Dear Train the Trainer (Session 2) participants:
This is to advise you that the Train the Trainer for Equity Reps has been scheduled.
Date:
Monday, February 27, 2023 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:00am – 12:00pm
NOTE: This is a virtual training.
Zoom link will be e-mailed to participants closer to the training date.
Meeting Details:
Equity Train the Trainer is reserved for equity representatives from OPSEU/SEFPO’s eight (8) equity committees and caucus. It is the same Train the Trainer course offered by OPSEU/SEFPO’s Education and Organizing Unit. The training focuses on facilitation skills and introduces participants to the theory and practice of activist education used at OPSEU/SEFPO. Its focus is effective facilitation and co-facilitation, with an emphasis on the delivery of OPSEU/SEFPO courses. Participants will expand their methods and skills:
• introduce a variety of activities
• build community and equity among participants
• take up small group work and lead large group discussions
• address common conflicts and tensions
• develop action emerging from union education
Human Rights Accommodation Request Form
Should you require a human rights accommodation or have an existing accommodation under the Human Rights Code, please complete and submit the Human Rights Accommodation Request Form in full.
OPSEU/SEFPO Child Care Policy
OPSEU/SEFPO undertakes to provide child care services, when requested, at all union educationals, conventions, regional, divisional and demand-setting meetings where the membership requests at least three weeks prior to the event. Members who bring their children to OPSEU/SEFPO sponsored functions should normally be required to use the on-site child care service if it is available. The three week notice will ensure adequate time to process advances when requested. If no requests for on-site child care are received three weeks prior to the activity date, child care arrangements for on-site child care may not be made. If members then bring children to the event without the required notice, the member should be responsible for making his/her own child care arrangements.
Procedures for Online Registration
Online registration forms for this meeting are now available. Members will be able to complete and submit the Member Event Registration Form, Hotel Booking Form and Registration for Child Care through OPSEU/SEFPO’s Member Portal.
Attached you will find the following documentation:
1. Advance Form
2. OPSEU/SEFPO Human Rights Accommodation Form
3. Member Portal Quick Intro
4. Event Registration Tutorial
5. Online Expense Claim Tutorial
Please register no later than Friday, February 10, 2023.
We appreciate your cooperation and participation in these meetings.
Tentative Agenda
February 27, 2023 – Day 1
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Session 1: Good Introductions
12:00 to 1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 to 5:00 PM – Session 2: Education for Union Building
February 28, 2023 – Day 2
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Session 3: Online Facilitation Skills Practice
12:00 to 1:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 to 4:30 PM – Session 4: Facilitation Skills Practice
March 1, 2023 – Day 3
9:00 AM to 11:30 PM – Session 5: Prepare to Co-facilitate a Union Education Activity
11:30 to 12:30 PM – Lunch 12:30 to 5:00 PM – Session 6: Active Co-Facilitation
March 2, 2023 – Day 4
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM – Session 7: Dealing with Facilitation Nightmares
12:00 PM – Adjournment