A teacher being a member of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Executive Committee, or of the Executive Committee of any branch thereof, or of any special committee of the Society or being appointed an official representative or delegate of the Society or of any branch thereof and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society to attend a meeting of the Committee of which they are a member or to act as a representative or delegate of the Society or of any Branch of the Society in a matter of Society business requiring absence from school shall have the right to attend such meeting or to act as such representative or delegate and shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or purposes on not more than a total of six (6) teaching days in any school year, providing that a substitute satisfactory to the Division can be secured and that the cost of providing the substitute is assumed by the Society.
A teacher who is the Association President shall be given an additional fifteen (15) days leave at substitute costs which shall be assumed by the Society. These additional days are not included in the maximum outlined in 17.04. The Association President shall be given an option to use leave either, under Article 17.02 or 17.06, in addition to leave under Article 17.01. Leave beyond this amount may be granted by the Board provided the cost of the teacher’s salary (1/200th deduction) is assumed by the Society.
A teacher who is a member of the Provincial Executive shall be given an additional five (5) days leave at substitute costs which shall be assumed by the Society. Leave beyond this amount to a member of the Provincial Executive may be granted by the Board provided the cost of teacher’s salary (1/200th deduction) is assumed by the Society.
The combined total of teacher absences for Manitoba Teachers’ Society business as described in Section 17.01 and 17.02 shall not exceed sixty (60) days per school year.
In all cases, the teacher shall notify the Division at least two (2) weeks prior to taking such leave. In the event of circumstances beyond the control of the employee the two (2) weeks prior notice may be waived by the Division.
Association President’s Leave: