After having taught three (3) years within the Frontier School Division, a teacher may be granted Sabbatical Leave for the purposes of study under the following terms:
(a) The teacher shall be given leave of absence for one (1) year or two (2) years. Approval of sabbatical leave shall be conditional upon the teacher and the Division reaching mutual agreement relative to the position to which the teacher shall return following the expiration of the sabbatical leave. Sabbatical leave payment shall be payable for only the first (1st) year of leave.
(b) To a teacher granted such leave of absence, and in lieu of any salary, the Division shall pay the teacher in accordance with the following scale.
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Continuous |
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Years of Service Following Sabbatical Leave |
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3 |
55 |
3 |
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4 |
60 |
3 |
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5 |
65 |
3 |
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6 |
70 |
3 |
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7 |
75 |
2 |
* Salary shall be based on Agreement in effect during year sabbatical leave commences. Salary does not include allowances.
(c) Payment of the sabbatical leave allowance shall be made in accordance with terms to be agreed upon by the teacher and the Division.
(d) Sabbatical Leave shall not constitute a break in tenure but will not count as a year of experience for the purpose of increments.
(e) Not more than two percent (2%) of the teaching staff as of June 30th of the year previous to that in which the sabbatical leave is to start shall be absent on sabbatical leave in any school year.
(f) The teacher shall agree to return to Frontier School Division’s employment following the expiration of the leave and shall further undertake not to resign or to retire from the services of the Division for the period of time indicated in (b) above. If this agreement is broken by the teacher, the teacher will reimburse the Division on a pro-rata basis. If this agreement is broken by the Division, the teacher will not be required to reimburse the Division.
(g) In the event of a teacher dying while on sabbatical leave, the amounts paid on the leave allowance prior to the date of death shall not be recoverable by the Division.
(h) A teacher, having completed his/her year of sabbatical leave, shall return to a position in the Division.
(i) Moreover, the application for sabbatical leave shall be filed with the Chief Superintendent not later than March 31st of the school year preceding that for which leave is desired, and must be accompanied by a statement outlining the courses to be studied and an estimate as to the values of the leave to the teacher and to the Frontier School Division.
(j) All applications and other information being considered in the review of each application shall be made available to each member of the Sabbatical Leave Review Committee ten (10) working days prior to the review of the applications by the committee as a whole.
(k) Approval or denial of sabbatical leave shall be decided by Frontier School Division Board of Trustees.