Brandon School Division

Brandon, Man. (550 workers, education, law and social, community and government services) and the Manitoba Teachers’ Society

Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2018. Signed on May 26, 2016.
Wage adjustments: 
Effective fall term 2015: 2%
Effective fall term 2016: 2%
Effective fall term 2017: 1.5%
Vacations with pay: 2 days of paid personal leave per school year. Can be carried over to the next school year to a maximum of 4 days.
Medical benefits: Employer pays cost of plan.
Dental: Employer pays cost of plan.
Sick leave: 1 day for every 9 days of teaching service, maximum 20 days per year and 130 days in total. 20 days received in advance at beginning of school year. Up to 5 days per school year to attend illness or injury or medical appointment of spouse, child, parent, sibling, stepparent or grandparent.
STD: Employees pay full cost of premiums.
LTD: Employer administers disability benefits plan. Employees pay full costs.
Bereavement leave: Up to 7 paid teaching days for death of spouse or partner, child or stepchild. 5 days for death of parent. 3 days for death of sibling, stepsibling, grandchild, stepgrandchild, grandparent, parent-in-law or child-in-law. 1 day for death of sibling-in-law, grandparent-in-law, uncle, spouse’s uncle, aunt, spouse’s aunt, nephew or niece. To be taken between the day of death and 4 calendar days after the funeral.
Seniority – recall rights: 1 year after Sept. 30 following date of layoff.
Sample rates of pay (current):
Class 1 teacher: $37,545 rising in 8 steps to $48,423
Class 2 teacher: $41,344 rising in 8 steps to $56,364
Class 3 teacher: $45,546 rising in 9 steps to $64,172
Class 4 teacher: $54,479 rising in 11 steps to $84,386
Class 5 teacher: $58,161 rising in 11 steps to $89,108
Class 6 teacher: $61,485 rising in 11 steps to $94,059
Class 7 teacher: $65,235 rising in 11 steps to $98,356
Substitute teachers: $154 per day
Sample rates of allowances (current):
Principal’s allowance: $13,717, plus $773 for each teacher at the school over 9.
Vice-principal’s allowance: 50% of principal’s allowance
Head teacher’s allowance: 1/400th of principal’s allowance per half-day
Administrator 2: $10,358, rising in 3 steps to $12,011
Administrator 1: $12,837, rising in 3 steps to $14,488
Divisional specialist allowance: $4,682
Editor’s notes: Preparation time: 240 minutes of preparation time per 6-day cycle for full-time teachers of kindergarten to grade 8. 390 minutes of preparation time per 6-day cycle for teachers of Grade 9 to Grade 12. Teachers who already have more preparation time shall not have it reduced. Extracurricular activities: Participation in extracurricular duties by teachers is voluntary. Professional development fund: The division and the association will jointly administer a professional development fund, annually funded by the division. Fall term 2016: $125,000. Fall term 2017: $150,000.

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