Oct. 2012 - KPR ETFO Teachers' Local

6.2 Wi-Fi Issue
- KPR was expected to report back after 21 days from May Health and Safety meeting
- Board will not label routers in each building, as requested by ETFO H&S
- testing process seems different in each building, and appears to contradict Canadian
Safety Code 6
- strength of Wi-Fi system has been questioned
6.3 Locked Classrooms
- these rooms have previously not been opened for H&S inspections
- now an on-site person will have a key for those rooms – they need to be part of regular
inspection
6.4 Vermiculite Inspections
- Darline and Deb met with Valance Young in September to discuss process for site
inspections
- booklet and ‘green’ folder given to Principals in the 9 affected schools, which are
educational and accessible for staff (i.e. look fors, pictures, site maps)
- Ministry of Labour – Follow-ups occurring in most schools
- about 10% of elementary schools will be checked / inspected this year
6.5 Occasional Teacher Packages
- template will be provided to ETFO staff to use for OT’s in your class
- looking to create consistency between buildings
- has been an on-going issue
6.6 Safety Training sessions
- moved from Keith Wightman to Board Office
- will take place October 25 th , 26 th
6.7 Science Safety Program
- has been created by KPR as part of the Program Safety package on ‘Docushare’ section of
web-site
- program idea in response to tragedy at Ottawa HS last year
6.8 Staff First-Aid Training
- KPR has set aside $15,000 for staff who would like to be trained
- no supply coverage – expectations that staff would complete on your own time
- there is a High School program that is training staff to “teach” students first-aid and that
program has release time provided – no release for Elementary teachers
6.9 Workplace Violence Training
- coming up in January
- new program is being revealed in December