Payment for a substitute teacher shall be $159.20 per day including holiday pay. Those substitute teachers who work less than a full day shall be paid the prorated amount grossed up by 20%. The grossed up daily pay shall not exceed the standard daily rate stated above. This rate will apply for the duration of the collective agreement.
After 5 consecutive days of substitution for the same teacher, effective the 6th day, the per diem allowance shall be based on the annual substitute’s salary on scale divided by the number of days in the school year. Substitute teachers shall not be eligible for wages, benefits, or rights under this collective agreement except as may be specifically covered in Article 15.
A substitute teacher is employed by the Division to either replace a regular teacher or fulfill an assignment which is less than twenty (20) days in duration.
A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21) 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.
Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees and Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly. These fees shall be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.
The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of local Association fees or Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.
Substitute teachers shall be paid no later than the 15th of the month after which they worked.
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 assignment to assignment.
The use of sick leave with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.
Assignment shall mean consecutive teaching days in one (1) position.
The following clauses in the collective agreement shall be operational for substitute teachers:
Article 1 Agreement
Article 2 Effective Date and Period
Article 3.01 Salary Schedule
Article 3.03 Classification
Article 5 Proof of Qualifications
Article 15 Settlement of Differences (only for clauses which apply to substitute teachers)
Article 16 Written Warnings and Suspensions
Article 22 Freedom from Violence
The provisions of the collective agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 14, Substitute Teachers.
The only matters which may be grieved under Article 15 (Settlement of Differences) 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.
A substitute teacher who is called to work and reports for the assignment finding that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative assignment at that school of not less than a half (1/2) day.