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As parents, you know how hard it is to find "extra" time to get involved in your child's education. But your involvement helps your child tremendously, and enriches your school community. Parents are crucial to education -- and you're critical to keeping open communication with teachers and schools. to help you with this, we are providing some tips and techniques for staying in touch and staying involved.

Your child Your school

Our public schools need more Black educators

Today, just 10 percent of Ontario teachers are racialized.

Black Excellence in Teaching

Listen to our podcast with four speakers addressing Black excellence at the Generation Black: You're Next! Symposium.

What Black educators are saying

Hear directly from Black teachers across Ontario about their experience in education and why you should join the profession.

Addressing Anti-Black Racism

ETFO is committed to eliminating the barriers that Black educators experience as they enter the teaching profession.

The Power of Representation

By Chad Mills, a member of the Peel Teacher Local.

After The Teacher Interview

We hope your parent-teacher conference went well.

Before The Teacher Interview

One of the best ways to keep the learning partnership strong is to attend parent-teacher interviews and meet with your child’s teacher, face to face.

During A Teacher Conference

Ever wonder how to get the most out of a parent-teacher conference? For starters, do your best to be punctual for your interview.

Talk To Your Child’s Teacher

Do you want to know how your child is doing in school? Talk to your child’s teacher.

Professional Judgement

Classrooms change from year to year, depending on the individual strengths and challenges each student brings to the class.

A Good Relationship

Learning is a partnership between you, your child, and your child’s teacher.

Your Rights As a Parent

As parents, you have a right to know how your child is progressing and to expect early identification of any learning problems.

Special Education Support Varies From School Board to School Board

Special Education supports can look different school board to school board, and are directly tied to enrollment.

Providing an Individual Education Plan

An Individual Education Plan (IEP) is a document that may be created for your child if the learning needs are significant and require modifications or a high level of accommodations.

Supporting Your Child With Special Needs

Some children have learning difficulties or challenges that require individual education plans (IEPs) and/or additional supports.

Full-day Kindergarten: Why it works

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario has long been an advocate of full-day Kindergarten.

Play-Based Learning

Another valuable aspect of Ontario’s Kindergarten program is play-based learning.

Full-day Kindergarten: How it works

Every four- and five-year old in Ontario has the opportunity to attend a full-day Kindergarten program.

Kindergarten Teachers & DECEs

Kindergarten teachers are trained to teach across the grades and across the continuum of learning.

Helping With Math

Communication between home and school is an important part of the mathematics program in Ontario’s elementary schools.

Raising A Reader

Making reading a part of your relationship with your child will help your child at school and establish a life-long love for learning.

Read Every Day

Here are some ways to incorporate reading into your day.

Roots of Equality

As parents, we can be the biggest influence in our kids’ lives, their best teacher and role model.

Get involved in your child's school

Here are some suggestions for how you can get involved in your child’s school and some tips for helping your child enjoy and benefit from school.

Welcome To School

You want to make your child’s first experiences at school positive ones.

School Readiness Checklist

Children do not need to have specific knowledge or skills to begin school.

Greater Independence

Here are a few suggestions to encourage your child to develop more independence in preparation for school.

Peace Picture Books

Here are some picture books dealing with peace that you can read with your children.

A Way with Words and Images

We say that “words will never hurt me”, but sometimes words do hurt.

Ability/Disability Picture Books

Here's a list of picture books that deal with ability/disability that you can read with your children.