Class 3 Teachers coming on staff with less than an Interim Vocational - Industrial Certificate shall be placed in Class 3. Teachers so classified must make progress toward interim certification at a rate which is satisfactory to the Board of Trustees.
Class 4 a) Interim or Permanent Special Certificate in Vocational - Industrial
or
Any method authorized by the Manitoba Education for obtaining a Class 3 classification.
b) Interim or Permanent Special Certificate in Vocational - Industrial
and
i) five university courses or 30 semester hours which can be applied to a degree program;
or
ii) thirty semester hours of post-secondary courses (18 hours technical and 12 hours professional);
or
iii) any method authorized by the Manitoba Education for obtaining a Class 4 classification.
Class 5 Interim or Permanent Special Certificate in Vocational - Industrial
and
i) sixty semester hours (36 hours technical and 24 hours professional) of post secondary courses;
or
ii) ten university courses (or sixty semester hours) which can be applied to a degree program;
or
iii) any method authorized by the Manitoba Education for obtaining a Class 5 classification.
Class 6 a) Interim or Permanent Special Certificate in Vocational - Industrial and fifteen university courses or ninety (90) semester hours. Must attain at least
a Bachelor's degree;
or
b) any method authorized by the Manitoba Education for obtaining a Class 6 classification.
Class 7 a) Interim or Permanent Special Certificate in Vocational - Industrial and twenty university courses or 120 semester hours. Must be at the graduate
(500 or 700 courses) level and applicable to a higher degree;
or
b) any method authorized by the Manitoba Education for obtaining a Class 7 classification.