A. MTS Duties Leave
A teacher being a member of the Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or of the Executive Committees of any branch thereof, or of any special committee of the Society, or being appointed an official representative or delegate of the Society or any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of which he/she is a member or to act as a representative or delegate of the Society or of any branch of the Society in a matter of Society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meetings, or to act as such representative or delegate and shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or both purposes on not more than a total of five (5) teaching days in any school year; provided that the Superintendent is notified prior to the leave, and, provided that a substitute satisfactory to the Board can be secured and that the cost of providing this substitute is assumed by the Society and shall not be a charge upon the Board concerned. No additional leave of absence beyond five (5) days in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above, except with the consent and approval of the Board.
B. President's Release Time Leave
1. Each school year, the Division shall provide release time to the President of the Association the equivalent of up to ten (10) days release from regular classroom duties plus a scheduled release of up to thirty (100%) percent.
2. The Association agrees to reimburse the Division with the replacement teacher's cost incurred during the leave taken by the President of the Association.
3. The Interlake Teachers' Association shall notify the Division by May 15th if they intend to exercise the leave of absence for the President. The schedule for the leave shall be developed with the President, Principal of the school affected and the Superintendent.
4. Notwithstanding point 3 above, the Association agrees to provide the Division, if possible, the name of the President for the upcoming school year and the percentage of release time prior to May 15th and as early in the school year as possible.