Except as otherwise qualified in this Agreement, the classification accorded the teacher by Manitoba Education pursuant to Manitoba Regulation 515/88 and subsequent amendments shall be used to determine the class on the “Basic Salary Schedule.”
Except as otherwise qualified in this Agreement, for purposes of this Article, years of completed experience shall be the same as the years of completed experience as determined by Manitoba Education Verification of Classification and Experience.
Teachers lacking professional training are to be paid at scale one class equivalent below the class these teachers would be in had they received professional training.
(a) The Board may award a Class IV standing to Industrial Arts Teachers holding a B. Sc. in Industrial Arts if it deems the qualifications to be closer to a P1A4 rating than to a P1A3. (Note: these circumstances tend to arise in respect to American degrees where education subjects are undergraduate rather than graduate as in the case in Manitoba).
(b) Where acceptable to the Board, each three years of non-teaching experience related to the duties of the Industrial Arts Teacher may be counted as one year teaching experience up to (but not beyond) the maximum as determined in Article 3.1.
(a) Each teacher in Classes I, II, III, IV, V, VI who increase educational qualifications which result in placement in a higher classification shall be placed at the same step of the schedule where placed in the previous classification provided that:
(i) prior to commencing a program leading to increased qualifications the teacher gives written notice to the Division of intention to do so, and
(ii) the Division does not, within sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice, advise the teacher, in writing, that in its considered opinion such improved qualifications would not be of benefit to the educational needs of the Division.
If the teacher does not so notify the Division, or if, after the teacher has notified the Division, the Division advised the teacher as aforesaid, that teacher shall, when placed in a higher classification resulting from increased qualifications, be placed on the step of the schedule resulting in a rate of pay nearest to but not less than the rate of pay received prior to the improved qualifications.
(b) When the Secretary-Treasurer is in receipt of a Verification of Classification from Manitoba Education, on behalf of a teacher who has improved qualifications, the effective date of the increased salary shall be the date verified by Manitoba Education as set out in the Verification of Classification. Where the date verified to Manitoba Education as set out in the Verification falls during July or August, such increase shall become effective on the September 1, immediately following.
(c) The onus to file evidence to Manitoba Education is exclusively the obligation of the teacher including relations with third parties. The Division bears no responsibility nor liability for any failure on the part of third parties to provide experience information or do any other thing with respect to the process of a teacher’s increased qualifications.
The following provisions are to come into effect on and from the 1st day of the Fall Term, 2004:
1. Initial Placement
a) At commencement of the start of any contract (Form 2, Teacher-General) or start of any successive term contract (Limited Term Teacher-General) each teacher shall be placed on the step of the salary schedule in accordance with the classification and years of experience as recognized and reported by Manitoba Education as at June 30th of the prior year.
b) Should the commencement of the contract occur at a time other than at the start of the Fall Term, such newly contracted teacher shall receive credit for experience which would be recognized by Manitoba Education (save and except for experience as a substitute teacher while not on a Form 2 or Teacher-General or Limited Term Teacher-General Contract) which experience would have been obtained in the school year after the June 30th last recognized and reported by Manitoba Education. In order to recognize this experience for purposes of initial placement, the following criteria must be met:
i) The recognizable experience must relate to a period subsequent to the last June 30 reporting date for experience from Manitoba Education;
ii) The experience must be recognizable by Manitoba Education as experience;
iii) The experience must have been acquired while under a Form 2 or Teacher-General or Form 2A or a Limited Term Teacher-General Contract;
iv) The experience must have been obtained with a Manitoba School Division;
v) A letter confirming the number of days taught under contract for the relevant period must be provided from the Division in which the experience was obtained. The onus shall rest solely with the teacher to provide such letter of confirmation.
c) Where the term “experience” is used in this article it shall be experience recognized by Manitoba Education.
2. Full-Time Teachers
(a) Each full-time teacher shall proceed to the next step of the Basic Salary Schedule in accordance with the provision of this article at the Teacher Increment Date (T.I.D.) until the maximum step has been reached. The teacher increment date shall be defined as the date when any teacher shall move from one step on the Basic Salary Schedule to the next higher step on the Basic Salary Schedule until the maximum step has been reached.
b) Initial Teacher Increment Date (T.I.D.)
Following the initial placement at the commencement of a contract, a Teacher Increment Date (T.I.D.) will be established for each teacher. The T.I.D. shall be at the start of the month following the accumulation of a further 180 F.T.E. days of experience counting as part of that 180 F.T.E. days, any carryover days (partial years experience) as recognized and reported by Manitoba Education as at the prior June 30th and further counting any additional days of recognizable experience as contemplated under Article 2.6.1 (b) above.
c) Subsequent T.I.D.s
i) Each full-time teacher’s T.I.D. shall fall on the anniversary date of the initial T.I.D. provided that the teacher has completed at least 180 F.T.E. days experience as recognized by Manitoba Education between the most recent T.I.D. and the next scheduled T.I.D.
ii) In the event that a full-time teacher has not accumulated at least 180 F.T.E. days of experience by the next scheduled T.I.D., the date of that T.I.D. shall be deferred and rescheduled to the first day of the month following completion of 180 F.T.E. days of experience. The deferred T.I.D. shall become the regularly scheduled T.I.D. subject to further deferral pursuant to this subsection.
d) Definitions
i) A full-time teacher is a teacher who is under contract to teach each complete school day in any school year.
ii) A full-time teacher who takes an unpaid leave of absence during a school year or a temporary contract reduction within a school year on a temporary basis shall be considered as a full-time teacher for purposes of this article.
iii) Full-time teachers whose contracts are permanently reduced to less than full-time shall be classified as part-time teachers for the purpose of this article commencing with the school year when such permanent contract reduction commences.
iv) F.T.E. shall mean full time equivalent.
3. Part-Time Teachers
a) Each part-time teacher shall proceed to the next step of the Salary Schedule in accordance with the provision of this article on the T.I.D. until the maximum step has been reached.
b) Following the initial placement at the commencement of a contract a Teacher Increment Date (T.I.D.) shall be established for each teacher. The initial T.I.D. shall be determined including, in the count, any carryover days (partial years experience) as recognized and reported by Manitoba Education as at the prior June 30 and further counting any additional days of recognizable experience as contemplated under Article 2.6.1 (b) above.
c) Subsequent T.I.D.s
i) Each part-time teacher’s T.I.D. shall fall on the anniversary date of the initial T.I.D. provided that the teacher has completed at least 25 F.T.E. days experience from the date of the previous T.I.D. to the next anniversary of the T.I.D. In the event that a part-time teacher does not complete at least 25 F.T.E. days experience between the date of the previous T.I.D. and next anniversary of the T.I.D., the next T.I.D. shall be deferred until the start of the month following the accumulation of 25 F.T.E. days experience.
ii) In the event that a part-time teacher has not accumulated the minimum number of days as required in Article 2.6.3(c)(i) to qualify to move to the next step on the Salary Schedule on the next scheduled T.I.D., the date of that T.I.D. shall be deferred and rescheduled to the first day of the month following accumulation of the minimum number of days as required in Article 2.6.3(c)(i). The deferred T.I.D. shall become the regularly scheduled T.I.D. subject to further deferral pursuant to this sub-section.
d) Definitions
i) A part-time teacher is a teacher who is under contract to teach less than each complete school day in any school year.
ii) A part-time teacher who temporarily teaches each complete school day for a portion of the year shall continue to be classified as a part-time teacher for purposes of this article.
iii) Part-time teachers whose contracts are permanently increased to full-time shall be reclassified as full-time teachers for purposes of this article commencing with the start of the full clear school year in which they are employed under full-time contracts for at least the entire school year.
iv) Part-time teachers who are increased to a full-time contract on a temporary basis, shall continue to be considered as part-time teachers for purposes of this article unless and until that temporary full-time status applies for a full clear school year at which time the classification as a full-time teacher shall commence at the start of that full clear school year.
(v) F.T.E. shall mean full time equivalent.
4. Reversion of Part-Time Teachers
a) Part-time teachers who are reclassified as full-time teachers for purposes of this article shall have their step on the Basic Salary Schedule reverted to the step on which they would be placed had they been full-time since the commencement of employment.
b) Part-time teachers who were reclassified to full-time for purposes of this article and subsequently are reclassified to part-time shall reassume the step on the Basic Salary Schedule they would have occupied had they been part-time since the commencement of employment.