BORDER LAND TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

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

3.01 Salary Schedule

The following salary schedules are representative of salary adjustments, effective as follows:

First day of the fall term 2018:       1.6%   

First day of the fall term 2019:       1.4%   

First day of the fall term 2020:       0.5%

First day of the fall term 2021:       Increase by COLA*

 

*Cola is 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 the first day of Fall Term, 2021.

 

Year 1: 2018-19

Years

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

Class 7

0

40,987

44,996

49,821

58,306

61,883

64,849

68,180

1

42,579

46,860

52,078

61,199

64,924

67,996

71,370

2

44,169

48,720

54,333

64,095

67,969

71,206

74,599

3

45,759

50,582

56,591

67,188

71,358

74,862

77,992

4

47,351

52,439

58,845

70,558

74,890

78,522

81,637

5

48,941

54,300

61,103

73,933

78,432

82,186

84,902

6

50,532

56,161

63,358

77,316

81,981

85,854

88,358

7

52,131

58,430

65,613

80,700

85,530

89,525

91,813

8

 

59,887

67,876

84,085

89,083

93,202

95,266

9

 

 

 

88,018

93,515

97,583

98,717

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

102,315

 

Year 2: 2019-20

Years

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

Class 7

0

41,561

45,626

50,518

59,122

62,749

65,757

69,134

1

43,175

47,516

52,807

62,056

65,833

68,948

72,369

2

44,787

49,402

55,093

64,993

68,921

72,203

75,643

3

46,400

51,290

57,383

68,129

72,357

75,910

79,084

4

48,014

53,173

59,669

71,546

75,939

79,621

82,780

5

49,626

55,060

61,959

74,968

79,530

83,337

86,091

6

51,239

56,948

64,245

78,398

83,129

87,056

89,595

7

52,861

59,248

66,532

81,830

86,727

90,778

93,098

8

 

60,726

68,826

85,262

90,330

94,507

96,600

9

 

 

 

89,250

94,824

98,949

100,099

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

103,748

 

Year 3: 2020-21

Years

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

Class 7

0

41,769

45,854

50,771

59,418

63,063

66,086

69,480

1

43,391

47,754

53,071

62,366

66,163

69,292

72,731

2

45,011

49,649

55,369

65,318

69,266

72,564

76,021

3

46,631

51,546

57,670

68,469

72,719

76,290

79,480

4

48,254

53,439

59,967

71,904

76,319

80,019

83,193

5

49,874

55,336

62,268

75,343

79,928

83,754

86,521

6

51,495

57,232

64,566

78,790

83,544

87,491

90,043

7

53,125

59,544

66,865

82,239

87,161

91,232

93,564

8

 

61,029

69,170

85,689

90,782

94,979

97,083

9

 

 

 

89,697

95,298

99,444

100,599

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

104,266

 

Year 4: 2021-22

Increase by COLA*

*COLA is 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 the first day of Fall Term, 2021.

3.02 Administrative Allowances

Administrative staff shall be paid allowances over and above their regular salary, calculated September 30 and January 31, retroactive to September 1 and January 1, according to the basic schedule as follows:

Principal’s Allowance

The Principal shall be paid, as part of his salary, for administrative and supervisory duties, his salary according to Articles 3.01 and 3.02, and per teacher under his jurisdiction as follows:

 

 

 

Per Teacher

Minimum

Maximum

Fall Term 2018

 

$982

$3,220

$25,767

Fall Term 2019

 

996

3,265

26,128

Fall Term 2020

 

1,001

3,281

26,258

Fall Term 2021

 

Increase by COLA*

 

 

 

Note:   A principal shall receive an allowance for that portion of time he/she spends in a classroom [ie., teaching ½ time shall equal ½ of one teacher administrative allowance as per placement].  Such allowance shall be based on the principal’s teaching time as of the beginning of each school year.  Such allowance shall be paid in equal installments as per Article 3.06 of this agreement.

Vice Principal’s and Adult Education Vice-Principal’s Allowance

Each vice-principal shall be paid an allowance based on one-half (1/2) the rate set out in this article for principals.

 

Vice-principal at the RAEC shall be paid a basic allowance per annum plus an allowance per FTE regular student registered at the center as of September 30 of the previous year, as follows:

Fall Term 2018:  $5,583 basic allowance, $47 per FTE student

Fall Term 2019:  $5,661 basic allowance, $47 per FTE student

Fall Term 2020:  $5,689 basic allowance, $48 per FTE student

Fall Term 2021:  Increase by COLA*

3.03 Co-ordinators' Allowance

Any teacher appointed by the Board to co-ordinate educational programs and to work with staff and others associated with those programs on a full time basis shall be designated as a co-ordinator.  Teachers appointed on less than a full time basis shall be paid an allowance pro-rata based on the full time allowance.

 

Full time coordinators shall be paid an annual allowance of:

Fall Term 2018:        $5,414

Fall Term 2019:        $5,490

Fall Term 2020:        $5,518

Fall Term 2021:        Increase by COLA*

 

Full time coordinator of Student Services shall be paid an annual allowance of:

Fall Term 2018:        $8,540           

Fall Term 2019:        $8,660           

Fall Term 2020:        $8,703

Fall Term 2021:        Increase by COLA*

3.04 Designated Teachers

The designated teacher shall be paid one-half per diem for each half day and per diem for each full day of the administrative allowance, only in the absence of the Principal/Administrator and the vice-principal.

3.05 Substitutes

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

 

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

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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.

3.06 Method of Payment

  1. Basic Entitlement

The amount of salary earned during the school year by a teacher shall be determined by taking, as a fraction, the total number of teaching days a teacher is employed in each of the Fall and Spring terms over the total number of teaching days as in the Fall and Spring terms as prescribed by the Minister of Education multiplied by the annual salary.  The total salary paid for July and August shall be equal to the difference between the annual salary earned during the school year and all amounts paid during the school year.

 

  1. Method of Payment
  1. All salaries shall be paid in twenty-four (24) equal semi-monthly payments on the 15th of the month and on or before the last day of the month with the exception of the July and August salary, which shall be paid on the last teaching day of June.
  2. Direct Deposit – the Division shall deposit the entire net pay of each teacher directly into one designated account of the financial institution of the teacher’s choice.  It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to notify the Division in writing of any changes in their chosen financial institution.
  3. Final Payments – where a teacher leaves the employ of the Board during the course of the school year, the final payment shall be so adjusted that the teacher shall receive, for the part of the school year employed such fraction of the salary for the whole school year as the number of days prescribed by the Minister for that school year.

3.07 Interest on Retroactive Pay

  1. The Division shall pay the members of the Association interest on the gross amount of any retroactive pay that may be paid to such members less the amount of any statutory deduction for C.P.P., U.I.C., and income tax due with respect to that pay.

 

  1. The interest shall be calculated from the date that the monies would have been due.  The interest paid shall be calculated and paid at the average regular savings account rate at the Division’s financial institution.

 

  1. Interest on retroactive pay has been waived for this round of bargaining.

3.08 Allowances for Courses

For teachers on staff and for teachers coming on staff, tuition fees shall be paid for professional and university courses taken upon request of the Superintendent and successfully completed provided the teachers remain on staff for the full subsequent period of one school year.

 

Said fee shall be reimbursed upon submission of official receipt.  The onus is on the teacher to file proof in this matter within one month of receipt of marks or credit.

3.09: TEACHERS IN SMALL SCHOOLS ALLOWANCE

Teachers in a school with a teaching staff full time equivalency (F.T.E.) under three (3) shall be entitled to an annual small school allowance of:

Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2018: $514

Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2019: $521

Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2020: $524

Effective the first day of the Fall Term 2021: Increase by COLA*

 

per school year pro-rated based on full time equivalents.