It is the intent and purpose of the parties to this agreement (hereinafter referred to as this agreement) to promote and improve the working relations between the Lord Selkirk School Division and the Lord Selkirk Teachers' Association of The Manitoba Teachers' Society to establish an acceptable salary schedule and other conditions of engagement resulting from the operation of said schedule and, finally, to provide a basis for both parties to improve the professional and academic services rendered to the taxpayer and the school children of the Lord Selkirk School Division.