Article 3 Salaries

3:07 Principal Allowances

1. The allowance for principals will be calculated using the following formula:

     (Number of Students x Student Rate) + (Number of FTE teachers x Teacher Rate)

 

2. For the purpose of calculating the allowance, the number of students will include the follow:

1. Kindergarten students (counted as half) plus Grades 1 to 12 students
2. International students
3. Supportable adult students
4. First Nations students

 

3. For the purpose of calculating the allowance, the number of FTE teachers will be determined by the divisional staffing formula for classroom, resource, school counsellor, divisional e-learning, Reading Recovery, IITV and Career Technology Study teachers.

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4. The allowance will be calculated based on FTE teachers and student enrolments as at the preceding September 30^th and will be adjusted at October 1^st for the current year.  Any retroactive adjustment, under or over, will be applied to the October pay.

5. The Student Rate and Teacher Rate shall be as follows:

Sept. 1st 2018		Sept. 1st, 2019		Sept. 1st, 2020			Sept. 1st, 2021
Student Rate	Teacher Rate	Student Rate	Teacher Rate		Student Rate	Teacher Rate		Student Rate	Teacher Rate
$27.37	$658.06	$27.75	$667.28		$27.89	$670.61		$28.81	$692.74

 

6. The minimum allowance for principals shall be:

September, 2018       - $4,546.49

September, 2019        - $4,610.14

September, 2020        - $4,633.19

September, 2021        - $4,786.09

 

7.  

1. Every year the current year’s allowance as determined by the formula will be compared with the September 2010 principal’s allowance adjusted by the cost of living increase(s). 

2. A principal’s allowance shall not be reduced below the September 2010 allowance (adjusted by the cost of living increases) for the remaining tenure of that principal in the same school, but shall increase if the formula applied as above results in a higher allowance.

 

8.  

1. Any person applying for and accepting a principalship after September 2010 shall receive an initial principal allowance as calculated in 1).

2. A principal’s allowance shall not be reduced below the initial principal allowance as per 8 a) (adjusted by the cost of living increases) for the remaining tenure of that principal in the same school, but shall increase if the formula applied as above results in a higher allowance.

9. A principal’s allowance shall not be reduced for reasons of transfer from one school to a principal position in another school provided that such transfer is at the request of the Board but shall increase if the formula applied as above results in a higher allowance.

 

10. A principal’s allowance shall not be reduced in the event of school reconfiguration but shall increase if the formula applied as above results in a higher allowance. 

 

11. Vice principals shall receive an allowance equal to one half of the principal’s allowance for that school.

 

12. In schools where no vice principal is appointed, one teacher shall be designated as acting principal and shall receive an allowance of $19.92 (September, 2018); $20.20 (September, 2019); $20.30 (September, 2020); $20.97 (September, 2021) per half day that the principal is absent.

 

13. Where a qualified teacher assumes the administrative workload of a principal for six consecutive days or more, the teacher shall be paid at the rate 1/200^th of the principal allowance for that principal effective the first day.

 

14. The minimum amount of administrative time allotted to each school shall be defined by divisional formula.  Distribution of each school’s administrative time shall be the responsibility of the principal in consultation with the superintendent.

 

15. Administrative release time for vice principal and others appointed to administrative duties shall be defined in consultation with the principals and superintendent and shall be dependent on the administrative load carried by that person.