(a) The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 3.07, Substitute Teachers.
(b) Salary
Effective 1st day of Fall term 2015, the salary rate for substitute teachers shall be:
Fall Term 2015 $160.00
Fall Term 2016 $163.00
Fall Term 2017 $165.00
January 1, 2018 $167.00
including vacation pay.
(c) Consecutive Days in an Assignment
Should a teaching substitute have consecutive teaching days of employment in one position for a period of more than five (5) full-time equivalent days, payment shall be made at the per diem rate of the substituting teacher’s salary according to the schedule for his/her qualifications and experience effective on the sixth (6th) day of employment in one position. Payment in such cases will be on the substitute rate until the teacher has presented proof of his or her qualifications. Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.
(d) Substitute Qualifications
In instances requiring substitutes, the Board will make every effort to hire teachers holding Permanent Professional Manitoba Teaching Certificates.
(e) Pay Periods
Substitute teachers pay periods shall end on the 15th and last day of each month. Pay dates shall be five (5) working days after the end of each pay period.
(f) Mileage
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.
(g) Substitute Teacher's Services Not Required
i) A substitute teacher who is called for a half day assingment, who reports, and who finds that his or her services are not required shall be paid a half-day's pay for reporting for duty.
ii) If the substitute teacher has been called in for a full day assignment, he or she shall be paid a full day's pay for reporting for duty.
iii) In the event of an emergency closure of a school on a day the substitute was scheduled to report or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid for the full day or portion they were scheduled to work at the applicable rate of pay.
h) Manitoba Teachers' Society/Kelsey Teachers' Association Fees
All substitutes eligible as members in good standing, shall be required to pay the fees of The Manitoba Teachers' Society and The Kelsey Teachers' Association. Such fees shall be deducted semi-monthly and be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in that specific pay period.
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 legal action arising from the deduction of these fees, provided however, that should the Association so require, it shall be permitted to take over and conduct such legal action and make such settlement thereof as it shall see fit.
(i) 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 leave 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.
(j) Timetable
Unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, the timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.
(k) Applicable Articles of the Collective Agreement
The following articles of the current Collective Agreement shall apply to substitute teachers with amendments as noted*:
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Article 1 |
Purpose |
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Article 2 |
Effective Period |
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* Article 3.01 |
Educational Qualifications: *applies after qualifying period in 3.07 (c) is achieved |
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* Article 3.01 (b) |
Salary Scale: *applies after qualifying period in 3.07 (c) is achieved |
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Article 5 |
Duty Free Meal Period |
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Article 10 |
Harassment |
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Article 11 |
Freedom From Violence |
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* Article 15 |
Disputes Concerning This Agreement: *except that: The only matters which may be grieved under Article 15 (Disputes Concerning This Agreement) by a substitute teacher are the provisions of this Substitute 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. |
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Article 16.01 |
Liaison Committee |
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Article 17 |
Medical Interventions |