TURTLE MOUNTAIN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 3:00 - REMUNERATION

3:01 Administrative Allowances

  1. A principal shall be appointed with the approval of the Board of Trustees for a school and be assigned to have jurisdiction as principal over one (1) or more schools.
  2. A principal or vice principal of a school, in addition to the salary for which he/she qualifies on Schedule A, shall receive an administrative allowance as indicated on Schedule B.

3:02 Interest on Back Pay

Interest on back pay shall be paid at the rate of $5.00 per month, prorated for part-time teachers, beginning on the first day of the month in which the salaries would have been due, to the date of actual payment.

3:03 Retro-Active Pay

When the conclusion of negotiation for a new Collective Agreement occurs and back pay in excess of three (3) months due, such retroactive pay shall be paid by separate cheque. 

 

NOTE: Interest on retroactive pay is waived for this agreement.

3:04 Payment of Salary

All teachers shall be paid 1/24 of their annual contract salary rate plus allowance on or before the fifteenth day of every month, and on the last teaching day before the end of each month with the exception of July and August when it shall be paid on the 15th day and last banking day.

 

A teacher  (on a teacher-general contract) who commences employment with the division after the beginning of a school year shall have their salary calculated for the balance of the school year and paid out on the semi-monthly pay system through to the end of the following August.  Payments shall be deposited to a teacher’s bank account.

3:05 Deduction of Professional Fees

  1. The Manitoba Teachers' Society membership fees shall be deducted from every teacher who has not given notice to the Board within 10 days of the current school year that she or he is not a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society.

 

These deductions will be made in 10 equal monthly installments starting with the September cheque according to the scale of fees established by The Manitoba Teachers' Society.  Each monthly installment will be forwarded to The Manitoba Teachers' Society normally not later than the 15th day of the following calendar month.  The onus is on the teacher to make the necessary arrangements with The Manitoba Teachers' Society for rebates of deductions.

  1. Every teacher employed by the Turtle Mountain School Division shall automatically have deducted from his or her October, November and December payments one third (1/3) of the amount equal to that determined to be the annual fees of the Turtle Mountain Teachers’ Association of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society.  The total of these deductions shall be remitted to the Treasurer of The Turtle Mountain Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers' Society by the fifteenth day of January.
  1. The Association shall provide the Division with at least two weeks advance notice of any change in Association fees.
  1. The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenditures 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.

3:06 Credit for Extra Grades

A teacher who teaches more than one (1) grade during the same time period in a classroom for an average of more than one-third (1/3) of the teaching cycle shall receive an allowance of:

 

 

January

2018

June 30

2018

June 30

2019

June 30

2020

June 30

2021

Allowance Per Grade

419.00

425.70

431.66

433.82

TBD

(COLA added)

Annual Max

1675.00

1701.80

1725.63

1734.25

TBD

(COLA added)

 

                For the purposes of application of this clause, the determination of multi-grade classroom time will not include the following:

                1.     Band

                2.     Music

                3.     Physical Education

                4.     Art

                5.     Any subject area in grades 10, 11 and 12.

3:07 Substitute Teachers

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

  1. Per diem rate considered to be inclusive of vacation pay.
  1. Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.
  1. 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.

  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of extended substitute teaching shall, on the twenty-first (21st) 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.
  1. 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”

  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.