ARTICLE 3 - SALARY SCHEDULE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER ALLOWANCES AND METHOD OF PAYMENT

3.05 Substitutes

1. Substitute teacher means a teacher employed on a day-to-day basis.

 

2. Substitute teachers shall not be eligible for wages, benefits or rights under this collective agreement except as may be specifically covered in this article.

 

3. Substitute teachers will be paid by the Board according to the following rates:

Certified Teachers:

As at date of signing:          $171

September 1, 2021:             $177             

 

Uncertified Teachers:         

As at date of signing:          $126

September 1, 2021:             $130

 

The above rates are inclusive of vacation pay.

Any substitute teaching for a period of five (5) or more consecutive days for the same teacher shall be paid according to the basic salary schedule, Article 3.01, based on their qualifications and experience, retroactively to the first day of filling such a position.

Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.

 

4. Substitute Teacher Pay Entitlement

For the purpose of determining the basis of a substitute’s entitlement to pay the following shall apply:

Half day – any portion of or complete a.m. or p.m.

Full Day – any portion beyond a half day, including supervision.

The Division shall reimburse, at the highest kilometer rate paid to other Division personnel, each substitute teacher for travel between an assignment involving two or more schools or work sites within the Division’s jurisdiction if the teacher the substitute teacher is replacing normally receives this allowance.

 

5. Daily Rate Effective Period

Daily substitute rates as provided for in Article 3.05 (c), Salary shall be effective from the first day of the Fall Term retroactive to the year the collective agreement comes into force and effect unless the parties expressly agree to some other effective date.

 

6. Sick Leave

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

The use of a sick 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.

 

7. Administration days, professional development days and school closures shall not constitute a break in continuity during an extended substitute teaching assignment and shall be included in the number of consecutive days employed for the purposes of this article.

 

8. Substitute Teacher Assignment

In the event of an emergency closure of a school or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid what they would have earned if the school had not closed.  In the event of such occurrence, a substitute may, at the discretion of the Division, be reassigned to another location.

 

1. If a substitute is requested by the Superintendent to attend an in-service, the substitute shall be paid at the applicable rate.

 

10. Border Land Teachers’ Association dues and Manitoba Teachers’ Society dues shall be deducted from each substitute teacher’s pay and remitted by the fifteenth (15^th) day of the following month.

 

11. Other Articles

In addition to Article 3:05 Substitute Teachers, the following articles shall apply to substitute teachers:

1.   3.07:               Interest on Retroactive Pay
2.   6.03                Freedom From Violence
3.   6.04                Workplace Harassment
4.   6.08                Medication

 

12. The only matters which may be grieved under Article 7 (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.