Teachers shall be granted two (2) days personal leave per school year at no cost to the teacher. This leave is contingent on the Division providing a replacement teacher. Prior notification must be submitted in writing to the teacher’s principal for Personal Leave except in emergency situations where the written notification may be submitted after the use of Personal Leave.
Said leave is on a first come first served basis and each day must be taken in its entirety.
No more than two teachers per school shall be granted said leave at the same time on a staff of ten or more teachers. A staff having less than ten teachers shall only be entitled to one personal leave at the same time.
This leave shall not be used on scheduled in-service, administration days, parent teacher days, pupil evaluation days nor to extend Christmas or summer break unless the Division has expressly given consent to do so by the Superintendent. Personal Leave cannot be accumulated from year to year.