MOUNTAIN VIEW TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2018/07/01 - 2022/06/30

ARTICLE 10.00 - SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

10.01

  1. Effective date of signing, substitute teachers employed in the Mountain View School Division shall be paid at the rate of:

Uncertified;  $137.70 per day

Certified;      $162.55 per day

including vacation pay.                       

Effective February 1, 2022, substitute teachers above to be adjusted by COLA as per calculation in Article 4.00

  1. Effective the date of signing, after four (4) days of continuous teaching in the same classroom, a substitute teacher will be paid on the fifth (5th) day and thereafter, a sum equal to 1/n, (where n = the number of days in the current school year as determined by the Minister responsible for Education) of the basic salary schedule per day according to qualifications as set out in Section 4.00. The rate of pay for the extended teaching assignment shall continue in effect until the end of the extended teaching assignment.

 

  1. 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 contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment will occur within five (5) working days.

 

  1. Manitoba Teachers’ Society Fees

All substitutes eligible as members in good standing, shall be required to pay the fees of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, such fees shall be deducted monthly and be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in that specific 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 The Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.

 

  1. Sick Leave

A substitute teacher shall be allowed one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) consecutive days taught in that assignment.  Sick leave days shall not accumulate from assignment to assignment. 

The use of a sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of consecutive days of substitute teaching in an assignment. 

Assignment shall mean consecutive teaching days in one (1) position. 

  1. The following articles of the Collective Agreement shall apply to substitute teachers with amendments as noted *:

Article 1           Purpose

Article 2           Effective Period

Article 4          Salaries *As it relates to Article 5 Payment of Salaries

Article 10         Substitute Teachers

Article 24        Duty Free Lunch

Article 25         Freedom from Violence

Article 29        Provisions for Settlement of Differences

 

  1. The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 10, Substitute Teachers.

 

  1. The only matters which may be grieved under Article 29 (Provisions for 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.

 

  1. Substitute teachers shall be paid on a semi-monthly basis, with a one pay period holdback.

 

  1. 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 of not less than a half (1/2) day.

 

  1. A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment for one half (1/2) day or less shall be paid one half (1/2) of the daily rate.  A substitute teacher, who is called to work for an assignment of greater than a half day but less than a full day, shall be paid the daily rate.

 

  1. Unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, the timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.