"Extra-curricular activities" means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities, occurring outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school day, whether such occur alone or with students, parents or administrative staff, such as (without limitation) staff meetings, parent/teacher meetings, committee work, in-service sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking school assignments.
The parties acknowledge the importance of extra-curricular activities as an integral part of each student's educational experience.
An eligible extra-curricular activity is an activity which has received prior approval from the school principal.
A teacher will be entitled to a paid leave of absence of up to two days provided that he/she:
performs 25 hours of eligible extra-curricular duties for each half-day of paid leave of absence during a school year, and
the date for such leave shall be agreed upon between the principal and the teacher and,
the teacher may elect to carry forward his or her entitlement to the following school year, with two days of paid leave of absence being the maximum number of days allowed to accumulate.
A teacher who contributes less than 25 hours of extra-curricular duties within a particular school year shall be allowed the option of carrying these hours into the second year until such time as 25 hours are obtained, thus becoming eligible for one half day of paid leave of absence in the second year. In such cases the entitlement must be used within 12 months of the days the 25 hours were completed.
Teachers authorized to engage in approved extra-curricular activities shall be reimbursed for their proven reasonable and actual out-of-pocket expenses.