BORDER LAND TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 3 - SALARY SCHEDULE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER ALLOWANCES AND METHOD OF PAYMENT

3.01 Salary Schedule

The following salary schedules are representative of salary adjustments, effective as follows:

First day of the fall term 2014: 2.0%    First day of the fall term 2017: 1.5%
First day of the fall term 2015: 2.0%    First day of January, 2018: 1.5%
First day of the fall term 2016: 2.0%

Year 1: 2014-15
Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	37,638	41,319	45,749	53,541	56,825	59,550	62,608
1	39,099	43,029	47,822	56,198	59,620	62,439	65,537
2	40,560	44,738	49,892	58,857	62,415	65,387	68,503
3	42,019	46,447	51,967	61,697	65,525	68,744	71,619
4	43,480	48,154	54,036	64,792	68,771	72,105	74,966
5	44,941	49,863	56,109	67,891	72,023	75,470	77,964
6	46,402	51,572	58,179	70,997	75,281	78,838	81,138
7	47,871	53,655	60,252	74,105	78,540	82,209	84,310
8		54,993	62,328	77,214	81,802	85,584	87,480
9				80,825	85,873	89,609	90,649
10							93,954

Year 2: 2015-16
Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	38,391	42,145	46,664	54,612	57,962	60,741	63,860
1	39,881	43,890	48,778	57,322	60,812	63,688	66,848
2	41,371	45,633	50,890	60,034	63,663	66,695	69,873
3	42,859	47,376	53,006	62,931	66,836	70,119	73,051
4	44,350	49,117	55,117	66,088	70,146	73,547	76,465
5	45,840	50,860	57,231	69,249	73,463	76,979	79,523
6	47,330	52,603	59,343	72,417	76,787	80,415	82,761
7	48,828	54,728	61,457	75,587	80,111	83,853	85,996
8		56,093	63,575	78,758	83,438	87,296	89,230
9				82,442	87,590	91,401	92,462
10							95,833

Year 3: 2016-17
Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	39,159	42,988	47,597	55,704	59,121	61,956	65,137
1	40,679	44,768	49,754	58,468	62,028	64,962	68,185
2	42,198	46,546	51,908	61,235	64,936	68,029	71,270
3	43,716	48,324	54,066	64,190	68,173	71,521	74,512
4	45,237	50,099	56,219	67,410	71,549	75,018	77,994
5	46,757	51,877	58,376	70,634	74,932	78,519	81,113
6	48,277	53,655	60,530	73,865	78,323	82,023	84,416
7	49,805	55,823	62,686	77,099	81,713	85,530	87,716
8		57,215	64,847	80,333	85,107	89,042	91,015
9				84,091	89,342	93,229	94,311
10							97,750

Year 4: 2017-18 (September)
Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	39,746	43,633	48,311	56,540	60,008	62,885	66,114
1	41,289	45,440	50,500	59,345	62,958	65,936	69,208
2	42,831	47,244	52,687	62,154	65,910	69,049	72,339
3	44,372	49,049	54,877	65,153	69,196	72,594	75,630
4	45,916	50,850	57,062	68,421	72,622	76,143	79,164
5	47,458	52,655	59,252	71,694	76,056	79,697	82,330
6	49,001	54,460	61,438	74,973	79,498	83,253	85,682
7	50,552	56,660	63,626	78,255	82,939	86,813	89,032
8		58,073	65,820	81,538	86,384	90,378	92,380
9				85,352	90,682	94,627	95,726
10							99,216

Year 4: 2017-18 (January)
Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	40,342	44,287	49,036	57,388	60,908	63,828	67,106
1	41,908	46,122	51,258	60,235	63,902	66,925	70,246
2	43,473	47,953	53,477	63,086	66,899	70,085	73,424
3	45,038	49,785	55,700	66,130	70,234	73,683	76,764
4	46,605	51,613	57,918	69,447	73,711	77,285	80,351
5	48,170	53,445	60,141	72,769	77,197	80,892	83,565
6	49,736	55,277	62,360	76,098	80,690	84,502	86,967
7	51,310	57,510	64,580	79,429	84,183	88,115	90,367
8		58,944	66,807	82,761	87,680	91,734	93,766
9				86,632	92,042	96,046	97,162
10							100,704

3.02 Administrative Allowances

Administrative staff shall be paid allowances over and above their regular salary, calculated September 30 and January 31, retroactive to September 1 and January 1, according to the basic schedule as follows:

Principal’s Allowance

The Principal shall be paid, as part of his salary, for administrative and supervisory duties, his salary according to Articles 3.01 and 3.02, and per teacher under his jurisdiction as follows:

Note:  A principal shall receive an allowance for that portion of time he/she spends in a classroom [ie., teaching 1/2 time shall equal 1/2 of one teacher administrative allowance as per placement].  Such allowance shall be based on the principal's teaching time as of the beginning of each school year.  Such allowance shall be paid in equal installments as per Article 3.06 of this agreement.

Vice Principal's and Adult Education Vice-Principal's Allowance

Each vice-principal shall be paid an allowance based on one-half (1/2) the rate set out in this article for principals.

Vice-principal at the RAEC shall be paid a basic allowance per annum plus an allowance per FTE regular student registered at the center as of September 30 of the previous year, as follows:

Fall Term 2014:  $5,127 basic allowance, $43 per FTE student
Fall Term 2015:  $5,229 basic allowance, $44 per FTE student
Fall Term 2016:  $5,334 basic allowance, $45 per FTE student
Fall Term 2017:  $5,414 basic allowance, $45 per FTE student
January 1, 2018: $5,495 basic allowance, $46 per FTE student

3.03 Co-ordinators' Allowance

Any teacher appointed by the Board to co-ordinate educational programs and to work with staff and others associated with those programs on a full time basis shall be designated as a co-ordinator.  Teachers appointed on less than a full time basis shall be paid an allowance pro-rata based on the full time allowance.

Full time coordinators shall be paid an annual allowance of:

Fall Term 2014: $4,971
Fall Term 2015: $5,071
Fall Term 2016: $5,172
Fall Term 2017: $5,250
January 1, 2018: $5,329

Full time coordinator of Student Services shall be paid an annual allowance of:

Fall Term 2014: $6,276  
Fall Term 2015: $8,000 
Fall Term 2016: $8,160
Fall Term 2017: $8,282
January 1, 2018 $8,406

3.04 Designated Teachers

The designated teacher shall be paid one-half per diem for each half day and per diem for each full day of the administrative allowance, only in the absence of the Principal/Administrator and the vice-principal.

3.05 Substitutes

(a)  Substitute teacher means a teacher employed on a day-to-day basis.

(b)  Substitute teachers shall not be eligible for wages, benefits or rights under this collective agreement except as may be specifically covered in this article.

(c)  Substitute teachers will be paid by the Board according to the following rates:

Certified Teachers:

Fall Term 2014: $160   
Fall Term 2015: $163  
Fall Term 2016: $166
Fall Term 2017: $168
January 1, 2018: $171

Uncertified Teachers: 
 
Fall Term 2014: $117   
Fall Term 2015: $120  
Fall Term 2016: $122
Fall Term 2017: $124
January 1, 2018: $126

The above rates are inclusive of vacation pay.

Any substitute teaching for a period of five (5) or more consecutive days for the same teacher shall be paid according to the basic salary schedule, Article 3.01, based on their qualifications and experience, retroactively to the first day of filling such a position.

Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.

(d)  Substitute Teacher Pay Entitlement

For the purpose of determining the basis of a substitute’s entitlement to pay the following shall apply:
    Half day – any portion of or complete a.m. or p.m.
    Full Day – any portion beyond a half day, including supervision.

The Division shall reimburse, at the highest kilometer rate paid to other Division personnel, each substitute teacher for travel between an assignment involving two or more schools or work sites within the Division’s jurisdiction if the teacher the substitute teacher is replacing normally receives this allowance.

(e)  Daily Rate Effective Period

Daily substitute rates as provided for in Article 3.05 (c), Salary shall be effective from the first day of the Fall Term retroactive to the year the collective agreement comes into force and effect unless the parties expressly agree to some other effective date.

(f)  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 days of substitute teaching in an assignment.

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

(g) Administration days, professional development days and school closures shall not constitute a break in continuity during an extended substitute teaching assignment and shall be included in the number of consecutive days employed for the purposes of this article.

(h)  Substitute Teacher Assignment

In the event of an emergency closure of a school or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid what they would have earned if the school had not closed.  In the event of such occurrence, a substitute may, at the discretion of the Division, be reassigned to another location.

(i) If a substitute is requested by the Superintendent to attend an in-service, the substitute shall be paid at the applicable rate.

(j) Border Land Teachers’ Association dues and Manitoba Teachers’ Society dues shall be deducted from each substitute teacher’s pay and remitted by the fifteenth (15th) day of the following month.

(k) Other Articles

 In addition to Article 3:05 Substitute Teachers, the following articles shall apply to substitute teachers:

 (i)      3.07:  Interest on Retroactive Pay
 (ii)     6.03  Freedom From Violence
 (iii)    6.04  Workplace Harassment
 (iv)    6.08  Medication

(l) The only matters which may be grieved under Article 7 (Settlement of Differences) 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.

3.06 Method of Payment

a)  Basic Entitlement

The amount of salary earned during the school year by a teacher shall be determined by taking, as a fraction, the total number of teaching days a teacher is employed in each of the Fall and Spring terms over the total number of teaching days as in the Fall and Spring terms as prescribed by the Minister of Education multiplied by the annual salary.  The total salary paid for July and August shall be equal to the difference between the annual salary earned during the school year and all amounts paid during the school year.

b)  Method of Payment

i)  All salaries shall be paid in twenty-four (24) equal semi-monthly payments on the 15th of the month and on or before the last day of the month with the exception of the July and August salary, which shall be paid on the last teaching day of June.

ii)  Direct Deposit – the Division shall deposit the entire net pay of each teacher directly into one designated account of the financial institution of the teacher’s choice.  It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to notify the Division in writing of any changes in their chosen financial institution.

iii)  Final Payments – where a teacher leaves the employ of the Board during the course of the school year, the final payment shall be so adjusted that the teacher shall receive, for the part of the school year employed such fraction of the salary for the whole school year as the number of days prescribed by the Minister for that school year.

3.07 Interest on Retroactive Pay

a)  The Division shall pay the members of the Association interest on the gross amount of any retroactive pay that may be paid to such members less the amount of any statutory deduction for C.P.P., U.I.C., and income tax due with respect to that pay.

b)  The interest shall be calculated from the date that the monies would have been due.  The interest paid shall be calculated and paid at the average regular savings account rate at the Division’s financial institution.

3.08 Allowances for Courses

For teachers on staff and for teachers coming on staff, tuition fees shall be paid for professional and university courses taken upon request of the Superintendent and successfully completed provided the teachers remain on staff for the full subsequent period of one school year.

Said fee shall be reimbursed upon submission of official receipt.  The onus is on the teacher to file proof in this matter within one month of receipt of marks or credit.

3.09: TEACHERS IN SMALL SCHOOLS ALLOWANCE

Teachers in a school with a teaching staff full time equivalency (F.T.E.) under three (3) shall be entitled to an annual small school allowance of

Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2014: $473
Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2015: $482
Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2016: $492
Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2017: $499
January 1, 2018: $506

per school year pro-rated based on full time equivalents.