a) All salaries shall be paid in twenty-four (24) payments which are payable on the fifteenth (15th) day of each month, and on the last banking day of each month.
(b) Salaries are earned on the basis of four-tenths (4/10) for the fall term and six-tenths (6/10) for the spring term and shall be based on the salary schedule in effect for the teacher's classification.
(c) Adjustments in salary earned after September 1 st shall be pro-rated over the remaining payments to the following August 31 st .
(d) Teachers terminating employment in June shall be paid in full all salaries accrued at June 30th in accordance with the approved form of agreement.
(e) Teachers who commence employment or return to active employment following an unpaid leave of absence after the commencement of a school year shall be paid as follows:
(i) In the first month of employment, the salary shall be paid on the basis of the number of teaching days remaining in that month as a fraction of the total number of days in the current school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education and Training.
(ii) For the balance of the school year, the pay installments shall be determined on the basis of the number of teaching days remaining in that school year as a fraction of the total number of days in the current school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education and Training divided by the number of pay days remaining to August 31 st next.
(iii) Thereafter, the teacher shall be paid in accordance with Article 3: Payment of Salary.
(f) If a teacher's contract is terminated as provided therein or if a teacher commences a leave of absence without pay before the end of a school year, the final salary payment shall be so adjusted that the teacher shall receive, for the part of the year taught, such fraction of the salary for the whole year as the number of days taught is of the total number of days in the current school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education and Training.
(g) Adjustments in salary resulting from a change in a teacher's salary entitlement pursuant to this Agreement, shall be calculated and paid as follows:
(i) number of teaching days remaining in the current school year from the date of adjustment as a fraction of the total number of days in the school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education and Training times the adjusted salary rate in effect for that period of time.
(ii) For the balance of the school year, the pay installments shall be determined on the basis of the number of teaching days remaining in that school year as a fraction of the total number of days in the current school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education and Training divided by the number of pay days remaining to August 31 st next.
(iii) Thereafter, the teacher shall be paid in accordance with Article 3: Payment of Salary.
(h) Note: Department of Education and Training is the term used throughout this Agreement to refer to Department of Education and Training, Manitoba Education Training and Youth, Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth or any other future change in name. Minister of Education and Training is the term used for the Government’s Minister responsible for public schools.
(a) For the purpose of this agreement the members of the teaching staff shall be classified according to the classification set forth in the Manitoba Regulations under the Public Schools Act, except herein as provided.
(b) Permit teachers will be classified one class lower than they would be with one year of teacher training.
(c) Classification of and Experience for Vocational Industrial Teachers:
A vocational industrial teacher who holds a Journeyman Certificate and who obtained from the Department of Education and Training of Manitoba at least a P1 rating will be classified as Class 4 by the Lakeshore School Division for salary purposes. If the teacher rating for grant purposes by the Department of Education and Training is higher than Class 4, the teacher will be classified according to the Department rating.
A vocational industrial teacher who holds a Journeyman Certificate will be granted increments for "related work experience" up to a maximum of 6 years. "Related work experience" shall be experience for which a Journeyman's Certificate was needed for the work performed. Experience beyond this definition may be granted at the discretion of the School Board. If a Vocational Industrial teacher with a Journeyman Certificate has taught elsewhere than in the Lakeshore School Division without at least one year of recognized teacher training by the Department of Education and Training, his/her teaching experience shall be recognized as "related experience only", and will be included in the maximum 6 years allowed for related experience.
If the above related experience clause will result in lower salary for any one of the Vocational Industrial teachers presently employed by the Lakeshore School Division, no cut in salary will be made. However, there will be no salary increases granted until that teacher is entitled to higher salary because of further teaching experience.
A teacher who holds a permanent Vocational Industrial Certificate and a Bachelor of Education degree will be paid at the rate of Class 5 or according to the Department salary classification, whichever is higher.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement the corresponding classifications shall be as follows:
Grant Code Division Classification
P1A1 Class 1
P1A2 Class 2
P1A3 Class 3
P1A4 Class 4
P1A5, P2A4 Class 5
P1A6, P2A5 Class 6
P2A6 Class 7
Salary schedules are to be found in Appendix “A” at the end of this agreement.
Effective: Fall Term 2014 2% increase to salaries and allowances
Fall Term 2015 2% increase to salaries and allowances
Fall Term 2016 2% increase to salaries and allowances
Fall Term 2017 1.5% increase to salaries and allowances
January 1, 2018 1.5% increase to salaries and allowances
(a) For teachers on staff and for teachers coming on staff who have one or more years of teaching experience after certification and prior to joining the Lakeshore staff, and where such experience is approved and recognized by the Department of Education and Training, the minimum rates shall be increased by one increment on schedule for each year but not exceeding a maximum of their class.
(b) Any teacher who is on staff or is coming on staff between August 1st and December 31st shall receive his/her first increment of salary at the commencement of the following term (fall term). Any teacher who is on staff or is coming on staff between January 1st and June 30th shall receive his/her first increment in the following January.
Rate of pay effective the beginning of the Fall Term 2014:
In addition to his/her salary according to the basic salary schedule, principals and vice-principals shall receive the following allowances:
(a) Principals:
Effective September 2014, a principal shall receive a basic allowance of $779.64 plus $732.82 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school, to a maximum of $15,903.89 per year.
The principal shall not be included in the count of full-time equivalent teachers in the school.
(b) Vice-Principals:
A vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the principal's allowance in that school.
(c) Acting Principals:
In schools where there is no vice-principal appointed, or where the vice-principal is absent from the school on that day, an allowance shall be paid to a designated teacher when the principal is absent for a period of one-half (1/2) day or more. This allowance shall be $2.99 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school per day, to a maximum of $34.00 per day.
(d) When the Division requests a principal to be absent from the building for a period of one-half day or more, a substitute will be provided, at the expense of the Division, to cover the teaching assignment of the acting principal.
(e) No percentage increase will be granted on the basic administrative allowances unless these basic allowances are negotiated.
Rate of pay effective the beginning of the Fall Term 2015:
In addition to his/her salary according to the basic salary schedule, principals and vice-principals shall receive the following allowances:
(a) Principals:
Effective September 2015, a principal shall receive a basic allowance of $795.23 plus $747.48 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school, to a maximum of $16,221.97 per year.
The principal shall not be included in the count of full-time equivalent teachers in the school.
(b) Vice-Principals:
A vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the principal's allowance in that school.
(c) Acting Principals:
In schools where there is no vice-principal appointed, or where the vice-principal is absent from the school on that day, an allowance shall be paid to a designated teacher when the principal is absent for a period of one-half (1/2) day or more. This allowance shall be $3.05 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school per day, to a maximum of $34.68 per day.
(d) When the Division requests a principal to be absent from the building for a period of one-half day or more, a substitute will be provided, at the expense of the Division, to cover the teaching assignment of the acting principal.
(e) No percentage increase will be granted on the basic administrative allowances unless these basic allowances are negotiated.
Rate of pay effective the beginning of the Fall Term 2016:
In addition to his/her salary according to the basic salary schedule, principals and vice-principals shall receive the following allowances:
(a) Principals:
Effective September 2016, a principal shall receive a basic allowance of $811.13 plus $762.43 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school, to a maximum of $16,546.41 per year.
The principal shall not be included in the count of full-time equivalent teachers in the school.
(b) Vice-Principals:
A vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the principal's allowance in that school.
(c) Acting Principals:
In schools where there is no vice-principal appointed, or where the vice-principal is absent from the school on that day, an allowance shall be paid to a designated teacher when the principal is absent for a period of one-half (1/2) day or more. This allowance shall be $3.11 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school per day, to a maximum of $35.37 per day.
(d) When the Division requests a principal to be absent from the building for a period of one-half day or more, a substitute will be provided, at the expense of the Division, to cover the teaching assignment of the acting principal.
(e) No percentage increase will be granted on the basic administrative allowances unless these basic allowances are negotiated.
Rate of pay effective the beginning of the Fall Term 2017:
In addition to his/her salary according to the basic salary schedule, principals and vice-principals shall receive the following allowances:
(a) Principals:
Effective September 2017, a principal shall receive a basic allowance of $823.30 plus $773.86 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school, to a maximum of $16,794.60 per year.
The principal shall not be included in the count of full-time equivalent teachers in the school.
(b) Vice-Principals:
A vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the principal's allowance in that school.
(c) Acting Principals:
In schools where there is no vice-principal appointed, or where the vice-principal is absent from the school on that day, an allowance shall be paid to a designated teacher when the principal is absent for a period of one-half (1/2) day or more. This allowance shall be $3.16 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school per day, to a maximum of $35.90 per day.
(d) When the Division requests a principal to be absent from the building for a period of one-half day or more, a substitute will be provided, at the expense of the Division, to cover the teaching assignment of the acting principal.
(e) No percentage increase will be granted on the basic administrative allowances unless these basic allowances are negotiated.
Rate of pay effective the beginning January 1, 2018:
In addition to his/her salary according to the basic salary schedule, principals and vice-principals shall receive the following allowances:
(a) Principals:
Effective January 1, 2018, a principal shall receive a basic allowance of $835.65 plus $785.47 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school, to a maximum of $17,046.52 per year.
The principal shall not be included in the count of full-time equivalent teachers in the school.
(b) Vice-Principals:
A vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the principal's allowance in that school.
(c) Acting Principals:
In schools where there is no vice-principal appointed, or where the vice-principal is absent from the school on that day, an allowance shall be paid to a designated teacher when the principal is absent for a period of one-half (1/2) day or more. This allowance shall be $3.20 per full-time equivalent teacher in the school per day, to a maximum of $36.44 per day.
(d) When the Division requests a principal to be absent from the building for a period of one-half day or more, a substitute will be provided, at the expense of the Division, to cover the teaching assignment of the acting principal.
(e) No percentage increase will be granted on the basic administrative allowances unless these basic allowances are negotiated.
(a) Daily Salary Schedule (inclusive of vacation pay):
Effective Date of Signing:
Class 3 and below Teachers: $110.00
Class 4 and above Teachers: $140.00
Rate of pay effective Fall Term 2016:
Class 3 and below Teachers: $112.20
Class 4 and above Teachers: $142.80
Rate of pay effective Fall Term 2017:
Class 3 and below Teachers: $113.89
Class 4 and above Teachers: $144.95
Rate of pay effective January 1, 2018:
Class 3 and below Teachers: $115.60
Class 4 and above Teachers: $147.12
(b) A substitute teacher filling a position for the same teacher for a period of at least five (5) consecutive scheduled working days shall be termed extended substitute teaching.
Substitute teachers shall be paid at the daily rates in (a) above for the first five (5) days of extended substitute teaching and thereafter shall be paid according to qualifications and salary as in Article 3.02 and 3.04 (a). However, in no case shall a substitute teacher be paid on scale at a salary higher than that provided for at Class 5 maximum under the salary schedule. The rate of pay for the extended teaching assignment shall continue in effect until the end of the extended teaching assignment.
In-service days and/or Administrative days shall not constitute a break in the extended teaching assignment.
(c) Deduction of Manitoba Teachers’ Society Fees
Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees and Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly, based on the advice of MTS or the LTA. These fees shall be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.
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 any claim or legal action rising from the deduction of local Association fees or Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.
(d) Sick Time
A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least nine (9) consecutive days of extended substitute teaching in a school year shall be entitled to one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) days taught in that assignment. Sick leave shall not accumulate from assignment to assignment.
(e) Timetable
The timetable for a substitute teacher unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.
(f) A substitute teacher is employed by the Division to either replace a regular teacher or fulfill an assignment which is less than twenty (20) days in duration.
A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21st) day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher- General contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment is immediately imminent.
(g) Substitute Teacher’s Services Not Required
(i) A substitute teacher called into work for one half day or less shall be paid one half of the daily rate.
(ii) A substitute teacher called in for greater than one half day up to a full day shall be paid the full daily rate.
(iii) In the event of early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid full pay at the applicable rate of pay.
(iv) A substitute teacher who is called to work and reports for that assignment finding that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative assignment in the same school.
(h) Employment Insurance
1. The Record of Employment certificates for substitute teachers shall be issued by July 7 or on request.
2. For purposes of Employment Insurance, the number of insurable hours to be reported shall be 9.1 hours per day.
(i) The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 3.06, Substitute Teachers.
The following articles of the Collective Agreement apply to substitute teachers:
Article 1 Purpose
Article 2 Effective Period
Article 3.02 Educational Qualifications
Article 3.03 Salary Schedule
Article 3.04 Placement on Schedule
Article 3.08 Change in Classification
Article 7 Advertising of Positions
Article 8 Meal Period **
Article 11 Freedom From Violence
Article 13 Provision for Settlement of Differences
(only for clauses which apply to substitute teachers)
The only matters which may be grieved under Article 13 (Provision for Settlement of Differences) by a substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of a substitute teacher are the provisions of this 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.
Teachers employed under contract on a part-time basis shall:
(a) be paid according to their qualifications as established in Article 3.02 and 3.04;
(b) be paid on a rate based on the fraction of time employed;
(c) the service of a part-time teacher shall be accumulated in the proportion of actual percentage of time employed in each school year. Whenever a part-time teacher's accumulated service equals the equivalent of one full year or more, that teacher shall be reclassified to the next higher step of the schedule, on September 1st or January 1st next, whichever comes first.
The onus is on the teacher to give notice to the Division after earning credits which result in a change of classification. The teacher should notify the division as soon as possible after such credit has been obtained. In giving notice, the teacher must offer documentary evidence that his/her increased qualifications have been registered with the Teacher Certifications Record Branch. When such evidence has been submitted, the salary change shall be paid retroactive to the month of the date on the university transcript indicating that the necessary credit has been obtained.
The division will pay its teachers interest on the net amount of increases of any retroactive pay at the saving interest rate in the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as of March 31st of the current year of the Agreement. "Net amount of increases" is defined as being the actual net increases in pay that the teacher would have received on their monthly pay cheques if the settlement for the year would have been reached on March 31st of the negotiated year.
NOTE: For the purpose of this agreement only, interest on retroactive pay is to be calculated as per the provision of Article 3.09 and paid to the Association in one lump sum.