Substitute teachers who are employed by the Division shall be employed in accordance with the Public Schools Act, Education Administration Act and the regulations thereto.
a) i) A substitute teacher employed for a period of five (5) consecutive teaching days or less shall be paid at the per diem rate, including holiday pay of:
Effective first (1st) day of Fall Term 2014:
Certified $153.88
Non-Certified $111.42
Effective first (1st) day of Fall Term 2015:
Certified $156.95
Non-Certified $113.65
Effective first(1st) day of Fall Term 2016:
Certified $160.09
Non-Certified $115.93
Effective September 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017:
Certified $162.50
Non-Certified $117.67
Effective January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018:
Certified $164.93
Non-Certified $119.43
ii) Any uncertified substitute rates currently higher than above rates shall be red circled until such time as the proposed rate is equal to or is greater than the red
circled rate.
iii) A period of substitute teaching of at least five (5) consecutive days shall be termed extended substitute teaching.
b) i) If a substitute teacher is employed for an extended substitute teaching period in excess of five (5) consecutive teaching days or more, on the sixth (6th) day,
his/her classification and salary will be based on his/her academic and professional qualifications and teaching experience in accordance with Articles 7, 8, and 9.
ii) The rate of pay shall be retroactive to the first (1st) day of the extended teaching assignment and shall continue in effect until the end of that instance of extended
teaching assignment.
iii) Inservice days or Administrative days shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.
c) A substitute teacher who is called into the school shall receive a minimum of one-half (1/2) day's pay, regardless of time spent. This shall apply to both the morning
and afternoon sessions.
d) 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.
e) 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 will occur within five (5) working days. Notwithstanding the above, whenever it is known that the assignment is to be at least twenty (20) days, the teacher shall be signed to a limited term contract.
f) Substitute teachers shall be paid on a bi-weekly basis, with a one (1) week holdback.
g) 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 teacher assignment to another. The use of sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.
h) The following Articles of the Collective Agreement apply to substitute teachers:
Article 1 Purpose
Article 2 Effective Period
Article 3 Professional Fees
Article 4 Liaison Committee
Article 5 Provision of Settlement of Disputes as it relates to Article 11 – Substitutes
Article 6 Access Agreement
Article 7 Salary Schedule – as it relates to the per diem rate applicable under Article 11 (b)
Article 8 Educational Qualifications/Classification – as it relates to the placement on the salary schedule
Article 9 Experience – as it relates to placement on the salary schedule under Article 11 (b)
Article 11 Substitute Teachers
Article 16 Interest on Retroactive Pay
Article 31 Duty Free Meal Period where a substitute teacher is offered and has accepted an assignment for greater than one-half day
i) The only matters which may be grieved under Article 5 (Provision for Settlement of Disputes) by a Substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of a 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.