two - Or Leave Our Bones Upon Them. Call # LV4287 or LD1107 Title: The War of 1812 - Part Three - So Awful a Night. Call # LV4288 or LD1108 Title: The War of 1812 - Part Four - "The Rockets Red Glare." Call # LV2796 Title: World War I. Call # LV3315. Title: D-Day - World War I - Remembrance Day Call # LV3871 Title: World War I -Liberators - D-Day to the Rhine. Call # LV3095 Title: The Blue Puttees - World War I - Remembrance Day Call # LV3098 Title: World War I - A Vimy Ridge Veteran Remembers Call # LV7006 Title: Heroes of World War I - The War is over World War I and II Call # LV2843 Title: Remembrance day Call # LV3099 Title: World War I and World War II – Never again World War II Call # LV1928 Title: Anne Frank – Just a Diary Call #LV1934 Title: World War II - 1939 - 1945 - The Nazi seizure of power. Call # LV2402 Title: Nightmare - Holocaust Call # LV2320 Title: Holocaust Call # LV1861 Title: No greater honour – Jewish War Veterans of Canada Call # LV2762 Title: World War II – Fields of Sacrifice Call # LV3094 Title: World War II – Against All Odds Call # LV3223 Title: Truce in the forest Call # LV3262 Title: World War II – Reluctant Heroes – Remembrance Day Call # LV3441 Title: Battle of the Atlantic – World War II Call # LV3870 Title: Turning the Tide – World War II -1939 –D-Day – Remembrance Day Call # LV3872 Title: Endings and Beginnings – World War II - 1945 – Remembrance Day Call # LV7269 Title: World War II – A Fragile Peace – 1918-1929 Call # LV7045 Title: Aboriginal War Veterans – World War II Call # LV7075 Title: Land in Turmoil – Forgotten soldiers – Aboriginal War Veterans – World War II Call # LV2933 Title: Dance to Remember – Japanese Canadians Call# LV7100 Title: Japanese Canadians – Watari Dori Call # LD1042 Title: May & August – Japanese Refugee Camps You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the World.