Materials relating to Mary Johnston's membership in the Canadian College of Teachers. Includes membership lists and correspondence.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, ephemera, news clippings, a meeting agenda, and a copy of the W.C.W.T.A. President's Report. Also includes minutes of the W.C.W.T.A.'s third AGM, as well as the president's, the committees' and the convenors' reports. The materials in this scrapbook relate to the third annual meeting of the W.C.W.T.A. on June 3, 1974, to meetings of the W.C.T.A.'s Ad Hoc Legislation Committee and to a meeting of the F.W.T.A.O.

Contains flyers relating to WCWTA meetings and other events. Some other flyers take the form of promotional materials designed by WCWTA election candidates. Additional flyers provide information on the Reville Report and on issues such as teachers' salaries and preparation time and the progress that has been made in these areas through collective bargaining. Also includes a copy of the certificate awarded to those nominated as Diamond Jubilee Educators.

Correspondence between Mary Johnston and others during her time as Principal of Keatsway Public School. Includes correspondence and photographs of the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario's visit to Keatsway.

Contains president's report, minutes, lists of executive members and committee convenors for 1973-1974, a financial report, reports from the W.C.W.T.A. committees and convenors, as well as ts. relating to W.C.W.T.A. representation at regional meetings, to delegates sponsored by W.C.W.T.A. to provincial conferences and workshops, to representatives on W.C.T.A. committees and boards, and to meeting resolutions. Also includes some ms. notes re this meeting and a flyer featuring meeting agenda.

Report of a study conducted for the Waterloo Co. Board Ad Hoc Committee on Structure by members of the O.I.S.E. Dept. of Educational Administration and Midwestern Field Centre.
File also contains a clipping (n.d.) re the Herb Epp Report

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, and correspondence relating to the annual meeting of the F.W.T.A.O., to the Regional Professional Development Plan, to implementation meetings of the primary curriculum, to activities involved in preparing the The Big L (the new F.W.T.A.O. newsletter) for distribution, to the Waterloo County Principals' Conference, and to a W.C.W.T.A. Key Teacher meeting.

Contains b&w photographs and news clippings relating to a W.C.W.T.A. executive meeting, and to a W.C.W.T.A Unit 1 executive meeting and other events, as well as to a F.W.T.A.O. Board of Directors' meeting and dinner. Also contains materials relating to the F.W.T.A.O. Public Relations Conference, to a Wendy House built by Laurel Vocational Students at Winston Churchill school in Waterloo, Ont., and to a W.C.W.T.A. tour.

Contains spiral-bound ts. including meeting agenda, the text of Bill 274 and Bill 275, and of amendments to Bill 274. Also includes some ms. annotations and additions.

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, a list, and ephemera relating to the annual meeting of W.C.W.T.A. Unit 3, to a W.C.W.T.A. Unit 2 meeting, to Professional Development Day, and to the annual spring assembly of F.W.T.A.O. at which Joan Westcott, president W.C.W.T.A. was selected as F.W.T.A.O. Director.

Contains news clippings, b&w photographs, and ephemera relating to the adventure playground built at Winston Churchill Public School in Waterloo, Ont. where Mary Johnston was Principal, to the official opening of the new Neil A. MacEachern school in Waterloo, Ont., to a panel discussion, to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership II course, and to social outings of the W.C.W.T.A. Also contains a loose copy of the journal Ontario Education 7, no. 1 (Jan/Feb. 1975).

Scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston detailing professional development events attended and organized by her. Includes photographs, newsletters, correspondence, and ephemera.

Materials kept by Mary Johnston relating to her work on various professional development committees.

Correspondence to parents from Mary Johnston while she was principal at Winston Churchill Public School.

Certificate of participation in planning and conducting the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association leadership II course given to Mary Johnston.

Includes booklets containing Reports of the Board of Directors presented at F.W.T.A.O. annual meetings in the following years: 1975-1976, 1976-1977, 1978-1979, 1979-1980.

Photographs of Mary Johnston's campaign for director. It is unknown for what organization she was running,but possible the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Contains b&w and col. photographs and clippings relating to Information Day '75, the Fall Assembly at Welland, to W.C.W.T.A Leadership Courses, to a Program Development Seminar sponsored by the Minstry of Education, Ontario. and to other events.

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, course schedules and outline, a list of participants, and a speech evaluation form, as well as ephemera relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1975.

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, course handouts, correspondence, a course evaluation sheet, the agenda for a Leadership Course Committee meeting. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course II in 1975.

Contains president's report, meeting agenda, minutes, financial statement, committee reports, meeting resolutions, lists of W.C.W.T.A. executive members, unit executive members, and committee convenors for 1974-1975 and of unit executive members for 1975-1976.

Contains b&w photographs and news clippings relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership course, to P.D. Day, to a conference on family sponsored by the F.W.T.A.O, to a F.W.T.A.O. Unit 4 dinner, and to Dialogue Day, a conference sponsored jointly by the Minstry of Education and the Ontario Teachers Federation.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, and a list of key teachers and members of the Unit 1 executive. These materials relate to W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 meetings, as well as to "Operation Rose".

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, course handouts, course evaluation sheets, and comments of participants relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1975.

Contains b&w photographs, correspondence, news clippings, ephemera, course schedules and outlines, a course application form, a list of participants, and a course booklist. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course II in 1975.

One photograph of Barbara Smucker visiting students.

Certificate of participation in planning and conducting the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association leadership II course given to Mary Johnston.

Plaque given to Mary Johnston for winning the Oktoberfest woman of the year award in the category of profession.

One scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston regarding her winning the top business woman of the year from the K-W Oktoberfest in 1975.

Includes booklets containing the president's addresses presented at the annual meetings of the F.W.T.A.O. in 1976, 1979 (2 copies), and 1980 (3 copies).

Public relations for schools guidelines.

Contents include information on W.C.W.T.A. election of officers for unit executives, on regional and provincial meetings and conferences 1976-1977, on the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession, and on the W.C.W.T.A.'s terms of reference and policies. Also includes a list of members of the Waterloo County Board of Education in 1976. Also includes two loose leaves - one ts. features a list of proposed slate of officers for the W.C.W.T.A. 1976-1977 and one illustration showing the structural organization of the Waterloo County Board of Education.

Contains president's message, meeting agenda, minutes, financial statement, lists of W.C.W.T.A. executive members, unit executive members, and committee reports.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, ephemera, lists of members of the executive of the W.C.W.T.A., of the W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1, and of the F.W.T.A.O. , an information sheet for members about W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1, a list of W.C.W.T.A. key teachers, and agendas for W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 executive meetings, and agendas and summary reports of W.C.W.T.A. Unit I general meetings.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, news clippings, ephemera, a course schedule and outline, a list of participants, and a course acceptance form. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1976.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, news clippings, ephemera, a course evaluation form, reports and financial statement of Leadership I Committee. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1976.

Memos, meeting minutes, and circulars from the area one principal's meetings.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, ephemera, notes, a list of W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 executive members, a summary report of a general meeting of this unit and executive minute meetings. These materials relate primarily to meetings of the W.C.W.T.A. Unit 1 but also to the W.C.W.T.A. annual dinner, to P.A. Days, to "Operation Rose", and to the F.W.T.A.O. Regional Assembly.

Contains b&w photographs, correspondence, the course schedule (loose), and news clippings relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1977.

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, a list of course participants, notes on course content, and some loose items. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course II in 1977.

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal presented to Mary Johnston.

Spiral-bound volume containing a list of conference committee members, details of this conference program, a plan of the hotel in which the conference is taking place, and blank pages for conference delegates to make notes.

News clipping (source unspecified) reports on a presentation given to Waterloo Region's women public school teachers by Carol Brooks of the Everywoman's Educational Centre in London, Ont.

Includes single issue of this journal - v. 8, no. 2 (April 1977).

One photograph of Mary Johnston and others laying the cornerstone at Keatsway Public School.

Contains newsletters issued by the Waterloo County Board of Education featuring highlights of the three regular board meetings and one special board meeting. The regular board meetings covered in these issues took place on Apr. 21, 1977, on May 28, 1981, and on Apr. 26, 1990. The special meeting took place Mar. 29, 1990. Also includes a memo addressed to all principals and staff dated Apr. 22, 1983 informing the recipients of this memo of the principal and vice principal transfers which were approved at the regular meeting of the Waterloo County Board of Education on April 21, 1983. This memo also contains a list of appointments to positions of responsibility.
This file also contains a notice and minutes relating to two separate Committee of the Whole Meetings, one of which took place on May 4, 1982 and the other on Jan. 13, 1983.

Contains meeting agenda, minutes, treasurer's report, lists of executive members, and unit executive members, and committee reports.

Spiral-bound volume including details of the workshops which made up a series of workshops hosted by the F.W.T.A.O. and entitled "Professional Development".

Contains b&w photographs, news clippings, the agenda for a Leadership I Dinner Meeting, a list of participants and a course evaluation form. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1977.

One poem given to Mary Johnston upon her leaving Winston Churchill Public School.

Contains president's report, minutes, treasurer's report, and committee reports. The documents for this meeting feature a special report announcing that Mary Johnston is the recipient of the W.C.W.T.A. and F.W.T.A.O. Diamond Jubilee Award and containing details of her achievements during her career. This award was given to commemorate the federation's sixtieth birthday
Also contained in this file are loose items including clippings (some duplicates) focusing on the receipt of this award by Mary Johnston. Also includes an issue of Accross the Board published by the Waterloo County Board of Education. This contains highlights of the board meeting of May 25, 1978 which includes an announcement that Mary Johnston has been awarded the F.W.T.A.O. Diamond Jubilee Award.

2 copies.

This untitled scrapbook contains b&w photographs, news clippings, and ephemera. These materials relate to a key teacher reception at the Conestoga Inn, to a F.W.T.A.O. fall conference, as well as to W.C.W.T.A. North Unit meetings and social events. Some of these materials also relate to events held at W.C.W.T.A. North Unit schools to mark the International Year of the Child and to other special events including the planting of a tree by Lieutenant Governor of Ontario , Pauline M. McGibbon at Bloomingdale Public School in Waterloo, Ont. Finally, this scrapbook includes new clippings featuring information on teachers who have recently retired.

Buttons kept by Mary Johnston from education events including Winston Churchill School, Brighton Public School, and the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario.

One photograph of Mary Johnston speaking at a podium at a Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario meeting.

2 copies.

Three ribbons from Waterloo Public Schools sports days; a first, second and third place ribbon and two participant ribbons from Keatsway Public School.

Contains two news clippings (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Saturday, 7 January 1978). One of these clippings is an article reporting that the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association will be running advertisements in newspapers to ask the public to submit names of women elementary teachers who they feel have made outstanding contributions to education. The other clipping takes the form of a nomination form to be filled out by members of the public who wish to nominate a teacher for the Diamond Jubilee Award of the F.W.T.A.O.

Souvenir book from the Waterloo County Principals' conference on stress.

Presidential address of the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario sixtieth annual meeting.

Includes three issues of O.T.F.'s serial publication Interaction including: v. 5, no. 1-2, 1978 and v. 13, no. 3, 1987.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, news clippings, ephemera, a meeting agenda, and president's report. These materials relate to a F.W.T.A.O. annual meeting, to a F.W.T.A.O. conference, to a W.C.W.T.A. awareness workshop, to meetings of the W.C.W.T.A. South Unit and East-West Units, and to a W.C.W.T.A. annual meeting. Two news clippings contained in this scrapbook report that Mary Johnston, principal at Keatsway Public School in Waterloo, Ont. has received the Diamond Jubilee award from the F.W.T.A.O. Other clippings report that Joan Westcott of Kitchener was acclaimed president of the F.W.T.A.O. in 1978.

Distinguished service award presented to Mary Johnston by the Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario.

Diamond jubilee educator award presented to Mary Johnston by the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association.

Scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston relating to her award at the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario diamond jubilee dinner.

Contains editorial (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Saturday, 10 March 1979, p. 6) focusing on Bill 100 and teachers' right to strike. The author's opinion is that the teachers' use of union tactics to get higher pay may have meant that in some peoples' eyes they have lost their professional image. He/She believes, however, that they remain professionals in spite of this.

Contains b&w and col. photographs, ephemera, and a list of course participants. All these materials relate to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1979.

Contains incomplete set of members' handbooks issued by the F.W.T.A.O. including: 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 1984-1985, 1988-1989, 1993-1994, 1997-1998. Also includes ephemera in the form of informational cards re the F.W.T.A.O.

One scrapbook kept by Mary Johnston detailing meetings and events of the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario.

Contains president's report, meeting agenda, minutes, treasurer's report, and committee reports.

Contains b&w and col. photographs and the dinner program and dinner guest list for the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course II in 1979.

A booklet under the same title was published by the O.T.F. in 1949, 1955, 1959, 1964, and 1969. The present publication presents up-to-date material in revised form. It is intended to provide members of the affiliates of the Federation and prospective teachers with information of value to them in the practice of the profession.

Information on the proposed inclusions of reading levels in lists of potential classroom texts, and teachers' comments on this proposal.

Objectives and philosophy of Keatsway Public School.

Certificate of acknowledgement given to Mary Johnston for her contributions to The Educational Courier.

Includes booklets containing Reports of the Board of Directors presented at F.W.T.A.O annual meetings in the following years: 1980-1981, 1984-1985, 1987-1988, 1988-1989.

Contains issues of the newsletter Lehrgespräch. The issues are contained in 18 files as follows:

• v. 1, no. 1-9, 1971-1972;
• v. 2, no. 1-10, 1972-1973;
• v. 3, no. 1-10, 1973-1974;
• v. 4, no. 1-11, 1974-1975;
• v. 5, no. 1-8, 1975-1976;
• v. 6, no. 1-6, 1975-1976;
• v. 7, no. 1-7, 1977-1978;
• v. 8, no. 1-7, 1978-1979;
• v. 9, no. 1-7, 1979-1980;
• v. 11, no. 1-5, 1981-1982;
• v. 12, no. 1-4, 1983;
• v. 13, no. 1-5, 1983-1984;
• v. 14, no. 1-5, 1984-1985;
• v. 15, no. 1-4, 1985-1986;
• v. 16, no. 1-3, 1986-1987;
• v. 17, no. 1-2, 1987-1988. Final file includes Special Election Issue, Nov. 1988, as well as a section of an issue from 1989.

Missing issues include: v. 5, no. 3, 1975-1976; v. 6, no. 7, 1977; v. 13, no. 4, 1984.

v. 1 - 5 were published jointly by three Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A., and v. 6 was published jointly by two Waterloo County Teachers' Federations including the W.C.W.T.A. v. 7 onwards - published by the Waterloo County Teachers' Association.

Note: The title of this publication changed to become "The Big L" during the period Nov. 1974 - June 1975.

Contains news clipping (The Globe and Mail, Monday, 29 September 1980, p.19) focusing on the ways in which computers look set to change the face of education.

Contains two issues of the O.P.S.M.T.F. newsletter Newstoday including: v. 1, no. 12 and 18, 1980

Contains b&w and col. photographs relating to the W.C.W.T.A. Leadership Training Course I in 1980. A list of course participants and topics can be found on the inside cover of this scrapbook.

Includes course handouts for a workshop which formed part of the F.W.T.A.O.'s assertiveness training summer learning lab in 1980. This workshop was presented by Carolyn Burwell and was entitled "How to Surpass Yourself" and related to the personal finances package.

Contains five news clippings. News clippings from 1980-1981 relate primarily to the Waterloo County Women Teachers' Association's aim to obtain a written policy guaranteeing equal-opportunity rights for women teachers from the county board of education. One clipping from 1988 reports that the receipt of a provincial award for employment equity advances by the Waterloo county board of education is an "embarrassment". Sue Coulter, a member of this board, says that this is the case because the board has failed to live up to the honour since receiving this award.

By Barrett, I.C. ...[et al.]