A. Training: Instruction received as preparation for the profession of teaching, which instruction leads to the development of a particular skill or proficiency with respect to a particular subject(s).
B. Qualifications: Refers to the classification in which a teacher is placed by the Teacher’s Certification and Records Branch of Manitoba Education.
C. Experience: The practical application of the training over a period of time with respect to the particular subject(s).
D. Ability: A teacher’s demonstrated skill and competence to perform a particular teaching assignment satisfactorily and proficiently after having acquired the necessary training, academic qualifications and experience.
E. Continuous Employment: The teacher’s length of employment with the Division from the date of hire under a regular contract or successive temporary contracts in the same teaching assignment that results in the signing of a regular contract as long as there is no break between contracts.
F. Teacher – General Contract: Teacher General Contract or any similar or subsequent form approved by the Minister of Education for the continuous employment of teachers.
G. Limited Term Teacher – General Contract: Limited Term Teacher General Contract or any similar or subsequent form approved by the Minister of Education for the temporary employment of teachers.