It is the intent and purpose of the parties to this Agreement to promote and improve the working conditions between the Evergreen School Division, hereinafter referred to as "the Division" and the Evergreen Teachers' Association of the Manitoba Teachers' Society, hereinafter referred to as "the Association", and to establish a salary schedule and other conditions of engagement resulting from the operation of this Agreement, and to provide a basis for both parties to improve the professional and academic services rendered to the taxpayers and the school children of the Division.