Employee Services - Secondary Teaching Office
5050 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M2N 5N8 Tel: (416) 397-3232

MEMORANDUM
DATE:

May 29, 2019

TO:

All Secondary Teachers

FROM:

David Moore
Senior Manager, Secondary Teaching
Leslie Wolfe
President, OSSTF, Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit

SUBJECT:

Secondary Teaching Board-Wide Placement Process

Please be advised that bumping** will be required as a part of the Board-Wide placement staffing process for
Secondary Teachers this year. This may mean that some Teachers who are currently not surplus to their school
will be bumped from their position by an unplaced more senior Teacher. As a result of a bump, a Teacher may
therefore be declared tentatively surplus to the Board and would receive this notification to that effect on
Friday, June 7, 2019.
The Secondary Collective Agreement requires that “a Teacher who is surplus will be notified on or before June
30 that the Teacher’s employment is terminated effective August 31.” This year Secondary Teachers surplus to
Board will receive notification on June 28, 2019.
Please know that we understand the anxiety and uncertainty that may be created for Teachers who find
themselves in this position. Indeed, the decision to bump was not undertaken lightly. Rather, it was dictated by
the need to ensure that if terminations are required that the process by which this happens will adhere to the
letter and spirit of the Collective Agreement. Be assured that we will make every effort to place Teachers into
positions as the Secondary staffing process continues throughout the months of June, July and August.
Please be advised that members of the Toronto Teachers’ Bargaining Unit Executive (OSSTF) are available to
answer questions from teachers or hear about their concerns – whether it is about their respective situations or
the staffing process in general. Teachers may call the union office at 416-393-8900 and ask to speak with their
Executive Officer.
The Board will hold a meeting for all Teachers who are informed on Friday, June 28, 2019 that they are
surplus to Board. The meeting will be on Friday, July 5th, 10:00 a.m., North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge
Street, Members Lounge.
In the meantime, should you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact your OSSTF Executive
Officer (416-393-8900), or TDSB Staffing Officer (LC2 & LC3 – Sandi Tierney at 416-397-3251; LC1 & LC4
– Lynda Brewer at 416-397-3255).
** From the Secondary Staffing Binder, 2019-2020 – Staffing Rules, Page 4, #9 - Bumping:
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As a guiding principle, bumping will be on the basis of the contract status. Full time will bump full time (1.0
contract); part time (0.5 contracts) will bump part time (0.5 contracts).
In practice that means bumping will proceed as follows:
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For a full time unplaced Teacher:
i) 1.0 FTE bump
or
ii) 0.5 FTE vacancy and 0.5 FTE bump
or
iii) 0.5 FTE bump and 0.5 FTE bump

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For a 0.5 contract unplaced Teacher:
i) 0.5 FTE bump
or

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As a last resort, at the end of the Board-wide Placement Meetings, a 0.5 contract will be able to bump 0.5 of a
1.0 contract and a 1.0 contract will be able to bump a 0.5 contract, subject to seniority and qualifications.

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In determining school surplus and the development of the school staffing matrix, the replacement process
and in the bumping process, the guiding principles are:
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“certification bumps certification” (based on seniority)
“certification bumps experienced but not certificated” (not dependent on seniority)
“experienced but not certificated cannot bump certification” (not dependent on seniority)
“experienced but not certificated bumps experienced but not certificated” (based on seniority)