Our local is comprised of EAs (Educational Assistants) and CDAs (Communicative Disorder Assistants). We have approximately 183 members in our local, 153 of those positions being permanent with the remainder made up of casual staff.
Our local number is 614 and are from region 6 of OPSEU. We are part of Sector 3 (Boards of Education) and take part in provincial sector meetings. We are part of the Broader Public Sector (BPS) and are among thousands of employees across the province that work in the private and public sector. The local is serviced by a local executive, regional staff reps, and head office OPSEU. Contact numbers for local executive members can be found under steward assignments page. For general questions or concerns you can always call OPSEU Resource Centre and they will be able to direct you to the best person available to help meet your needs.
Our service area is vast. Rainbow District School Board covers a geographic area of more than 14 000 square kilometres. We work at schools that extend throughout Sudbury, Manitoulin, Espanola, and outlying areas. The RDSB is comprised of 38 elementary schools and 9 secondary schools. The Board also operates educational programs at the Ruth MacMillan Centre, Cecil Facer Secondary School, Alta Bancroft and Alta Cambrian and Gatchell school.
Our members have varying educational backgrounds from ECE, CYW, DSW and university degrees. Presently, however, the Rainbow District School Board is chosing to only hire graduates from the DSW (Developmental Services Worker) Program into EA positions and only those with the CDA course into the CDA positions.