Educational Qualifications: For the purpose of the salary schedule, members of the teaching staff shall be classified according to the classification awarded to them by Manitoba Education, Professional Certification Section, with exceptions noted hereinafter.
A teacher holding a valid and subsisting special certificate for vocational industrial education, vocational agriculture, or their equivalents, or special permission from the Director of Professional Certification to teach in such an area, and assigned to teach a recognized vocational program, and whose enrolment in the Red River College Vocational Teacher Education Program is not yet confirmed by Manitoba Teacher Certification and Records shall be paid a starting salary equal to the first step of the class four (4) on the current salary schedule, as provided in Article 7 – Salaries.
As soon as the Division has received these confirmations the teacher’s salary shall be adjusted retroactively to his or her placement on the salary scale as stipulated in Article 6.03.
If the employee is recognized as less than class four (4) the employee must pay back the difference between the higher rate and lower rate within that school year or as mutually agreed by the teacher and the Division.
A teacher holding a valid and subsisting special certificate for vocational industrial education, vocational agriculture, or their equivalents, or special permission from the Director of Professional Certification to teach in such an area, and assigned to teach a recognized vocational program shall be paid, in addition to the basic salary schedule, an allowance of $1,000.00 per annum and shall be classified on the salary schedule one (1) classification above the classification allowed by Manitoba Education until such time as his/her total annual salary reaches the maximum of a class four (4) salary classification, subject to the following conditions:
Teachers being paid one (1) classification above classification allowed by the Department of Education shall receive this payment:
a) for five (5) years from the date of commencement of employment if the holder of a teaching certificate upon commencement of employment; or
b) for six (6) years from the date of commencement of employment if the holder of a "letter of authority" upon commencement of employment; or
c) for seven (7) years from the date of commencement of employment if the holder of a "permit" upon commencement of employment.
All such teachers must complete, during the prescribed period of time, further educational training sufficient to raise the classification allowed by Manitoba Education to a class four (4) minimum standing. It shall be the responsibility of all such teachers during this period of time to file with the Division each September a transcript indicating courses completed to date and a statement indicating courses to be pursued in the forthcoming year. The agreement to pay the teacher one (1) classification above classification allowed by Manitoba Education shall cease:
1) effective January 1st immediately following the teacher's failure to register evidence of progress in educational upgrading satisfactory to the Division, unless the teacher furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Division of circumstances beyond the teacher's control; or
2) effective concurrently with the awarding of a class four (4) salary classification by Manitoba Education; or
3) effective with the expiration of the aforementioned prescribed time limits of employment based upon initial date of commencement of employment; whichever occurs first.
Experience for vocational industrial and vocational agricultural teachers or their equivalents shall be recognized as provided in Article 8.03.
Payment for Increased Qualifications: Upon completion of courses which lead to a higher classification, payment for resultant increased qualifications recognized by Manitoba Education shall be effective the first (1st) day of the month immediately following the date verified by Manitoba Education. A statement from Manitoba Education confirming a higher classification shall be provided to the Secretary-Treasurer as evidence of same and authorization for payment. The onus for providing the Division with satisfying proof of increased qualifications rests with the teacher concerned.
Article 6.04 shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect as at
October 1, 1981, and to apply to all above-mentioned letters of verification received from Manitoba Education since that date.
The teacher has an obligation to act diligently and in a timely manner in seeking to have Manitoba Education recognize his/her increased qualifications. Failure to act in such a fashion will result in the increased qualifications not being recognized for pay purposes until the first (1st) day of the month immediately following the date on which the teacher provides the Division with the required statement from Manitoba Education.