Based on member surveys, feedback from unit presidents, emerging political platforms in 2012, OECTA created five key position papers to frame pertinent educational and union related issues.
When you speak for children...
You build a solid foundation for every child.
Summary: Key Points and Recommendations
Learning goes beyond the basics.
Summary: Key Points and Recommendations
Barriers to learning disappear.
Summary: Key Points and Recommendations
You support lifelong learning.
Summary: Key Points and Recommendations
You protect the common good.
Summary: Key Points and Recommendations
When you Speak for Children...you make your voice count
Based on the themes of the position papers, advertisements have been created.
When you speak for children...
Learning goes beyond the basics.
We come to school ready to learn.
Our school has dynamic programs.
Apprenticeship programs are available to me.
Reaching the public in 2012-2013 >>
OECTA’s ongoing public education advocacy campaign includes a series of messages posted on the billboard at Bay and Gerrard Streets in Toronto.
When you speak for children...
July 2013
Learning Goes Beyond the Basics
May 2013
My Future is Brighter
April 2013
Our School Has Dynamic Programs
We Come to School Ready to Learn.
December 2012
We All Build a Better Tomorrow.
Extraordinary Teachers. Extraordinary Impact.
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OECTA’s Speak For Children campaign messaging to the public continues with a focus on teachers in Ontario’s Catholic schools, whose expertise and impact in the classroom is moving Ontario’s education system from great to excellent, every day.
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Read more about how Ontario is in the process of making the transition from "great" to "excellent"...


