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Welcome to your union PD

OCETFO invites you to Level Up your teaching with an exciting day of virtual and in person workshops. We have something for every teacher, intended to bring you the professional development that you want. There are opportunities to win prizes, connect with colleagues, get out of the house, or stay in your jammies. It's the best kind of learning; designed by teachers for teachers.

Keynote Speaker

Reshma Saujani

Reshma Saujani is a leading activist, the founder of Girls Who Code, the founder and CEO of Moms First, and the host of My So-Called Midlife with Lemonada Media. She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently fighting for the structural changes moms need and deserve including affordable child care and paid leave. She is a New York Times bestselling author of several books including PAY UP: The Future of Women and Work (And Why It’s Different Than You Think), Brave, Not Perfect, and the Girls Who Code book series. As a leading voice on women’s empowerment, her 2023 Smith College Commencement speech on imposter syndrome has more than 18 million views, and her influential TED talk, “Teach girls bravery, not perfection,” has more than 54 million views globally. In 2024, she launched My So-Called Midlife, a podcast with Lemonada Media that quickly entered Apple’s Top 10 show chart, reached #1 in Health and Fitness, and was named one of the best new podcasts of the year by TIME magazine. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. Reshma lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their sons, Shaan and Sai, and their dog Steve.

Day at a Glance

Committee Members

Anuka Dey

Alex Derry

Elizabeth Mason Brown

Jennifer Pirri

Kathleen Frank

Lyne Huet

Melcha Wolanski

Jennifer Duncan

James McCallum

Lorna Evans

Shawna Rothgeb

Maryse Extross

Frequently Asked Questions


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The plenary, keynote and majority of our workshops are virtual this year - allowing you to access them from anywhere you have internet. There are also some in person workshops available in the afternoon.
If you need a quiet spot with internet access, there is space available at Fisher Park School, 250 Holland Ave. It will be available beginning at 8:15 March 28.
Loging in will be available a few days before the event. You will use your ocdsb email address to login. Once you enter your email address, you will receive an OTP, on your email. You can use that to login to the event.
The platform works on all standard tech, including phones and Chromebooks. To streamline the experience you might want to download the app if you are using your phone, but that’s optional!
Only for the in-person events. You will be sent login information to access all the virtual workshops the week of March 20th.
If you click on the Agenda tab it has details about the sessions and presenters.
Our PD Committee has worked hard to find varied offerings, both virtual and in person, based on feedback from last year’s PD Day. If you have any ideas for workshops that you don’t see reflected this year, please remember to fill out the post-PD Day survey to help guide next year’s committee.
So many ways! There will be contests prior to the event that your steward will share with you. On March 28th there will be opportunities to earn points by participating in events, visiting vendors and more!
Our committee has been working hard on this event since September. We have also had lots of help from the OC ETFO office staff, especially Jessica Linnay and Margo Charles. We're always looking for volunteers to help with future PD Days! If you're interested in joining the committee or assisting in any way, please reach out to Jennifer Duncan.