TURTLE RIVER TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 3: SALARY SCHEDULE

3.01 Educational Qualifications

For the purpose of the salary schedule, members of the teaching staff shall be classified according to the classification established by the Professional Certification Section of the Administration and Professional Certification Branch of Manitoba Education.

3.02 Permit Teachers

All teachers on permit will be paid on the basis of one class below the class they would be in if they were qualified.  A permit teacher below Class 1 rating will be paid $1,000.00 less than the minimum of Class 1.

3.03 Onus of Proof

For the purpose of placement on this schedule, the responsibility rests on the teacher to supply confirmation from the Professional Certification Section of the Administration and Professional Certification Branch of Manitoba Education to the Division of past teaching experience including permit teaching and of professional and academic standing as defined in Article 3.01 of this agreement by September 20th. 

3.04 Experience Gained on Permit

Teachers shall receive credit for experience as recognized by the Professional Certification Section of the Administration and Professional Certification Branch of Manitoba Education.

3.05 Change in Classification

1. Any teacher who improves his or her academic or professional qualifications, on or after September 1st, of the current school year and thereby qualifies for a higher salary classification shall be paid according to such improved qualifications effective the month following the date of receipt of the transcripts by the Division provided that such improved qualifications are obtained prior to April 1st of that same year.

 

2. For those attaining new qualifications after April 1st, but prior to September 1st of the next school year, the new classification will become effective at the beginning of the fall term.

 

3. Payment of any monies cited in both cases a) and b) will be withheld until confirmation of such change in qualifications is received from the Professional Certification Section of the Administration and Professional Certification Branch of Manitoba Education.  Should there be a delay in receipt of confirmation, salary adjustments shall be retroactive for a maximum period of four months from the date of receipt of confirmation from the Professional Certification Section of the Administration and Professional Certification Branch of Manitoba Education and Training.

 

4. The onus remains with the teacher to ensure the Professional Certification Section of the Administration and Professional Certification Branch of Manitoba Education provides the Secretary-Treasurer of the Division with a confirmation of improved qualifications.

3.06 Salary Payments

The Division shall direct deposit the payroll for each teacher.  Each teacher shall supply to the Division a void cheque drawn on the account to which the deposit is to be made. Salaries shall be paid in twenty-four (24) approximately equal semi-monthly payments, one payment on the 15^th of the month and one payment on the last day of the month.  If any of these days occur on a weekend or statutory holiday, payments will be made on the last immediately preceding banking day.  When the contract between a teacher and the Division is terminated the unpaid salary, to the extent that this can be determined, shall be paid to the teacher upon such termination. 

3.07 Annual Increments

1. Except as hereinafter provided, each teacher shall receive an increment for each year of continuous service on Turtle River School Division staff until such teacher reaches the maximum in his/her class, such increments and such maximums being in accordance with Article 3.12 on this agreement.

 

2.  

1. The anniversary date for annual increments for all teachers hired before January 1, 1988 shall be September 1st.
2. The anniversary date for annual increments for all teachers hired on or after January 1, 1988 shall be September 1st or January 1st.

 

3. For the purpose of annual increments, only complete years of teaching experience as described in Sections 3.04 and 3.05 will be recognized.

3.08 Interest on Retroactive Pay

The Division shall pay to members of the Association, interest on the gross amount of any retroactive pay which may be paid to such members less the amount of any statutory deduction for Canada Pension, Employment Insurance and Income Tax due with respect to that pay.  The interest is to be calculated from the dates on which the monies would have been due, to the date of the actual payment. 

The interest shall be computed at the premium savings account rate of the Division's banker, which is in effect on the date of the signing of the collective agreement. 

NOTE: For the purposes of the 2018-2022 agreement only, the interest on retroactivity is waived.

3.09 Administrative Allowance

Effective Fall Term 2018 a Principal shall receive a base allowance of $2,135.29, plus $880.80 per teacher F.T.E to an upper limit of $19,649.03.

Effective Fall Term 2019 a Principal shall receive a base allowance of $2,165.18, plus $893.13 per teacher F.T.E to an upper limit of $19,924.12.

Effective Fall Term 2020 a Principal shall receive a base allowance of $2,176.01, plus $897.60 per teacher F.T.E to an upper limit of $20,023.74.

Effective Fall Term 2021 a Principal shall receive a base allowance of $2,176.01 + COLA*, plus $897.60 + COLA*   per teacher F.T.E to an upper limit of $20,023.74 + COLA

*COLA 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 September 1, 2021

Effective 2015/2016 School Year, per teacher F.T.E. shall be determined as at September 30th of each school year and shall include each teacher under contract with the Division.

Principals teaching two-thirds (2/3) or more of the time shall be included in the teacher count for determining the allowance. 

The Vice-Principal's allowance shall be one-half (1/2) of the Principal's allowance.   

b)         The Division through the Superintendent will appoint one of the staff members as Head Teacher, to act in the absence of the Principal.

 

c)         Head Teachers

            In the absence of the Principal a Head Teacher shall be paid a daily allowance as follows:

 

Number of students	Effective Fall Term 2018	Effective Fall Term 2019	Effective Fall Term 2020	Effective First Day January 2021
0-49	$ 21.36	$ 21.66	$ 21.76	$ 21.76 + COLA*
50-199	$ 32.03	$ 32.48	$ 32.65	$ 32.65 + COLA*
200 or greater	$ 42.70	$ 43.30	$ 43.52	$ 43.52 + COLA*

*COLA 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 September 1, 2021

           

No allowance will be paid for appointments of less than one-half day.

3.10 Substitute Teachers

1. Effective from the date of signing, substitute teachers will be paid at the rate of $148.06 per day for certified personnel and $107.68 per day for personnel on Limited Teacher Certificates.

Effective the fall term 2021, substitute teachers will be paid at the rate of $148.06 + COLA* per day for certified personnel and $107.68 + COLA* per day for personnel on Limited Teacher Certificates.

*COLA 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 September 1, 2021

 

2. When a substitute teacher remains in the same teaching position for more than three days, beginning on the fourth day, he/she shall be paid according to the basic schedule.  The above rates include vacation pay credits that should become effective the date on which the agreement is signed.

 

3. The Manitoba Teachers' Society fees and Turtle River Teachers' Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher's pay monthly.  These fees shall be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.

The Association shall provide the Division with at least two (2) weeks advance notice of any change in Association fees.

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 local Association fees or Manitoba Teachers' Society fees.'

 

4. In-service days or Administrative days, shall not constitute a break in substitute teaching.

In addition, where during a teaching assignment of longer than four (4) consecutive days in the same position, the substitute teacher becomes unavailable to work due to attending what would be described as a family related emergency or for the death or serious illness of the substitute teacher's family or for attending to Association or MTS business as a representative of the Association, and where the substitute teacher returns to the assignment immediately thereafter such unavailability, such days of unavailability as noted above shall not constitute a break in substitute teaching.

Note:  Definition of family for the above clause to be applied consistent with the current collective agreement in place for Teacher General and Limited Term Teacher General Contracts.

 

5. A substitute teacher who is called to work for an assignment for one half (1/2) days 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.  Notwithstanding the above, where the substitute is replacing a teacher whose contractual assignment is more than 50% time but less than full time, the substitute shall be paid for a period equivalent in time to the assignment of the teacher being replaced.

 

6. Pay relating to the salary earned by substitute teachers during any month shall be forwarded to those teachers not later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the following calendar month.

 

7. A substitute teacher who is called to work and reports for the assignment finding that his or her services are not required shall be offered an alternative assignment of not less than a half (1/2) day.

 

8. 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 immediately imminent.

 

9. The timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.

 

10. A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least nine (9) consecutive days of 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 substitute teacher assignment to another.

The use of a sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of the substitute teaching assignment.

 

11. The following articles of the current collective agreement shall apply to substitute teachers:

Article 1:   Purpose

Article 2:   Effective Period

Article 3:   Salary Schedule (3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.10, and 3.12)

Article 7:   Complaints Against Teachers

Article 8:   Settlement of Difference

Article 13: Access Agreement

Article 12: Involuntary Absence Due to Inclement Weather (Only for substitute teachers who have remained in the same teaching position for more than three days)

Article 14: Duty Free Lunch Period

Article 15: Freedom From Violence

 

12. The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 3.10, Substitute Teachers.

 

13. The only matters which may be grieved under Article 8 (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.

 

3.11 Coordinators' Allowance

The Coordinators shall be paid according to the basic schedule, 3.12.  In addition, they shall receive a supervisory allowance as follows:

Effective Fall Term 2018 commencing the first year, an allowance of $2,969.87 per annum will be paid; the second year an allowance of $3,382.70 per annum; the third and every year thereafter, a maximum allowance of $5,536.94 per annum.

Effective Fall Term 2019 commencing the first year, an allowance of $3,011.45 per annum will be paid; the second year an allowance of $3,430.06 per annum; the third and every year thereafter, a maximum allowance of $5,614.45 per annum.

Effective Fall Term 2020 commencing the first year, an allowance of $3,026.51 per annum will be paid; the second year an allowance of $3,447.21 per annum; the third and every year thereafter, a maximum allowance of $5,642.53 per annum.

Effective Fall Term 2021 commencing the first year, an allowance of $3,026.51 + COLA* per annum will be paid; the second year an allowance of $3,447.21 + COLA* per annum; the third and every year thereafter, a maximum allowance of $5,642.53 + COLA* per annum.

3.12 Basic Salary

Effective Fall Term 2018                                          Annual Family Premium $3,102

Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	35,235	39,272	44,609	53,700	57,526	60,611	63,694
1	36,702	41,241	46,928	56,753	60,736	63,941	67,148
2	38,171	43,220	49,247	59,812	63,941	67,267	70,597
3	39,644	45,191	51,568	62,869	67,144	70,603	74,059
4	41,105	47,157	53,888	65,924	70,347	73,930	77,517
5	42,572	49,139	56,215	68,983	73,558	77,262	80,962
6	44,043	51,106	58,544	72,032	76,764	80,590	84,418
7	45,504	53,078	60,650	75,093	79,965	83,917	87,870
8	46,975	55,047	62,777	78,150	83,175	87,251	91,324
9	46,975	55,047	63,781	81,207	86,380	90,586	94,790
10	46,975	55,047	63,783	84,266	89,582	93,908	98,235

Effective Fall Term 2019                                          Annual Family Premium $3,144

Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	35,729	39,824	45,235	54,453	58,333	61,461	64,587
1	37,217	41,820	47,586	57,549	61,588	64,837	68,090
2	38,707	43,827	49,938	60,651	64,837	68,210	71,586
3	40,201	45,825	52,291	63,751	68,086	71,593	75,097
4	41,682	47,819	54,644	66,848	71,333	74,967	78,603
5	43,170	49,828	57,004	69,950	74,589	78,345	82,097
6	44,661	51,823	59,365	73,042	77,840	81,720	85,602
7	46,143	53,822	61,500	76,146	81,086	85,094	89,101
8	47,634	55,819	63,658	79,245	84,341	88,474	92,604
9	47,634	55,819	64,676	82,345	87,591	91,856	96,118
10	47,634	55,819	64,678	85,447	90,837	95,224	99,612

Effective Fall Term 2020                                          Annual Family Premium $3,060

Years	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7
0	36,008	40,122	45,561	54,825	58,724	61,868	65,010
1	37,503	42,129	47,924	57,936	61,996	65,261	68,530
2	39,000	44,146	50,288	61,054	65,261	68,651	72,044
3	40,501	46,153	52,652	64,169	68,526	72,050	75,573
4	41,990	48,158	55,017	67,282	71,789	75,441	79,096
5	43,485	50,177	57,388	70,400	75,062	78,836	82,607
6	44,985	52,181	59,761	73,507	78,329	82,228	86,129
7	46,473	54,191	61,908	76,627	81,591	85,619	89,646
8	47,972	56,198	64,076	79,741	84,862	89,016	93,167
9	47,972	56,198	65,099	82,856	88,129	92,415	96,698
10	47,972	56,198	65,101	85,974	91,391	95,800	100,209

 

Fall Term 2021 Salary Schedule to be adjusted by COLA * and adjustments as provided by the applicable Collateral agreement for the MPSE Dental and Extended Health Plan.

*COLA 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 September 1, 2021.