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Provided by: Lorman Education Services Teacher Appraisals and Dismissals |
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8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 am - 10:00 am Board's Statutory Appraisal Requirements
- Claire Vachon
- Purpose and Intent of the Legislated System
- Principles Underlying the Appraisal System
- Particularities of the New Teacher Induction Program
- Creating the Tools to Ensure Success
- Recurrent Problems and Practical Solutions
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am Litigating Appraisal Issues
- Claire Vachon
- What Will You Be Required to Establish?
- What Will Be the Best Way to Do So?
- How Can You Maximize Your Board's Chances That Its Decision Be Upheld?
11:15 am - 12:30 pm Dealing With Sexual Misconduct by Teachers
- Grant Bowers
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Discipline and Discharge for Off-Duty Conduct
- Michael S. Smyth
- What Types of Off-Duty Conduct Can Justify Discipline?
- What Is the Test to Be Applied to Assess Whether or Not Discipline Is Warranted?
- How Have Adjudicators Applied This Test to Teachers' Off-Duty Conduct?
- How Has the Ontario College of Teachers Dealt With Teachers' Off-Duty Conduct?
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm - 3:55 pm Dress Codes and Letters to the Editor
- Christian Paquette and Mark C. Power
- The Right of Management to Regulate the Workplace
- The Freedom of Expression of Teachers
- The Parallel Evolution of These Competing Interests: A Delicate Balance
3:55 pm - 4:30 pm Questions and Answers
- Grant Bowers, Christian Paquette, Mark C. Power,
Michael S. Smyth and Claire Vachon
