A teacher, being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or of the Executive Committee of any branch thereof, or any special committee of the Society, or being appointed an official representative or delegate of the Society or any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society to attend a meeting of the committee of which he/she is a member, or to act as a representative or delegate, shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or both purposes on not more than a total of five (5) teaching days in any one school year providing that the cost be assumed by the Society at the rate of the teacher's salary per day.
The Vice-President of the Association shall be excused up to a maximum of seven (7) days during the school year and the Division is to be reimbursed by the teacher’s salary per day.
Notwithstanding Article 18.04, a maximum of forty-five (45) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned in this article during any one school year by the members of the Association.
In addition to the above leave, the President of the Portage Teachers’ Association shall be excused from duties for up to 15% of the school year to a maximum of 30 days. Effective September 2015, the President of the Portage la Prairie Teachers’ Association shall be excused from duties for 50% of the school year. The Association shall reimburse the division for the salary and benefits of the President while on such leave.
No additional leave of absence in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above except with the consent and approval of the Division. In all cases, the teacher shall notify the Division (10) working days prior to taking such leave.
A teacher elected either to the Manitoba Teachers’ Society disability Benefits Plan Governance and Administration Board, or to the Society’s Disability Plan Case Management Committee shall be allowed a total of ten (10) days, in any school year. The Manitoba Teaches’ Society will reimburse the Division for the teacher’s daily salary.
A teacher elected to the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Provincial Executive shall be seconded at Society cost for the percentage of time confirmed annually by the Society.
Leave under this article shall not be taken on parent teacher days, professional development days, or administration days, unless the teacher has received permission to do so by the Superintendent.