a. A substitute teacher is employed by the Division to either replace a regular teacher or fulfill an assignment that is less that twenty days in duration.
b. A period of substitute teaching of at least six (6) days in the same assignment shall be termed extended substitute teaching.
c. Upon commencement of the sixth (6) days of extended substitute teaching in the same assignment, a substitute teacher shall be paid for each day taught at the per diem rate (to be calculated as 1/x of the salary to which a teacher of the same qualifications and experience would be entitled under the basic salary schedule of the current collective ageement, where x = the number of days in the current school year).
This rate of pay shall be retroactive to and shall include the first (1st) day of the extended substitute teaching and shall continue in effect until the termination of that instance of extended substitute teaching. In-service days or administrative days shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.
A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of substitute teaching in the same assignment shall on the twenty-first (21st) day, be signed to a limited term contract.
d. In instances requiring substitutes, the Board will make every effort to hire teachers holding Permanent Professional Manitoba Teaching Certificates. The parties, however, recognize that from time to time, it may not be possible for the Board to hire substitute teachers holding Permanent Professional Manitoba Teaching Certificates.
e. Rate of Pay
Substitute teachers employed by the Division shall be paid at the following daily rate including vacation pay:
Effective Fall Term 2014:
Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $140.00 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $178.20 per day.
Effective Fall Term 2015:
Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $142.80 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $181.77 per day.
Effective Fall Term 2016:
Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $145.66 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $185.40 per day.
Effective Fall Term 2017:
Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $147.84 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $188.18 per day.
Effective January 1, 2018:
Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $150.06 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $191.01per day.
NOTE: Substitute Teachers without a teaching degree who have worked for Flin Flon School Division in the 2013 – 2014 School Year will maintain the 2013 – 2014 daily salary rate (with no increase) on a go forward basis until the daily rate for Substitute Teachers without a teaching degree (as outlined above) reaches or exceeds the 2013 – 2014 School Year daily rate of $174.71.
f. Manitoba Teachers' Society fees and Flin Flon Teachers' Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher's pay monthly. These fees shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.
g. Substitute teachers, when requested by the Superintendent to attend divisional in-services, will receive 50% of the daily rate for 1/2 day in-service, or 100% of the daily rate for full day attendance.
h. Unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, the timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.
i. A substitute teacher who is called to work and reports for that assignment finding his or her services are not required shall be assigned an alternative teaching assignment. If an alternative teaching assignment is not available, the substitute teacher shall be paid for the original full assignment.
j. In the event of an emergency closure of a school or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid full pay at the applicable rate of pay.
k. A substitute teacher who has been employed for a least nine (9) consecutive days of extended substitute teaching in a school year shall be entitled to one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) days taught in that assignment. Sick leave shall not accumulate from assignment to assignment.
l. The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 13:08 - Substitute Teachers.
m. The only matters that may be grieved under Article 11 - Provisions for Disputes, by a substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of a substitute teacher are the provisions of this Article, and the substantive rights and obligations of employment-related human rights statutes, to the extent that they are incorported into this Collective Agreement.
n. Effective date of signing, the following Articles in the Flin Flon Teachers Association and the Flin Flon School Division Collective Bargaining Agreement also apply to substitutes:
Article 1:00 Parties to the Agreement
Article 2:00 Preamble
Article 3:00 Duration of Agreement
Article 6:00 Deduction of MTS and Association Fees
Article 9:00 Personnel Files
Article 10:00 Workplace Harassment
Article 11:00 Procedure for settlement of Disputes (only to clauses that
apply to substitute teachers)
Article 12:00 Teacher Certification
Article 13:02 Previous Experience
Article 13:04 Travel Allowance
Article 13:07 Interest on Back Pay
Article 14:00 Regulations
Article 15:00 Meal Period
Article 16:00 Access Agreement
Article 17:00 Complaints Against Teachers
Article 20:00 Consultation and Liaison Committee
Article 23:00 Provisions