(a) A Substitute Teacher is a person employed on a day-to-day basis as a substitute for a teacher, or to fulfill an assignment which is less than 20 consecutive teaching days in duration.
(b) The Local Association recognizes that The District has the exclusive right to select the substitute teachers that are required. The calling-in of a substitute teacher will be at the discretion of the school principal.
(c) The timetable for a substitute teacher unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.
(d) A substitute teacher who is called in for a half day assignment, who reports, and who finds that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative teaching assignment and shall be paid a half day’s pay.
(e) A substitute teacher who is called in for a full day assignment, who reports, and who finds that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative teaching assignment and shall be paid a full day’s pay.
(f) In the event of early dismissal for emergency reasons substitute teachers will be paid full pay at the applicable rate of pay.
(g) Beginning on the sixth uninterrupted day of substituting for the same teacher, a substitute teacher shall be paid at the rate of 1/200 of the substitute's classification, according to qualifications and experience. Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.
(h) Sick Leave
A substitute 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 teaching assignment to another. The use of a sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.
(i) Limited Teacher-Limited Teacher Contract
A substitute teacher employed for at least twenty (20) continuous teaching days in the same assignment shall, on the twenty-first (21st) day be signed to a Limited Term Teacher contract unless the return of the absent teacher or the conclusion of the substitute assignment is imminent.
(j) Rates of Pay
Substitutes shall be paid at the following rates, including vacation pay, per day, effective Fall Term, 2015.
| Class I-III | Class IV-VI | |
| Sept.1,2015 | $120.00 | $145.00 |
| Sept.1,2016 | $126.00 | $152.00 |
(k) Only the following sections of this Agreement shall apply to substitute teachers:
| · Article 1: | Purpose | ||
| · Article 3: | Salaries | ||
| · 3.01 | Classification | ||
| · 3.02 | Improved qualifications | ||
| · 3.03 | Allowance for Past Experience | ||
| · 3.06 | Salary Schedule | ||
| · 3.09 (a) | Method of Payment - dates of payment only | ||
| · Article 5: | Manitoba Teachers' Society Fees (Clause i. only) | ||
| · Article 8: | Complaints re: Teachers | ||
| · Article 9: | Discipline | ||
| · Article 10: | Dispute Concerning This Agreement (only clauses governing substitutes) | ||
| · Article 14 | Freedom From Violence | ||
The only matters which may be grieved under Article 10 (Dispute Concerning this Agreement) by a substitute teacher or The Local Association on behalf of a substitute 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