Upon having taught ten (10) consecutive years with the Education Authority, a teacher may be granted a sabbatical leave, subject to approval by the Education Authority for the purpose of study. Application for sabbatical leave must be received by the Education Authority by March 31st of the contract year, for the leave to begin in the following school/contract year. Any sabbatical leave granted shall be subject to the following terms:
1. A teacher shall be granted a sabbatical leave for a period of either one (1) or two (2) years. Approval of any sabbatical leave shall be based upon the needs of the school and subject to the teacher and the Education Authority reaching mutually agreeable terms relative to the position to which the teacher shall return upon the expiration of the sabbatical leave.
2. The sabbatical leave payment shall be payable only for the first year of leave and payable to the teacher who is granted the sabbatical leave. Sabbatical leave payment shall be in lieu of any salary that would have been paid by the Education Authority to the teacher. Sabbatical leave payments shall be paid to the teacher as set out in the following payment scale:
|
Years of Continuous Service |
% of Salary |
Years of Service Owing Following Sabbatical Leave |
|
10 |
55% |
3 |
|
11 |
60% |
3 |
|
12 |
65% |
2 |
|
13 |
70% |
2 |
|
14 |
75% |
1 |
3. Sabbatical leave payments shall be made in accordance with terms to be agreed upon by the teacher and the Education Authority.
4. Sabbatical Leave shall not constitute a break in employment.
5. The sabbatical leave period shall not be counted towards a year or years of experience for the purpose of salary grid increments.
6. No more than one (1) teacher on staff, as of June 30 of the previous teaching year shall be granted sabbatical leave in a contract year.
7. The teacher shall agree to return to the employ of the Education Authority upon expiration of the sabbatical leave and shall undertake not to resign or retire from his/her teaching position with the Education Authority for the period of time indicated as owing and set out in Clause 2 above. If this agreement is broken by the teacher, the teacher will reimburse the Education Authority, on a pro-rata basis for all monies paid to him/her for the purposes of the sabbatical leave taken.
If this agreement is broken by the Education Authority, the returning teacher will not be required to reimburse the Education Authority for any monies paid to him/her for sabbatical leave purposes.
8: If this agreement is broken by the Education Authority, the returning teacher will not be required to reimburse the Education Authority for any monies paid to the teacher for sabbatical leave purposes.
9: In the event the teacher on sabbatical leave dies before returning to work and completing the service required after the sabbatical leave, any monies paid to the deceased teacher will not be recoverable by the Education Authority.