“Extra-Curricular activities” for the purpose of this collective agreement means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities occurring with the approval of school administration outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school days, whether such occurs 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.
An eligible extra-curricular activity is an activity which has received prior approval from the school principal.
In recognition of exceptional effort for extra curricular activities, the Division will grant teachers who have contributed 50 actual hours per school year toward an extra curricular activity a payment, the equivalent of the current substitute teacher rate, to a maximum of two (2) payments per school year. A teacher will be eligible for his/her first and second payments upon completion of each 50 hours of contribution. In the case where a teacher does not accumulate sufficient hours to qualify for his/her first or second payment, the teacher may carry those hours over to the following school year.
Teachers who are entitled to the payment or payments in 23.03 above may, in lieu of the payment or payments, be granted one day of leave for each payment with no loss of pay or benefits. Each day of leave taken is to be a time mutually agreeable to the teacher and the Superintendent. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, requests for said leave is on a first come first serve basis. No more than two teachers per school shall be granted said leave at the same time, on a staff of ten or more teachers. No more than one teacher shall be granted said leave at any one time, on a staff of less than ten teachers.
In the case where a teacher accumulates sufficient hours to qualify for a day or days of leave of absence in any school year, the teacher may choose to take the day or days leave of absence in the following school year. The maximum leave taken under this clause when combined with Personal Leave (under Article 22) shall be no more than three consecutive (3) days at any one time.