- Training - instruction received as preparation for the profession of teaching, which instruction leads to the development of a particular skill or proficiency with respect to a particular subject or subjects;
- Academic Qualifications - refers to the classification in which a teacher is placed by the Department;
- Experience - the practical application of training over a period of time with respect to the particular subject or subjects;
- Ability - a teacher's demonstrated skill and competence to perform a particular teaching assignment satisfactorily and proficiently after having acquired the necessary training, academic qualifications and experience;
- Seniority:
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For the purposes of this article, seniority is defined to mean the length of continuous teaching experience from the date of last hire with the Division on a current individual employment contract, which shall be calculated from the first day the teacher was to begin actual teaching.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a teacher who has been employed under one or more temporary contract(s) and is subsequently employed under a permanent contract, shall have his/her employment
under both the temporary and permanent contracts deemed as continuous teaching service with the Division, provided that there was not an interruption of more than twenty (20) instructional days between the subsequent contracts.
- Where teachers have the same length of continuous equivalent teaching experience, the order of the seniority list shall be determined on the basis of total employment with the Division.
- Where teachers have the same seniority as defined in (a) and (b) above, the order shall be determined on the basis of the total recognized teaching experience in Manitoba.
- If the length of teaching experience as defined in (a), (b), and (c) is equal, the teacher to be declared surplus shall be determined by the Division.