(a) A teacher, being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or of the Executive Committee 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 the Society to attend a meeting of the Committee of which he/she is a member, or to act as a representative or delegate, 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 one school year. A maximum of seventy-five (75) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned above during any school year by members of the Association. No additional leave of absence beyond seventy-five (75) days in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above except with the consent and approval of the Board. In all cases, the teacher shall notify the Board thereof prior to taking such leave. The cost of providing a substitute teacher shall be assumed by the Society and shall not be a charge upon the Division.
KTA Presidents Release Time
(b) A teacher who is elected President of the Association shall be seconded from the Division for up to 50% release time plus a further 10 days of release upon application of the Association. Application shall be made no later than May 31st for the following school year. Unusual or exceptional circumstances which preclude the making of application by the last teaching day of May shall be considered by the Division:
i) The Association shall reimburse the Division for all salary and benefit costs.
ii) A teacher who returns to active service with the Division upon completion of such a secondment of no more than two years shall be placed in the same or similar position held by the teacher prior to the secondment unless there is an agreement between the teacher and the Division to do otherwise.
iii) A teacher who returns to active service with the Division after more than two years shall be placed in a position for which he/she has the qualifications and ability to perform the work.