Teachers shall be placed on the salary schedule in accordance with the salary classification and verified teaching experience as recognized by the Professional Certification Unit of Manitoba Education.
On or before the last teaching day of September of each year, each teacher shall be provided with a statement outlining the placement of the teacher, as per Article 9 of this Agreement, effective at the commencement of that school year. The teacher shall have twenty (20) teaching days from the date of receipt of the statement to inform the Division in writing of any errors in the statement of placement. Failure to inform the Division within the twenty (20) teaching days shall be deemed to be acceptance of the placement for that school year. Included on the statement of placement shall be a warning of the consequences of a failure to reply to perceived errors.
1) Full-time teachers joining the teaching staff during the spring semester (from January to June) shall advance one step on the salary schedule as of the first day of January the fol-lowing year.
2) Full-time teachers joining the teaching staff during the fall semester (from September to December) shall advance one step on the salary schedule as of the first day of September of the following year.
3) Teachers shall advance one step on the salary schedule for each year of experience as verified by the Professional Certification Unit of Manitoba Education, but not exceeding the maximum of their classification.
When a teacher has completed, with success, enough university courses to constitute a full uni-versity year or to complete a university degree or its equivalent, the teacher shall submit to the Board written evidence of recognition by the Professional Certification Unit of Manitoba Education. The change in salary consequent upon the change in classification shall become effec-tive the first teaching month following the written certification by the Professional Certification Unit of Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth.
Teachers hired on Letter of Authority shall be paid at a rate one class less than they would be in had professional training been completed.