a) A substitute teacher is employed by the Division to either replace a regular teacher or fulfill an assignment that is less than twenty (20) days in duration.
b) In the event that a substitute teacher substitutes continuously for the same regular full-time or part-time teacher for six (6) consecutive days, the substitute will 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 agreement, 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 end of the extended teaching assignment.
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, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment is immediately imminent.
c) The following rates shall apply for substitute teachers
Effective first day of Fall Term 2014
Class 1-3: $141.27 Per day
Class 4-7: $162.45 Per day
Effective first day of Fall Term 2015
Class 1-3: $144.10 per day
Class 4-7: $165.69 per day
Effective first day of Fall Term 2016
Class 1-3: $146.98 Per day
Class 4-7: $169.00 Per day
Effective first day of Fall Term 2017
Class 1-3: $149.18 Per day
Class 4-7: $171.54 Per day
Effective January 1, 2018
Class 1-3: $151.42 Per day
Class 4-7: $174.12 Per day
The above rates are inclusive of vacation pay.
d) Sick Leave
A substitute teacher shall be allowed one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) consecutive days taught in an assignment. Sick leave days shall not accumulate from assignment to assignment.
The use of a sick day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of consecutive substitute teaching in an assignment.
For purposes of sick leave, an assignment shall be defined as continuously substituting for the same regular full time or part time teacher.
e) Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly. Local Association dues shall be deducted at the rate of $3.00 monthly, and remitted at the end of the school year.
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) Substitute teachers are paid on the 15th of the month following the month during which they worked.
g) The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 8 – Substitute Teachers.
h) The only matters that may be grieved under Article 4 – Settlement of 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 and human rights statutes, to the extent that they are incorporated into this Collective Agreement.
i) The timetable of the substitute teacher unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment or except in unforeseen circumstances shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.
j) Effective date of signing, the following Articles in this Collective Agreement also apply to substitutes:
Article 1 Purpose
Article 2 Effective Period
Article 4 Settlement of Disputes – (only to clauses that apply to substitute teachers)
Article 5 Amendments
Article 6 Salary Schedule
Article 7 Placement and advancement
Article 24 Duty Free Lunch
Article 25 Complaints Against Teachers