PINE CREEK TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 4: SALARIES

4:01

Fall Term 2018/19 - The following salary scale shall be effective September 2018:

	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	*Premium:* Class 6	*$ 3,024* Class 7
0	35,182	38,993	45,047	53,691	57,555	60,820	63,203
1	36,661	41,024	47,158	56,805	60,839	64,182	66,751
2	38,138	43,060	49,274	59,922	64,119	67,587	70,334
3	39,621	45,089	51,385	63,041	67,401	70,976	73,827
4	41,106	47,121	53,503	66,156	70,682	74,364	77,365
5	42,583	49,155	55,617	69,269	73,963	77,754	80,907
6	44,065	51,188	57,734	72,387	77,244	81,142	84,451
7	45,545	53,220	59,852	75,500	80,523	84,525	87,989
8	47,026	55,252	61,965	78,615	83,806	87,911	91,526
9	0	0	64,080	81,734	87,089	91,300	95,073
10	0	0	0	84,849	90,370	94,687	98,609

Fall Term 2019/20 – The following salary scale shall be effective September 2019:

	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	*Premium:* Class 6	*$ 3,150* Class 7
0	35,591	39,455	45,594	54,359	58,277	61,588	64,004
1	37,091	41,514	47,735	57,517	61,607	64,997	67,602
2	38,588	43,579	49,880	60,678	64,933	68,450	71,235
3	40,092	45,636	52,021	63,840	68,261	71,886	74,777
4	41,598	47,697	54,169	66,999	71,588	75,321	78,364
5	43,096	49,759	56,312	70,156	74,915	78,759	81,956
6	44,598	51,821	58,458	73,316	78,242	82,195	85,549
7	46,099	53,881	60,606	76,473	81,566	85,624	89,137
8	47,601	55,942	62,749	79,632	84,896	89,058	92,724
9	0	0	64,893	82,794	88,225	92,495	96,320
10	0	0	0	85,953	91,551	95,929	99,905

Fall Term 2020/2021– The following salary scale shall be effective September 2020:

	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	*Premium:* Class 6	*$ 3,216* Class 7
0	35,718	39,602	45,772	54,581	58,518	61,846	64,274
1	37,226	41,672	47,923	57,754	61,865	65,272	67,889
2	38,731	43,747	50,079	60,931	65,208	68,742	71,541
3	40,242	45,814	52,230	64,109	68,552	72,196	75,101
4	41,756	47,885	54,389	67,284	71,895	75,647	78,706
5	43,261	49,958	56,544	70,456	75,240	79,103	82,315
6	44,771	52,030	58,700	73,633	78,583	82,556	85,927
7	46,279	54,100	60,859	76,805	81,924	86,002	89,533
8	47,789	56,171	63,013	79,979	85,270	89,453	93,137
9	0	0	65,167	83,158	88,616	92,907	96,752
10	0	0	0	86,333	91,959	96,358	100,355

Fall Term 2021/22 – COLA to be determined as follows: In January 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter, when the 12-month (January to December 2021) average annual Manitoba Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index (All items) change is made known, the increase will be applied retrospectively to September 01, 2021.

4:02 Increments

The basic salary of a teacher shall, on completion of each year of teaching experience (10 teaching months), be increased by an increment as indicated in the salary scale until the teacher has reached the maximum salary for the class. The due date for increments shall be the first day of the teaching month next following completion of this ten (l0) months of teaching service.

4:03

There shall be full placement on schedule for all teaching years as recognized by the Department of Education including up to two (2) years taught on a permit or Letter of Authority as issued by the Manitoba Department of Education.

4:04 Part-Time Teachers

Teachers employed under contract on a part-time basis shall:

1. be paid according to their qualifications as established in Article 3:00;
2. be paid on a rate based on the fraction of the time employed;
3. part-time teachers, who are required to attend administration days, parent-teacher conferences, pupil evaluation days and professional development days, which are scheduled during a regular school day and are in addition to the time normally scheduled for work, shall be compensated on a pro-rated basis for the additional time.

4:05 Substitute Teachers

Scope and Recognition

The employer, being the Pine Creek School Division, recognizes the Pine Creek Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, as the exclusive bargaining agent for all substitute teachers employed by the Division.

Salaries

Substitute teachers shall be paid at the following rates (inclusive of vacation pay):

	Class 1-3	Class 4+
Effective Fall Term18/19:	$127	$155.45
Effective Fall Term19/20:	$128.78	$157.62
Effective Fall Term 20/21:	$129.42	$158.41

per day for the first five consecutive days of substitute teaching in one particular assignment.

Rates for the 21/22 School year will be effective on the date the parties confirm the amount of the COLA adjustment (in January 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter).

A period of substitute teaching in one particular assignment of at least five (5) days shall be termed extended substitute teaching.

Upon commencement of the sixth (6th) day of extended substitute teaching, a substitute teacher shall be paid for each day taught at the per diem rate to be calculated as 1/x of the salary to which a Full time or Part time teacher of the same qualifications and experience would be entitled under the basic salary schedule as outlined in Article 4.01 – Salaries. This rate of pay shall be retroactive to the first day of the extended teaching assignment and shall continue in effect until the end of that extended teaching assignment.

In-service days or Administrative days, shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.

In addition, where during an extended substitute teaching assignment, the substitute teacher becomes unavailable to work due to attending what would be described as a family related emergency or for the death or serious illness of the substitute teacher’s family or for attending to Association or MTS business as a representative of the Association, and where the substitute teacher returns to the extended teacher assignment immediately thereafter such unavailability, such days of unavailability as noted above shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.

Note: Definition of family for the above clause to be applied consistent with the current collective agreement in place for Teacher General, Limited Term Teacher General Contract.

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. Notwithstanding the above, where the substitute is replacing a teacher whose contractual assignment is more than 50% but less than full time, the substitute shall be paid for a period equivalent in time to the assignment of the teacher being replaced.

Further, a substitute teacher who is replacing a teacher who is serving as Acting Principal shall be paid for a period equivalent in time to the Acting Principal assignment.

Deduction of Manitoba Teachers’ Society Fees

Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees and Pine Creek Teachers’ 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 provide the Division with at least two (2) weeks advance notice of any change in Association fees.

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.

Payment of Salary

Pay relating to the salary earned by the substitute teachers during any month shall be forwarded to those teachers not later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the following calendar month.

Substitute Teachers’ Services Not Required

A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment, and who reports for the assignment finding that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative assignment equivalent in time to the substitute’s original assignment, and when such alternative assignment is not available shall be paid half (1/2) day’s pay at the applicable rate in lieu.

Limited Term Teacher General Contract

A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21st) day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher General Contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment is immediately imminent.

Assignment

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.

In-School Support

A substitute resource binder shall exist for each school and for each classroom.

Sick Leave

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 one extended substitute teaching assignment to another.

The use of sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.

The following articles of the Collective Agreement apply to substitute teachers: Article 1 – Purpose

Article 2 – Effective Period

Article 3 – Classification

Article 4 – Salaries, (4.01, 4.02, 4.04, 4.07 and 4.10)

Article 8 – Harassment

Article 9 – Freedom From Violence

Article 12 – Meal Period (when a substitute teacher is offered and has accepted an assignment for greater than one-half day)

The only matters which may be grieved under Article 13 – Provision for Settlement of Disputes During Currency of Agreement, by a substitute teacher of the Association on behalf of 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.

4:06 Administrative Allowance

Principals shall receive a base allowance for the first 5.0 FTE teachers, equal to the following per school year. September 2021 allowance to be determined as per salaries above.

September 2018 - $6694

September 2019 - $6788

September 2020 - $6822

Principals shall receive an allowance for all FTE above 5.0 teachers to a maximum of 11.0 FTE, equal to the following per FTE teacher per school year. September 2021 allowance to be determined as per salaries above.

September 2018-$1029

September 2019-$1044

September 2020-$1049

Principals shall receive an allowance for all FTE above 11.0 teachers to a maximum of 20 FTE, equal to $687 per FTE teacher per school year to a maximum of $18,364. September 2021 allowance to be determined as per salaries above.

September 2018 - $687 Maximum $18,364

September 2019 - $696 Maximum $18,621

September 2020 - $700 Maximum $18,714

Where a principal has no appointed vice-principal, and where a teacher is appointed by the Superintendent to act as acting principal in the absence of the principal, the acting principal shall receive an allowance equal to the greater of $3.00 per FTE teacher per day, or $31.00 per day.

For the purposes of the allowance in 4:06 b) c) d) the Principal’s FTE shall not be included in the above calculations.

Should the Division employ a Student Services Coordinator the incumbent will be entitled to all salary and benefits outlined in the current collective bargaining agreement.

The annual administrative allowances for this position shall be as follows (based on full time equivalence) (September 2021 allowances to be determined as per salaries above):

September 2018: $11,434

September 2019: $11,594

September 2020: $11,652

Where a school, other than one and two room schools, has an appointed vice-principal, the vice-principal shall receive an allowance equal to 50% of the allowance in 4.06(a).

In Hutterian Colony Schools, the Division shall appoint a member of that school's staff to be Head Teacher. Appointed Head Teachers of Hutterian Colony Schools shall receive an administrative allowance in the amount of $802 per FTE Teacher (inclusive of the Head Teacher) (September 2021 allowances to be determined as per salaries above).

September 2018 - $802

September 2019 - $813

September 2020 - $817

4:07 Payment of Salary

Salaries of teachers on Teacher General Contracts shall be paid in twenty-four (24) approximately equal semi-monthly payments, one payment on the 15th of the month and one payment on the last day of the month. If any of these days occur on a weekend or statutory holiday, payments will be made on the last immediately preceding banking day.

Salaries of teachers on Limited Term Contracts shall be paid in twenty (20) approximately equal semi-monthly payments, one payment on the 15th of the month and one payment on the last day of the month. If any of these days occur on a weekend or statutory holiday, payments will be made on the last immediately preceding banking day.

4:08 Interest on Back Pay

Interest on retroactive pay is waived for the period July1, 2018 -June 20, 2022.

Interest on retroactive pay should be paid to members of the Association calculated from the date the salary was payable. The interest shall be computed on the net pay of the member (that is, the gross pay after deducting personal Income Tax, Employment Insurance, and Canada Pension Plan deductions) and shall be computed at the Division’s credit interest rate on the date of signing of the Collective Agreement.

Interest on back pay will be calculated on the total retroactive pay cost and averaged based on a full-time equivalents employee count. Teachers working part time would have the average amount pro-rated.

4:09 Limited Term Teacher General Contract

When a teacher is hired to replace a teacher, who is on sick leave, and who, the superintendent has been advised, will be on sick leave for at least twenty (20) teaching days, the replacement teacher shall be provided with a Limited Term Teacher General Contract.