Effective September 2016, substitute teachers shall be paid at the negotiated rate of:
Certified: $149.86
Uncertified: $121.31
September 2017:
Certified: $152.11
Uncertified: $123.13
January 2018:
Certified: $154.39
Uncertified: $124.97
All of the above rates are inclusive of vacation pay.
a) If the substitute teacher is employed on a day to day basis and the period of employment extends beyond five consecutive teaching days in the same assignment, the teacher shall be paid at a rate under the salary schedule in accordance with his/her qualifications and experience beyond the fifth day.
b) If the teacher is hired to substitute for a period known to exceed five consecutive days the teacher shall be paid at a rate under the salary schedule in accordance with his/her qualifications and experience from the first day of employment.
c) Substitutes called into work will be paid a minimum of one-half (1/2) day at the appropriate rate of pay Substitute teachers called in for greater than one half day or a substitute teacher whose assignment has been extended shall be paid on a pro-rated basis for the entire assignment.
d) A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty consecutive (20) days of extended substitute teaching in the same assignment shall, on the twenty-first (21st) day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or the conclusion of the substitute assignment will occur within five (5) working days.
e) A substitute teacher filling a position for the same teacher for a period of at least five (5) consecutive scheduled teaching days shall be termed extended substitute teaching.
Such periods as defined in 3.08 (a), 3.08 (b), 3.08 (d) and 3.08 (e) shall not be interrupted because of in-service or administration days on which a school is declared closed by the Division or on which a substitute is not required to teach because of a school or Division activity and such days shall not constitute a break in consecutive days.
f) Manitoba Teachers’ Society Fees and Park West Teachers’ Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly.
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 arising from the deduction of local Association fees or Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.
g) 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.
The use of sick leave with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.
h) The following clauses in the collective agreement apply to substitute teachers covered under Article 3.08:
Article 1: Purpose
Article 2: Effective Period
Article 3.01: Classification (when a substitute teacher is eligible under 3.08 (a)
Article 3.02: Basic Schedule (for information purposes only)
Article 3.03: Anniversary Dates for Increments
Article 3.04: Changes of Classification
Article 7: Noon Hour
Article 8: Freedom from Violence
Article 10: Settlement of Disputes
Article 15: Sexual Harassment
Article 16: Interpretation
i) The provisions of the collective agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 3.08 – Substitute Teachers.
j) The only matters which may be grieved under Article 10 – Settlement of Disputes 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.