17. Allowances for Teachers not in Administrative Positions
Allowances payable to each teacher in addition to the Basic Salary shall, as may be applicable, include the following:
17.01 Allowances for Department Heads/Team Leaders
The appointment of department heads/team leaders shall be made by the Division after consultation with the principals of the schools concerned.
Where a department head or team leader is appointed in a junior or senior high school, the department head/team leader shall be paid the following allowance in addition to the department head’s/team leader’s Basic Salary entitlement as a teacher and in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) Where there is at least the equivalent of three (3) full‑time teachers including the department head/team leader in the department/team ‑ an allowance will be paid to the department head/team leader at the rate of $2479.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014 and $2528.00 per annum effective the first day of fall term 2015, and $2578.00 the first day of the fall term 2016, and $2617.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $2656.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018.
(b) Where there is at least the equivalent of five (5) full‑time teachers including the department head/team leader in the department/team ‑ an allowance will be paid to the department head/team leader at the rate of $3305.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $3371.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2015, and $3439.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $3490.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $3542.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018.
(c) Where there is at least the equivalent of seven (7) full‑time teachers including the department head/team leader in the department/team ‑ an allowance will be paid to the department head/team leader at the rate of $4146.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $4229.00 per annum effective the first day of fall term 2015, and $4314.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $4379.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $4445.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018.
(d) Where there is at least the equivalent of nine (9) full‑time teachers including the department head/team leader in the department/team ‑ an allowance will be paid to the department head/team leader at the rate of $4969.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $5069.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2015, and $5170.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $5248.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $5327.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018.
(e) Where there is at least the equivalent of twelve (12) full‑time teachers including the department head/team leader in the department/team ‑ an allowance will be paid to the department head/team leader at the rate of $5786.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $5901.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2015, and $6020.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $6111.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $6202.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018.
(f) Where there is at least the equivalent of fifteen (15) full‑time teachers including the department head/team leader in the department/team ‑ an allowance will be paid to the department head/team leader at the rate of $6622.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $6754.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2015, and $6889.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $6993.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $7097.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the allowance for the department head/team leader of a technical department in the Technical‑Vocational School or the R.B. Russell Vocational School, shall be at the rate of $3863.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $3940.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2015, and $4019.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $4079.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $4140.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018; unless there is the equivalent of five (5) or more full-time teachers in the department/team including the department head/team leader, in which case the allowance shall be $1384.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $1412.00 per annum effective the first day of fall term 2015, and $1441.00 effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $1462.00 per annum effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $1484.00 per annum effective the first day of January 2018 in addition to the amount specified in whichever of sections (b) to (f) above applies.
17.02 Allowance to a Designated Teacher During the Absence of the Principal
(a) During the absence of a principal for a period of at least one half day and there is no vice-principal, the assigned acting teacher as designated by the Superintendent shall be paid, $18.29 per half day and $36.59 per full day of such assignment effective the first day of the fall term 2014, and $18.66 per half day and $37.32 per full day of such assignment effective the first day of the fall term 2015, and $19.03 per half day and $38.07 per full day of such assignment effective the first day of the fall term 2016, and $19.32 per half day and $38.64 per full day of such assignment effective the first day of the fall term 2017, and $19.61 per half day and $39.22 per full day of such assignment effective the first day of January 2018.
(b) When the absence of a principal exceeds or is expected to exceed three (3) days, a substitute teacher shall be employed to perform the designated teacher’s regular classroom duties during such times that the designated teacher is acting in place of the principal.
(a) A person covered by this Collective Agreement and who is required by the Division to use a motor vehicle will be paid an allowance in accordance with the Division’s scale of car allowance for employees. A teacher or a laboratory assistant who serves in two (2) different schools in one (1) day will be paid a trip allowance equal to the current Winnipeg Transit Adult bus fare.
(b) The workload of a teacher who, as part of their duties, is required to travel between schools, shall be adjusted to reflect adequate time for travelling, exclusive of lunch and preparation time.
