Substitute Teachers

Article 4.07 in the Collective Agreement is the article that applies to substitute teachers. Please refer to the Agreement for complete details.

The salary rates are as follows:

Beginning First Day of March 2011
Class IV to VII - $161.00 per day
Less than Class IV - $135.00 per day

* Vacation pay benefits are included in the above rates.

Extended substitute teaching - A period of substitute teaching of at least five consecutive working days in the same assignment.

When the substitute teacher assumes the teaching workload of a teacher for six consecutive school days or more, he or she shall be paid at the rate of such fraction (calculated to three decimal places) as one day out of the number of teaching days prescribed by the Minister for the School year of his or her classification according to the qualifications and experience under Article 4.00, retroactive to the first day of commencement of such continuous service.

Limited Term Teacher - General contract - A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty days in the same assignment will be signed to a Limited Term Teacher General contract, unless the return of the regular teacher or the conclusion of the substitute assignment will occur within five working days.

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

MTS Fees & LRTA Fees - Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay in accordance with the guidelines established by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Louis Riel Teachers’ Association fees shall be deducted and remitted from a substitute’s pay monthly. These fees shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.

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

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

Cancellations and Closures - A substitute teacher who is called for a half day assignment, who reports, and who finds that his or her services are not required shall be paid a half day’s pay for reporting for duty.

If the substitute teacher has been called in for a full day assignment, he or she shall be paid a full day’s pay for reporting for duty.

In the event of an emergency closure of a school or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid full pay at the applicable rate of pay.