EVERGREEN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2014/07/01 - 2018/06/30 (EXPIRED)

ARTICLE 4:03 - SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

A) Effective the date of ratification, Substitute Teachers shall receive a daily salary rate of $149.07 in Class 4 or higher; $136.05 if in Class 1, 2 or 3; and $89.91 if not in Class 1 to 7. In no case shall the salary be less than $89.91.
 
Effective Fall Term 2015, Substitute Teachers shall receive a daily salary rate of $152.05 in Class 4 or higher; $138.77 if in Class 1, 2 or 3; and $91.71 if not in Class 1 to 7. In no case shall the salary be less than $91.71.

 Effective Fall Term 2016, Substitute Teachers shall receive a daily salary rate of $155.09 in Class 4 or higher; $141.55 if in Class 1, 2 or 3; and $93.54 if not in Class 1 to 7. In no case shall the salary be less than $93.54.

 Effective Fall Term 2017, Substitute Teachers shall receive a daily salary rate of $157.42 in Class 4 or higher; $143.67 if in Class 1, 2 or 3; and $94.94 if not in Class 1 to 7. In no case shall the salary be less than $94.94.

 Effective January2, 2018, Substitute Teachers shall receive a daily salary rate of $159.78 in Class 4 or higher; $145.83 if in Class 1, 2 or 3; and $96.36 if not in Class 1 to 7. In no case shall the salary be less than $96.36.

 The Salary Rates referred to above include Vacation Pay.

B) After having taught for seven (7) consecutive days for the same assignment, Substitute Teachers shall be placed on the Basic Teachers’ Salary Schedule according to their qualifications and experience, and, retroactive to the first day, shall receive salary accordingly. However, in no case shall a substitute teacher be paid at a rate greater than a Class V maximum. 

Substitute Teachers will be paid for all days taught to the end of the month, and payment will be made within five working days after the end of the month.

C) A Substitute Teacher filling a position for the same teacher for a period of at least seven (7) consecutive scheduled working days shall be termed extended substitute teaching.

D) The consecutive nature of a substitute’s assignment shall not be interrupted by the normal breaks in the school cycle or illness. However, these breaks shall not be considered as teaching time for purposes of the calculation of salary.

E) Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees and Evergreen Teachers’ Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly based upon advice by Manitoba Teachers’ Society and Evergreen Teachers’ Association.


The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of local Association fees or Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.

F) A substitute teacher who has been employed for at 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.

The use of a sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of consecutive days of substitute teaching in an assignment.

Assignment shall mean consecutive teaching days in one (1) position.

G) The following articles of the Collective Agreement apply to substitute teachers:
  Article 1  Purpose
  Article 2  Effective Period
  Article 3  Educational Qualifications (for the purposes of Article 4.03b)
  Article 4.01 Basic Salary Schedule (for the purposes of Article 4.03b)
  Article 4.03 Substitute Teachers
  Article 4.06 Credit for Past Experience (limited to the provisions of Article 4.03b)
  Article 5.04 Transportation Allowances
  Article 15  Provision for Settlement of Differences (only for clauses which apply to substitute teachers)
  Article 16  Meal Period
  Article 17  Freedom From Violence
  Article 19  Signature

H) The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 4.03, Substitute Teachers.

I) The only matters which may be grieved under Article 15 (Provision for Settlement of Differences) by a substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of a substitute teacher are the provisions of this Article, and substantive rights and obligations of employment-related and human rights statutes, to the extent that they are incorporated into this collective agreement.

J) A substitute teacher is employed by the Division to either replace a regular teacher or fulfill an assignment which is less than twenty (20) days in duration.

A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21) day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment is immediately imminent.

K) 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.

L) A substitute teacher who is called to work and reports for the assignment finding that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternate assignment at least equal to that assignment which the substitute was originally called in for.

M) Where the substitute’s assignment is for less than full-time, pay shall be prorated based on full-time equivalent, however shall not be less than one-half time.