PRAIRIE SPIRIT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

Article 3 Salaries

3:01 Educational Qualifications

For the purpose of this agreement, the members of the teaching staff shall be classified according to the classification set forth in Manitoba Regulation 515/88R or any amendments or substitutions thereof of the Public Schools Act except as otherwise provided in this agreement.

3:02 Change in Qualifications

The onus is on the teacher to give notice to the Division as soon as possible after credit has been obtained.  A teacher completing the requirements for a higher classification shall be paid in accordance with the higher classification effective the first day of the month following which notice of change in classification is recognized by the Professional Certification and Student Records Unit of Manitoba Education.  If the requirements are met in July or August, payment at the higher classification will commence September 1^st.

3:03 Basic Salary

Effective September 2018 ($3006 benefit premium)
	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
Year 0	37,431	41,597	46,521	55,140	58,608	61,207	65,197
Year 1	39,338	44,129	49,603	58,422	62,061	64,843	68,834
Year 2	41,248	46,656	52,685	61,707	65,505	68,475	72,466
Year 3	43,161	49,188	55,768	64,994	68,953	72,114	76,101
Year 4	45,070	51,714	58,847	68,284	72,401	75,743	79,735
Year 5	46,978	54,247	61,930	71,568	75,847	79,376	83,369
Year 6	49,505	57,394	65,631	74,850	79,293	83,011	87,002
Year 7				78,135	82,742	86,644	90,634
Year 8				81,422	86,186	90,280	94,269
Year 9				85,323	90,248	94,528	98,520

Effective September 2019 ($3126 benefit premium)
	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
Year 0	37,877	42,102	47,094	55,834	59,351	61,986	66,032
Year 1	39,811	44,669	50,220	59,162	62,852	65,673	69,720
Year 2	41,747	47,231	53,345	62,493	66,344	69,355	73,402
Year 3	43,687	49,799	56,470	65,826	69,841	73,046	77,088
Year 4	45,623	52,360	59,593	69,162	73,336	76,726	80,773
Year 5	47,558	54,928	62,719	72,492	76,831	80,410	84,458
Year 6	50,120	58,120	66,472	75,820	80,325	84,095	88,143
Year 7				79,151	83,823	87,779	91,825
Year 8				82,484	87,314	91,466	95,511
Year 9				86,440	91,433	95,773	99,821

Effective September 2020 ($3324 benefit premium)
	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
Year 0	37,884	42,130	47,147	55,931	59,465	62,114	66,180
Year 1	39,827	44,710	50,289	59,276	62,983	65,819	69,886
Year 2	41,774	47,285	53,429	62,623	66,493	69,520	73,587
Year 3	43,723	49,865	56,570	65,973	70,007	73,229	77,291
Year 4	45,669	52,439	59,709	69,325	73,521	76,927	80,995
Year 5	47,613	55,020	62,850	72,673	77,032	80,629	84,698
Year 6	50,188	58,228	66,622	76,017	80,544	84,333	88,401
Year 7				79,364	84,060	88,035	92,101
Year 8				82,714	87,568	91,741	95,806
Year 9				86,689	91,708	96,070	100,138

Effective September 2021 ($3804 benefit premium)
	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
Year 0	38,764	43,150	48,333	57,406	61,057	63,793	67,994
Year 1	40,771	45,815	51,578	60,862	64,691	67,621	71,822
Year 2	42,782	48,475	54,822	64,319	68,317	71,444	75,645
Year 3	44,796	51,140	58,067	67,780	71,947	75,275	79,471
Year 4	46,806	53,799	61,309	71,242	75,577	79,095	83,298
Year 5	48,814	56,465	64,554	74,701	79,204	82,919	87,123
Year 6	51,474	59,779	68,450	78,155	82,832	86,746	90,948
Year 7				81,613	86,464	90,570	94,770
Year 8				85,073	90,087	94,398	98,597
Year 9				89,179	94,364	98,870	103,072

1. Cost of Living Adjustment (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 retroactively to September 2021.

3:04 Allowances for Experience

Teachers on staff shall receive increments according to Article 3:03 until maximum is reached.  Teachers in all classes holding a valid teaching certificate shall proceed from their initial placement on the basic schedule by annual proportional increments effective September 1^st based on the experience earned and qualifications as recognized by the Professional Certification and Student Records Unit of Manitoba Education.

3:05 Use of Form 2, Teacher General & Limited Term Teacher General Contracts

1. All permanent teachers shall be employed on a Form 2 or Teacher General Contract.

 

2. Limited Term Teacher General Contracts shall be used when hiring teachers to replace teachers who are on leave. 

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3. Teachers on leave shall advise their intentions (for the next year) no later than March 15^th, of the year of leave.  Those teachers on leave that have not indicated their intention by March 15^th may be assigned to a different position within the school division. For the purpose of this clause teachers on leave refers to those full time teachers who are on a leave of absence for a full year.

 

4.    ​​​​​​​A teacher employed by the division on a Limited Term Teacher General Contract shall be granted sick leave entitlement as outlined under 5:01 of the collective agreement.

 

5. If the teacher has taught for two full consecutive years for the division under this form of agreement (Limited Term Teacher General Contract), and accepts employment as a teacher for the division for a third full consecutive year,
   1. in that third year, the teacher will be employed under a Teacher General Contract agreement; and

2. those two full years of service under this form of agreement (Limited Term Teacher General Contract) will be deemed, for the purposes of accumulating unused sick leave and determining length of service as a teacher, to have been completed under that Teacher General Contract agreement.

3:06 Provisions for Part Time Teachers

1. Teachers employed on a part time basis shall:

1. be paid according to their qualifications as established in 3:01.

2. be paid on a rate based on the fraction of the time employed.

3. the service of a part time teacher shall be accumulated in the proportion of actual percentage of time employed in each school year.  A part time teacher who will remain in the same incremental step for more than one school year shall receive an increment effective the following September in said increment step.  That increment shall be paid in the amount of the proportion of experience earned of time worked multiplied by the appropriate increment.  Upon receipt of this increment no additional increment shall be paid until the teacher moves to the next incremental step. 

4. be deducted fees in the manner prescribed by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society, the Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association and Council of School Leaders.

 

2. Part time teachers’ contracts shall, within reason, reflect the actual time taught.

 

3. Part time teachers shall receive preparation time and shall be assigned supervision duties (as appropriate to the school in which they teach) on a pro rata basis.

 

4. Part time teachers’ timetables shall be blocked whenever possible.  If not possible, split-shifts shall be arranged at the least inconvenience possible for the teacher involved.

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5.  

1. Part time teachers, in consultation with the school principal, will identify, at the commencement of the school year, the required professional development, administration and parent teacher days that will be worked on a pro rata basis.​​​​​​​ 

2. When part time teachers are requested by administration to participate in professional development, administration, or parent teacher day activities requiring time over and above their percentage contract time, they shall, at their request, receive 1/200^th or portion thereof for the time spent over and above their regularly scheduled working time during the school day.  Time in lieu of monetary compensation may be given if mutually agreed upon between the teacher and employer.

3. If mutually agreeable between a part time teacher and administration to attend divisional committee meetings or in-services during the part of the school day that the part time teacher does not normally teach, the part time teacher shall be given time in lieu of monetary compensation.

 

6. When a staff meeting is called at a time when a part time teacher is not on duty, that teacher shall not be required to attend the staff meeting.  It is the teacher’s responsibility to be apprised of the staff meeting agenda and the decisions made.

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7. Part time teachers shall be guaranteed the right to return to the first available full-time position, within their qualifications and experience, where part time work was undertaken at the initiative of the employer.

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.

3:08 Divisional Administrator Allowance

1. Any teacher appointed by the Board to coordinate educational programs and to work with staff and others associated with those programs shall be designated as a divisional administrator.  Teachers appointed on less than a full time basis shall be paid an allowance prorata based on the full time allowance.

 

2. Each full time divisional administrator will receive an allowance in addition to their salary as a teacher as follows:

        

Year	Sept. 1st, 2018	Sept. 1st, 2019	Sept. 1st, 2020	Sept. 1st, 2021
1	5,940	6,023	6,053	6,253
2	6,998	7,096	7,132	7,367
3	8,317	8,433	8,476	8,756

 

3. If in the event that a Principal at a PSSD school is hired as a divisional administrator, they will be paid the higher allowance between their current rate and the first year rate on the divisional administrator grid.  After the first year, the divisional administrator will be placed on the divisional administrator grid starting at the second year rate.

3:09 Payment of Salary

1. Salaries shall be paid on or before the last teaching Friday of each month on a twelve month basis.  In the case of June, July and August, they shall be paid on the last teaching day of June.

 

2. In the event that a part time teacher’s assignment varies from fall term to spring term or semester one to semester two then the part time teacher will be paid on a ten (10) month basis according to assigned teaching time per term or semester.

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3. Limited Term teachers not employed for a full year will be paid on a ten (10) month basis on or before the last teaching Friday of each month.

3:10 Payment of MTS Fees

1. Fees due to the Manitoba Teachers’ Society

1. The Manitoba Teachers’ Society membership fees shall be deducted from the wages of every teacher employed under a Form 2, Teacher General or Limited Term Teacher General Contracts, whether or not the employee is a member of the Society.

 

2. The amount deducted shall be the regular membership dues payable by a member of the Society, except that, where the employee is not a member of the Society, the amount deducted shall not include any portion of such dues that is payable in respect of pension, superannuation, sickness, insurance, or other benefits that are available only to persons who are or have been members of the Society or in respect of especial assessments payable by members of the Society.  It is the responsibility of the teacher concerned to inform the School Division of the specific portion of the fee in question and to provide the Division with appropriate documentation to confirm the amount to be withheld.

 

3. Said fees shall be deducted on a twelve month basis and shall be forwarded monthly to the Central Office of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

2. Fees due to the Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association

1. The Treasurer of the Teachers’ Association shall advise the Secretary Treasurer of the School Division, in writing, prior to November 1^st, the amount of the Annual Fee to be deducted.

 

2. The annual fee for membership in the Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society shall be deducted at source in November from the wages of every teacher employed under a Form 2, Teacher General or Limited Term Teacher General Contracts, whether or not the employee is a member of the Association.

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3. Said fees shall be remitted to the Treasurer of the Teachers’ Association by December 15^th.

3. Fees due to the Council of School Leaders

1. The annual fee for membership in the Council of School Leaders of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society shall be deducted from the wages of every teacher in an administrative position, employed under a Form 2, Teacher General or Limited Term Teacher General Contracts, whether or not the employee is a member of the Council.

 

2. Said fees shall be deducted and shall be forwarded to the Central Office of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

4. The Secretary Treasurer of the Division shall advise the Treasurer of the Teachers’ Association on October 1^st, and February 1^st of the names of the employees from whose wages deductions have been made under 1), 2) and 3), indicating also the amounts so deducted from each employee’s wages.

3:11 Substitute Teachers

1. On September 1^st, 2017 all substitute teachers employed by the Division shall be paid at the rate of $155.00 per day inclusive of vacation pay.

 

2. All substitute teachers employed by the Division shall be paid at the rate of $160.00 per day inclusive of vacation pay effective April 1st, 2021.

 

3. Substitute Teacher 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) on a go forward basis at a rate of $165.00.

 

4. Unless otherwise stated, the change in rates shall become effective the date of signing of the new agreement.

 

5. A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty consecutive days of substitute teaching for the same teacher or principal shall, on the twenty-first day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher-General Contract.

 

6. Where a qualified substitute teacher assumes the workload of the same teacher and/or principal for six consecutive days or more, the substitute shall:

1. be paid at the rate of 1/200^th his/her classification according to his/her qualifications and experience as stipulated in Articles 3:03 and 3:05 effective the first day.
2. follow the timetable of the teacher being replaced.

 

7. Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees and Prairie Spirit Teachers’ association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay monthly, as provided by Manitoba Teachers’ Society and Prairie Spirit Teachers’ Association.

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8. Substitute teachers shall earn sick leave on the basis of one day paid sick leave for every nine (9) consecutive days taught. The entitlement to sick leave will not be accumulative from one assignment to another.

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9. A substitute teacher who reports and finds that his/her services are not required shall be paid a half day’s pay for reporting for duty.

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10. The following articles apply to substitute teachers:

1. Article 1 Purpose
2. Article 2 Effective Period
3. Article 3 Salaries
   • Clause 3:01 Educational Qualifications
   • Clause 3:02 Change in Qualifications
   • Clause 3:03 Basic Salary
   • Clause 3:04 Salary Reduction
   • Clause 3:13 Rotating Teachers’ Mileage Allowance    

4. Article 9 Provision for Consultation
5. Article 10 Written Warnings and Suspension
6. Article 11 Provision for Settlement of Dispute
7. Article 12 Working Conditions
   • Clause 12:02 Duty Free Lunch
   • Clause 12:03 Freedom from Violence

3:12 Rotating Teachers’ Mileage Allowance

A mileage allowance (at the divisional rate) shall be paid to any teacher whose assignment (as determined by the Superintendent) requires travel from one site to another during the school day.