“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, in-service sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking school assignments.
The parties acknowledge the importance of extra-curricular activities as an integral part of each student’s educational experience. An eligible extra-curricular activity is an activity which has received prior approval from the school principal.
Commencing with the school year starting in September of 2015, and thereafter, in any school year (as per the Minister of Education and Training’s definition), a teacher will be entitled to a paid leave of absence of one-half day provided that he or she:
(i) perform 25 hours of eligible extra-curricular duties during a school year; to a maximum of 100 hours and;
(ii) the date for such leave shall be agreed upon between the principal and the teacher;
(iii) Where the fifty (50) hours are not accumulated until after April 30th, a teacher shall be entitled to use a full day of leave prior to December 31st in the following school year.
(iv) Extra-curricular leave shall not be taken on consecutive work days.
(v) Teachers shall not be granted extra curricular leave on any in-service day, parent-teacher administration day, and pupil evaluation day set aside by the Division or school for pupil evaluation in which the teacher is involved.