ARTICLE 3:00 - REMUNERATION

3:07 Substitute Teachers

1. A substitute teacher with qualifications of Class IV or better shall be paid:

• Effective January 1, 2021 =                       $155.30/full day
• Effective 1^st day of Fall Term 2021=         $160.30/full day + COLA TBD

2. A substitute teacher with qualifications of less than Class IV shall be paid:

• Effective January 1, 2021 =                       $132.53/full day
• Effective 1^st day of Fall Term 2021=         $137.53/full day + COLA TBD

3. A period of substitute teaching in one particular assignment of five (5) days or more shall be termed extended substitute teaching.

A substitute teacher after teaching five (5) or more consecutive days shall be paid on the basis of 1/N (where N represents the number of teaching days in the current school year calendar) of the annual salary for which he/she qualifies on the schedule retroactive to the first day.

4. Per diem rate considered to be inclusive of vacation pay.

5. Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.

6. A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least nine (9) consecutive days of extended substitute teaching in a school year shall be entitled to one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) days taught in that assignment.  Sick leave shall not accumulate from one extended substitute teaching assignment to another.

The use of a sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the extended substitute teaching assignment.  Assignment shall mean consecutive teaching days in one (1) position.

7. A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment for one half (1/2) day or less shall be paid one half (1/2) of the daily rate.  A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment of greater than a half day but less than a full day shall be paid the daily rate.

8. A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment, and who reports for the assignment  finding that his or her services are not required, shall be offered an alternative assignment equivalent in time to the substitute’s original assignment and when such an assignment is not available shall be paid a half (1/2) day’s pay at the applicable rate in lieu.

9. A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21^st) day, be signed to a Limited Term Teacher – General contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or conclusion of the substitute assignment is within three (3) days.

10. The provisions of the Collective Agreement do no apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for below:

 

Article 1                Effective Period

Article 2                Educational Qualifications, Changes in Education Qualifications and Increments [sub-articles (a) and (b) only.]

Article 3:04          Payment of Salary

Article 3:05          Deduction of Professional Fees

Article 4                Classification and Experience

Article 9                Settlement of Differences (only to articles that apply to substitute teachers as per Article 3:07)

Article 12              Head Teacher Allowance

Article 15              Personnel Files

Article 18              Access Agreement

Salary Schedule “A”

11. The only matters that may be grieved under Article 10 – Settlement of Differences during the currency of Agreement by a substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of substitute teachers 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.

12. The Division agrees to deduct the TMTA fees for the Association from substitute teachers on the basis of 1/N of the annual fee determined by the Association.  The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities, or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees.

13. Unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, the timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.