COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT - Frontier School Division

ARTICLE 15 - ALLOWANCES FOR APPROVED COURSES
Allowances for improved qualifications for approved courses shall be paid according to
the following:
a) A teacher shall receive $650.00 for each (6) six credit hour course and $325.00
for each (3) credit hour course successfully completed.
b) Course allowances shall not be paid for any course provided and/or subsidized by
the Division.
c) If a qualified teacher has completed a course which puts him/her into a higher
class, he/she will receive the salary of the higher class from the beginning of the
teaching month following successful completion of the course.
d) To receive consideration for payment of course allowances, a teacher must
submit application(s) for course allowances to the Area Superintendent within 45
days of commencement of the course(s).
ARTICLE 16 - INTEREST ON RETROACTIVE PAY
The Division shall pay the 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, Unemployment Insurance and Income Tax due with
respect to that pay. The interest to be calculated from the dates which the monies would
have been due on a monthly basis, to the date of the actual payment. This calculation is
to be done on an average retro pay for a teacher.
The interest shall be computed at the at the rate equal to that paid by the Chartered Bank
in Winnipeg on a Bonus Savings Accounts or Premium Savings Account.
ARTICLE 17 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOVING EXPENSE FOR NEW
HIRES
Fall Term 2009
a) A teacher newly hired and coming on staff for the Division shall be entitled to
receive reimbursement for actual cost of personal transportation to the
community at the lesser of the cost of economy airfare or the actual mileage cost
at the Division’s current per kilometer rate. Air travel arrangements shall be
made by the teacher through the Division office.
b) In addition to the above, a teacher newly hired by the Division shall be entitled to
a one time lump sum payment to assist defraying the cost of moving into the
Division.
i) For Non Division Housing in Churchill - $1545.00
ii) When an unfurnished teacherage is provided where road travel is
available:
Fall 2009 $1236.00
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