a) The principal or vice-principal of a school shall receive an annual salary comprised of the following components:
i) Basic Teacher Salary:
The full salary as a teacher as set out in the Basic Salary Schedule in Article 3.1.
Plus
ii) Enrolment Allowance:
An allowance based on the actual number of students in each school, as at September 30th of each year, with each student counted as one.
aa) For principals:
| Sept. 1, 2014 | Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 | Jan.1, 2018 |
| $2.67 | $2.72 | $2.77 | $2.81 | $2.85 |
bb) For vice-principals:
| Sept. 1, 2014 | Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 | Jan.1, 2018 |
| $1.32 | $1.35 | $1.38 | $1.40 | $1.42 |
plus;
iii) Fixed Allowance:
aa) For principals:
| Sept. 1, 2014 | Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 | Jan.1, 2018 |
| $8,654 | $8,827 | $9,004 | $9,139 | $9,276 |
bb) For vice-principals:
| Sept. 1, 2014 | Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 | Jan.1, 2018 |
| $6,061 | $6,182 | $6,306 | $6,401 | $6,497 |
plus;
iv) Staffing Allowance
aa) For principals:
| Sept. 1, 2014 | Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 | Jan.1, 2018 |
| $500 | $510 | $520 | $528 | $536 |
bb) For vice-principals:
| Sept. 1, 2014 | Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 | Jan.1, 2018 |
| $250 | $255 | $260 | $264 | $268 |
The staffing allowance shall be based on the actual number of teachers in a school as at September 30th, of each year, excluding therefrom the principal and vice-principal, with each teacher counted as one.
The allowances set out in sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) shall apply in full to each principal and vice-principal notwithstanding the proportion of the work assignment which relates to administrative activities.
The annual salary of each principal and vice-principal shall be adjusted effective the first day of the Fall Term of each year based upon the foregoing components.
b) Minimum Principal’s Allowance
Effective on and from September 1, 2015, each Principal shall be paid an allowance which is the greater of:
i) The allowance determined as the sum of Article 3.4 (a) (ii) (aa), Article 3.4 (a) (iii) and Article 3.4 (a) (iv) (aa), or
ii) The minimum Principal’s allowance as set out below:
| Sept. 1, 2015 | Sept. 1, 2016 | Sept. 1, 2017 |
| $20,000 | $20,400 | $21,012 |
c) Transfer Protection:
i) Board Initiated Transfers
Where the Board initiates by way of directing a transfer of a principal or vice-principal from the current position to a different position which position generates a lower salary than the current position, the following protections shall apply:
aa) Where such Board-initiated transfer is to a new assignment as a principal or vice-principal the transferee shall retain a protected salary as defined in 3.4(c)(iii) until such time as the overall salary of the newly assigned principalship or vice-principalship exceeds the protected salary of the current principalship or vice-principalship. In no event, however, shall the protected salary paid, pursuant to this Article, extend for more than three (3) years past the date the transfer to the new assignment becomes effective.
bb) Where such Board-initiated transfer is to a new assignment in any position other than a principalship or vice-principalship the transferee shall receive a protected salary as defined in 3.4(c)(iii) until the overall salary of the newly assigned position exceeds the protected salary of the current principalship or vice-principalship. In no event, however, shall the protected salary paid, pursuant to this Article, extend for more than one (1) year past the date the transfer to the new assignment becomes effective.
cc) For purposes of this Article the term “overall salary” shall mean the sum of the Basic Salary Schedule and all allowances as determined in Article 3.4(a) or Article 3.4 (b).
ii) Principal/Vice-Principal Initiated Transfers:
Where a principal or vice-principal initiates a transfer, by way of application or another means, from the current position to any other position of any type whatsoever, the salary for that new assignment shall be the overall salary as derived through the provisions of this Agreement and the protected salary provisions of this Article shall not apply.
iii) The protected salary referenced in Articles 3.4(c)(i)(aa) and (bb) shall be defined as the salary applicable to that position for the year immediately prior to the transfer but increased in any year by the dollar amount of increase in the affected principal’s or vice-principal’s Basic Salary Schedule in Article 3.1 (i.e. the teacher’s Basic Salary Schedule portion).
d) New Appointment (August Payment)
When, at the start of any Fall Term, a teacher is appointed to a principalship or vice-principalship or a current principal or vice-principal transfers to a new assignment as a principal or vice-principal, the newly appointed or transferred principal or vice-principal shall be paid for ten (10) additional days for the August immediately preceding the effective date of the appointment or transfer. The ten (10) additional days pay shall be calculated on the basis of 1/200 of the annual salary for the position at the annualized rate prevailing on the first day of the Fall Term.
The newly appointed or transferred principals or vice-principals are required to work the additional days for which they are being paid pursuant to this Article.
Any new appointments or transfers effective at any time other than on the first day of the Fall Term do not qualify for the additional payment as herein provided.
e) Establishment of Vice-Principalships:
i) aa) A vice-principalship(s) shall be established in any school based on the enrolment as at September 30th of each year as follows:
| Average Enrolment | Vice-Principalship |
| 450-849 | 1.0 |
| 850-1,249 | 1.5 |
| 1,250+ | 2.0 |
bb) When the Board is required to establish a vice-principalship pursuant to Article 3.4(e)(i)(aa) that appointment shall become effective not later than the start of the next Fall Term.
ii) The Board shall have the discretion to establish or discontinue vice-principalships of any full-time equivalency whatsoever in whole or in part in any school other than those required in Article 3.4(e)(i)(aa).
iii) In cases where a school no longer qualifies for a vice-principalship pursuant to Article 3.4(e)(i)(aa) and the Board desires to discontinue that vice-principalship, that vice-principalship shall not be discontinued earlier than the start of the following Fall Term.
e) Return from Leave:
Principals and vice-principals returning from Deferred Salary Leave or Maternity Leave shall be placed in the same or comparable position as had been occupied at the time leave was taken.