ARTICLE 6 - RIGHTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

6.10: EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

.01

1. “Extra Curricular Activities” for the purpose of this collective agreement means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities, occurring with the approval of school administration outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school day, whether such occur alone or with students, parents or administrative staff, such as (without limitation) staff meetings, parent/teacher meetings, committee work, in-service sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking school assignments.

A teacher’s participation in an eligible extra curricular activity during said teacher’s lunch break shall be counted as eligible time of extra curricular duties for the purpose of .01 (ii).

 

2. In recognition of exceptional effort for extra curricular activities the Board will pay a teacher the equivalent of one (1) day substitute rate, as provided for in Article 3.05 of the collective agreement for each complete block of fifty (50) hours of extra curricular duties as described in Clause .02 (a) and (b) to a maximum of two (2) days per school year.

.02

Within a school year (July 1 to June 30 following), a teacher will have entitlement to two (2) days leave of absence, with substitute costs paid by the teacher, with the following provisions:

1. to be eligible for the first day of leave entitlement the teacher must complete an initial fifty (50) hours of eligible extra curricular duties;  and

2. to be eligible for the second day of leave entitlement a teacher must complete fifty (50) hours of eligible extra curricular duties in addition to these hours described in Clause .02 (a).

3. Teachers who have not accumulated enough hours in any school year to be entitled to two (2) days of leave will be allowed to carry over the unused hours for one school year.

4. extra curricular personal leave entitlement of up to one day may be transferred to the Fall Term of the following school year.

.03      

Maximum leave entitlement per school year is two (2) days.  A teacher shall take leave entitlement at a time mutually agreeable to the Board and the teacher.

.04      

An eligible extra curricular activity is an activity that has received prior approval by the Board and the Superintendent.

.05      

Teachers must report extra curricular hours on a form that the Division will provide.  The teacher and his principal must sign the completed form and return it to the Superintendent on a monthly basis.

.06      

Meal Allowance

If extra curricular duties occur away from the location in which the teacher’s home school is situated, and outside school hours, a teacher may claim the following:

1. eight dollars for breakfast
2. ten dollars for the mid-day meal;  and
3. fifteen dollars for the evening meal.

 

1. Breakfast can only be claimed when:

1. a teacher has been traveling for more than one hour before the recognized teaching day begins.
2. or must stay overnight for an eligible extra curricular activity as per 04.

 

2. The evening meal can be claimed when:

1. a teacher has been traveling on extra curricular activities and not expected to arrive back at his/her home school before 7:30 pm.
2. or, must stay overnight for an eligible extra curricular activity as per .04.