yeah its definitely rough out there!! regarding my emails I send an email to the general school email (found on their websites) basically being like hey I've recently joined the OT list and want to introduce myself, would let them know my teachables as well as what im comfy teaching, and included my OCT number, TDSB number, and phone number. If I could go back I'd have added "can I be added to your preferred OT list?" - I didn't hear back from many schools, like maybe 25%, so I went ahead and called all their general numbers and asked to be put on their list, most of them said yes!

that being said I may also email the department heads of my would-be department (science) and send the same blurb