ETFO Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award Application

ETFO Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award Application 2025-2026
PROCEDURES

The application must be received by ETFO no later than February 1, 2026.
1. Applications are processed by the ETFO Awards Committee. The committee’s recommendations are taken forward to the ETFO provincial Executive for consideration. You can expect to hear regarding the disposition of the award after June 30, 2026.
2. Application forms, in their entirety, will be shared with ETFO staff and members of the ETFO Awards Committee who are ETFO members.
3. Material submitted to the Awards Committee in support of an application become the property of the Awards Committee and will not be returned.
4. ETFO will not accept incomplete applications or applications outside this submission form. Please include as much detail as possible in your responses.
5. If your submission does not adhere to procedures and criteria as notes in this application, if attachments re password-protected or encumber committee consideration, the submissions will be automatically deleted and removed from committee consideration.
6. This form contains mandatory fields that must be addressed to enable the form to be submitted.
7. Preference will be given to those who have not yet received this award.
Please make sure to read the application carefully and in full and fill it out completely.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the ETFO Awards Committee at awards@etfo.org.
Please Select an Award
CRITERIA

Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award

ETFO may grant a Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award to an active ETFO member or a group of members to recognize a curriculum unit, resource, etc. that they have developed. The award is offered to encourage members to develop curriculum resources that are of use to the broader educational community. Projects incorporating innovative technologies are encouraged. The recipient shall receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition from the ETFO President.

Candidates for the Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award must adhere to specific criteria.

Please answer the following mandatory questions:
CRITERIA

Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award – Women’s Program

ETFO may grant a Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award – Women’s Program to an active ETFO woman member or a group of women members to recognize a curriculum unit, resource, etc. that they have developed. The award is offered to encourage women members to develop curriculum resources that are of use to the broader educational community. Projects incorporating innovative technologies are encouraged. The recipient shall receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition from the ETFO President.

Candidates for the Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award - Women's Program must adhere to specific criteria.

Please answer the following mandatory questions:
Applying for more than one award in any given year results in disqualification. Please confirm your understanding of this.*

CONFIRM
Please confirm documents submitted for the Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award are not also submitted for the Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award – Women’s Program.*

CONFIRM
Please confirm documents submitted for the Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award – Women’s Program are not also submitted for the Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award.*

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Please confirm your acknowledgement that a winning resource cannot be resubmitted for another ETFO award.*

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Please confirm you or the person(s) you are nominating are active ETFO member(s) in good standing.*

CONFIRM
ETFO Membership # (if known)
Please confirm you hold a valid Ontario College of Teachers’ (OCT) Certificate of Qualification.*

CONFIRM
OCT/CECE Membership #*
Individual Being Nominated*

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Email of Applicant*
Email of Nominee*
Home Address of Nominee*

Street Address

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ETFO Local*
Please choose your Local
Years Employed by a School Board
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Has the nominee previously applied for this ETFO award?

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Which year?
Please enter the year of the application
Has the nominee ever received another ETFO award?

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Which ETFO Award and When
Is this a group application?

YesNo
If you have answered yes, please be aware that an ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form will need to be completed by each member of the group.

This link will open the form - ETFO Group Award Supplemental Form.

A link to the form will also be included in your confirmation email. Please send this link to the members of your group.

The application will not be considered complete without a completed form from each member listed in the next section.
Group Members
Has anyone else in the group been given an award?

YesNo
Which ETFO Award and When
1) Title of Work
2) Please include the following: a) FEDERATION INVOLVEMENT (local, regional, provincial and/or national level-include years) for each member if this is a group application; and
3) Please include the following: b) PROFESSIONAL/OTHER INVOLVEMENT related to the award (curriculum writing teams, workshop presentations, leadership activities) for each member if this is a group application; and
4) Please include the following: c) A SUMMARY OF THE RESOURCE - The committee will be considering ease of integration, how it fits the Ontario context, and the extent to which the project is innovative or applies to new technologies.
5) Please upload any attachments here. Please note - links/html, google docs and password-protected PDFs will not be accepted.

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CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION

Self-identification allows ETFO to achieve a critical goal, supporting and encouraging the participation of all individuals in ETFO programs, services and events. By completing this section, ETFO will be able to undertake the necessary statistical analysis to achieve this goal. All information collected and the reporting of statistical data will ensure full confidentiality of all. Although the completion of this section is voluntary, ETFO encourages you to self-identify.
CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL INFORMATION - Women's Program

Self-identification allows ETFO to achieve a critical goal, supporting and encouraging the participation of all individuals in ETFO programs, services and events. By completing this section, ETFO will be able to undertake the necessary statistical analysis to achieve this goal. All information collected and the reporting of statistical data will ensure full confidentiality of all. As this award is for women applicants, self-identification is mandatory. Please confirm your status.
Self-Identification

First NationsMétisInuitperson with a disabilitytwo-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, +racializedwoman
If you identify as racialized, please specify (e.g.Black, East Asian, Mixed Race)
What term describes the nominee's gender, if known?
Please indicate their pronouns, if known.
STATEMENT BY NOMINEE(S)/REPRESENTATIVE OF NOMINATED INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP - I have read the criteria and procedures of this award and if chosen as the successful candidate, agree to abide by them. To the best of my knowledge, all information on this application form is correct. By signing this document, I consent to my name being published in ETFO publications and being included in ETFO media releases if I am the member applying. I further consent that my contact information may be provided to local media upon request and for no other purpose.

* Please note nominees being nomionated by others will be contacted individually for their concent.
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ETFO Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award Application 2025-2026

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