PRAIRIE ROSE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 14: LEAVES

14.10: LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MTS DUTIES

A) A teacher, being a member of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Executive Committee, or of the Executive Committee of any branch thereof, or of 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 of which he or she is a member, or to act as a representative or delegate of the Society or of any branch of the Society in the matter of Society business requiring absence from school, shall have the right to attend such meeting, or to act as such representative or delegate, and shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or for both purposes on not more than a total of five days in any one school year, provided that a substitute can be secured, and that the cost of the substitute, where one is needed, shall be assumed by the Society and not be a charge on the Board.  Additional leave of absence of this nature shall be granted only at the Board’s discretion. The maximum amount of combined leave under this clause for members of the association shall be 65 days in any school year.

B) The Board agrees to grant the local Association President up to 50% release time, upon request of the Local Association.  Payment of salary and benefits for the release time will be the responsibility of the Association.  Such request is to be made on or before May 15th for the following school year.  Individuals so released will revert to their original percentage of teaching time in the following year.