Membership Categories

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has approximately 73,000 members. These members fall into the following categories:

• Teacher Member
• Occasional Teacher Member
• Professional Support Personnel
• Education Support Personnel
• Early Childhood Educator
• Associate Member
• Honorary Life Member

Of the total membership in 2007-2008:

• 73 percent were Teacher Members;
• 26 percent were Occasional Teacher Members;
• with the remaining categories comprising one percent of the total membership.

• Article IV: Membership

  Section 1: Active Membership

  4.1.1     Members in bargaining units for which the Federation is the bargaining agent under the Education Act, including members on board-approved leaves of absence, shall be active members of the Federation.

  4.2.2     All employees in bargaining units for which the Federation holds bargaining rights under any other Act, including the Labour Relations Act, or for which the Federation is seeking to hold bargaining rights, shall be eligible for active membership, and shall be admitted as active members subject to the provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Federation.

  Section 2: Associate Membership

  4.2.1     Associate membership of the local shall include members whose application has been approved by the local, approved by the Executive, and who have paid the annual fee in accordance with the Bylaws.

  4.2.2     Associate membership of the provincial Federation shall include members whose application has been approved by the Executive and who have paid the annual fee in accordance with the Bylaws.

  4.2.3     Associate Membership may include:

  4.2.3.1                      members of other affiliates of OTF;

  4.2.3.2                      teachers or Native language instructors employed in private schools, provincial schools, federal government schools, First Nation or Council schools;

  4.2.3.3                       individuals employed as supervisory officers;

  4.2.3.4                      employees of the Federation or locals;

  4.2.3.5                      teachers employed at a college or university;

  4.2.3.6           former members or persons engaged in a professional capacity related to education;

  4.2.3.7           former members in good standing who are currently not employed by a school board;

  4.2.3.8                      former members in good standing who have been declared redundant and are not employed by a school board (this membership shall only be held for two years);

  4.2.3.9                      former members who were on LTD and whose contract with an employer has been terminated (this membership shall only be held for two years);

  4.2.3.10                    exchange teachers employed as an elementary teacher by a public school board;

              4.2.3.11          retired members who were members of the Federation or its predecessors; and

  4.2.3.12          students attending a teacher education institution in Ontario.

   

  Section 3: Honorary Life Membership