PINE CREEK TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2014/07/01 - 2018/06/30 (EXPIRED)

ARTICLE 4: SALARIES

4:01

   September 2014    2%    
   September 2015    2%      
   September 2016    2%
   September 2017    1.5% 
   January 1, 2018     1.5%

 


Fall Term 2014/15 - The following salary scale shall be effective September 2014:

 

Premium: $1,266
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7
0 33,816 37,317 42,876 50,814 54,362 57,360 59,549
1 35,176 39,182 44,815 53,674 57,378 60,448 62,807
2 36,532 41,053 46,758 56,536 60,390 63,574 66,098
3 37,894 42,915 48,697 59,400 63,405 66,688 69,305
4 39,258 44,781 50,642 62,261 66,416 69,797 72,554
5 40,614 46,649 52,583 65,119 69,430 72,910 75,806
6 41,974 48,514 54,526 67,981 72,442 76,022 79,059
7 43,334 50,381 56,471 70,841 75,454 79,128 82,309
8 44,694 52,247 58,413 73,702 78,468 82,238 85,558
9 0 0 60,354 76,564 81,483 85,350 88,813
10 0 0 0 79,426 84,496 88,460 92,061

 

 

Fall Term 2015/16 - The following salary scale shall be effective September 2015:

 

Premium: $1,290
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7
0 34,494 38,065 43,735 51,832 55,451 58,509 60,741
1 35,881 39,967 45,713 54,749 58,527 61,658 64,064
2 37,264 41,875 47,694 57,668 61,599 64,847 67,421
3 38,653 43,775 49,672 60,589 64,674 68,023 70,692
4 40,044 45,678 51,656 63,508 67,746 71,194 74,006
5 41,428 47,583 53,636 66,423 70,820 74,370 77,323
6 42,815 49,486 55,618 69,342 73,892 77,544 80,642
7 44,202 51,390 57,602 72,259 76,964 80,712 83,957
8 45,589 53,293 59,583 75,177 80,039 83,884 87,270
9 0 0 61,562 78,097 83,114 87,058 90,591
10 0 0 0 81,016 86,187 90,231 93,904

 

 

Fall Term 2016/17 - Salary Schedule to be adjust by 2% and adjustments as provided by the applicable Collateral agreement for the MPSE Extended Health Plan.


Fall Term 2017/18 - Salary Schedule to be adjust by 1.5% and adjustments as provided by the applicable Collateral agreement for the MPSE Extended Health Plan.


Spring Term 2017/18 - Salary Schedule to be adjust by 1.5% and adjustments as provided by the applicable Collateral agreement for the MPSE Extended Health Plan.

 

4:02 Increments

The basic salary of a teacher shall, on completion of each year of teaching experience (10 teaching months), be increased by an increment as indicated in the salary scale until the teacher has reached the maximum salary for the class.  The due date for increments shall be the first day of the teaching month next following completion of this ten (l0) months of teaching service.

4:03

There shall be full placement on schedule for all teaching years as recognized by the Department of Education including up to two (2) years taught on a permit or Letter of Authority as issued by the Manitoba Department of Education.

4:04 Part-Time Teachers

Teachers employed under contract on a part-time basis shall:
 i) be paid according to their qualifications as established in Article 3:00;
 ii) be paid on a rate based on the fraction of the time employed;
 iii) part-time teachers, who are required to attend administration days, parent-teacher conferences, pupil evaluation days and professional development days, which are scheduled during a regular school day and are in addition to the time normally scheduled for work, shall be compensated on a pro-rated basis for the  additional time.

4:05 Substitute Teachers

a) Scope and Recognition

The employer, being the Pine Creek School Division, recognizes the Pine Creek Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, as the exclusive bargaining agent for all substitute teachers employed by the Division.

b) Salaries

 Substitute teachers shall be paid at the following rates (inclusive of vacation pay):

Class 1-3 Class 4+
Effective Fall Term14/15: $117 $143
Effective Fall Term15/16: $119 $146
Effective Fall Term 16/17: $121 $149
Effective Fall Term 17/18: $123 $151
Effective Jan 1, 2018: $125 $153

per day for the first five consecutive days of substitute teaching in one particular assignment. 

A period of substitute teaching in one particular assignment of at least five (5) days shall be termed extended substitute teaching.

Upon commencement of the sixth (6th) day of extended substitute teaching, a substitute teacher shall be paid for each day taught at the per diem rate to be calculated as 1/x of the salary to which a Full time or Part time teacher of the same qualifications and experience would be entitled under the basic salary schedule as outlined in Article 4.01 – Salaries.  This rate of pay shall be retroactive to the first day of the extended teaching assignment and shall continue in effect until the end of that extended teaching assignment.

In-service days or Administrative days, shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.

In addition, where during an extended substitute teaching assignment, the substitute teacher becomes unavailable to work due to attending what would be described as a family related emergency or for the death or serious illness of the substitute teacher’s family or for attending to Association or MTS business as a representative of the Association, and where the substitute teacher returns to the extended teacher assignment immediately thereafter such unavailability, such days of unavailability as noted above shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.

Note:  Definition of family for the above clause to be applied consistent with the current collective agreement in place for Teacher General, Limited Term Teacher General Contract.

A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment for one half (1/2) day or less shall be paid one half (1/2) of the daily rate.  A substitute teacher, who is called to work for an assignment of greater than a half day but less than a full day, shall be paid the daily rate.  Notwithstanding the above, where the substitute is replacing a teacher whose contractual assignment is more than 50% but less than full time, the substitute shall be paid for a period equivalent in time to the assignment of the teacher being replaced.

Further, a substitute teacher who is replacing a teacher who is serving as Acting Principal shall be paid for a period equivalent in time to the Acting Principal assignment.

c) Deduction of Manitoba Teachers’ Society Fees

Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees and Pine Creek Teachers’ Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly.  These fees shall be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.

The Association shall provide the Division with at least two (2) weeks advance notice of any change in Association fees.

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.

d) Payment of Salary

Pay relating to the salary earned by the substitute teachers during any month shall be forwarded to those teachers not later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the following calendar month.

e) Substitute Teachers’ Services Not Required

A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment, and who reports for the assignment finding that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative assignment equivalent in time to the substitute’s original assignment, and when such alternative assignment is not available shall be paid half (1/2) day’s pay at the applicable rate in lieu. 

f) Limited Term Teacher General Contract

A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21st) day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher General Contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment is immediately imminent.

g) Assignment

Unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, the timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.

h) In-School Support

 A substitute resource binder shall exist for each school and for each classroom.

i) Sick Leave

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 one extended substitute teaching assignment to another.

The use of sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.

j) The following articles of the Collective Agreement apply to substitute teachers:

 Article 1 – Purpose
 Article 2 – Effective Period
 Article 3 – Classification
 Article 4 – Salaries, (4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.07 and 4.10)
 Article 8 – Harassment
 Article 9 – Freedom From Violence
Article 12 – Meal Period (when a substitute teacher is offered and has accepted an assignment for greater than one-half day)

k) The only matters which may be grieved under Article 13 – Provision for Settlement of Disputes During Currency of Agreement, by a substitute teacher of the Association on behalf of 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.

4:06 Administrative Allowance

a) Principals shall receive a base allowance for the first 5.0 FTE teachers, equal to $6148 per school year.

September 2015 - $6271
September 2016 - $6396
September 2017 - $6492
January 2018 - $6589 

b) Principals shall receive an allowance for all FTE above 5.0 teachers to a maximum of 11.0 FTE, equal to $945 per FTE teacher per school year.

September 2015 - $964
September 2016 - $983
September 2017 - $998
January 2018 - $1013

c) Principals shall receive an allowance for all FTE above 11.0 teachers to a maximum of 20 FTE, equal to $630 per FTE teacher per school year to a maximum of $16,858.

September 2015 - $643  Maximum $17,199
September 2016 - $656  Maximum $17,542
September 2017 - $666  Maximum $17,808
January 2018 - $676  Maximum $18,075

d) Where a principal has no appointed vice-principal, and where a teacher is appointed by the Superintendent to act as acting principal in the absence of the principal, the acting principal shall receive an allowance equal to the greater of $3.00 per FTE teacher per day, or $31.00 per day.

e) For the purposes of the allowance in 4:06 a) b) c) d) the Principal’s FTE shall not be included in the above calculations.

f) Should the Division employ a Student Services Coordinator the incumbent will be entitled to all salary and benefits outlined in the current collective bargaining agreement.

The annual administrative allowances for this position shall be as follows (based on full time equivalence):

September 2014: $10,500
September 2015: $10,710
September 2016: $10,924
September 2017: $11,088
January 2018: $11,254

g) Where a school, other than one and two room schools, has an appointed vice-principal, the vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the allowance in 4.06(a).

h) In Hutterian Colony Schools, the Division shall appoint a member of that school's staff to be Head Teacher. Appointed Head Teachers of Hutterian Colony Schools shall receive an administrative allowance in the amount of $736 per FTE Teacher (inclusive of the Head Teacher).

September 2015 - $751
September 2016 - $766
September 2017 - $777
January 2018 - $789

4:07 Payment of Salary

a) Salaries of teachers on Teacher General Contracts shall be paid in twenty-four (24) approximately equal semi-monthly payments, one payment on the 15th of the month and one payment on the last day of the month.  If any of these days occur on a weekend or statutory holiday, payments will be made on the last immediately preceding banking day.

 Salaries of teachers on Limited Term Contracts shall be paid in twenty (20) approximately equal semi-monthly payments, one payment on the 15th of the month and one payment on the last day of the month.  If any of these days occur on a weekend or statutory holiday, payments will be made on the last immediately preceding banking day.

4:08 Interest on Back Pay

a) Interest on retroactive pay should be paid to members of the Association calculated from the date the salary was payable.  The interest shall be computed on the net pay of the member (that is, the gross pay after deducting personal Income Tax, Employment Insurance, and Canada Pension Plan deductions) and shall be computed at the Division’s credit interest rate on the date of signing of the Collective Agreement.

b) Interest on back pay will be calculated on the total retroactive pay cost and averaged based on a full time equivalents employee count.  Teachers working part time would have the average amount pro-rated.

4:09 Limited Term Teacher General Contract

When a teacher is hired to replace a teacher who is on sick leave, and who, the superintendent has been advised, will be on sick leave for at least twenty (20) teaching days, the replacement teacher shall be provided with a Limited Term Teacher General Contract.