"Extra-curricular activities" means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities, occurring outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school day, whether such occur alone or with students, parents or administrative staff, such as (without limitation) staff meetings, parent/teacher meetings, committee work, inservice sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking schools assignments.
An eligible extra-curricular activity must have received prior approval from the school principal. The Superintendent of Schools shall adjudicate any dispute as to whether or not a specific activity qualifies under this clause.
In any school year (as per the Minister of Education and Training’s definition) a teacher who participates in extra curricular activities shall be entitled to a paid leave of absence of up to two (2) days per school year, provided that at least fifty (50) hours of approved extra curricular duties performed for each one (1) day of leave or twenty-five (25) hours of approved extra-curricular duties performed for each half (.5) day of leave. Each fifty (50) hours may be accumulated over two (2) consecutive years.
The date for such leave shall be agreed upon between the principal and the teacher and reported to the superintendent.
Teachers will be allowed to carry over one (1) unused day to the next school year for an overall maximum of three (3) days leave in any school year.