Furthermore, the average number of 4 teacher full day absences per school across the system required in the 98-00 collective agreement to trigger hiring a supply teacher is gone. Now full day teacher absences cannot be covered by the use of on-call or coverage, no matter what you call it. This is a significant improvement. They are half period coverages, not full periods. All exceptional circumstance coverages must be reported to the Superintendent of Human Resources, Secondary and then to the joint Secondary Consultation Committee.
All assignments are to be monitored by the in-school staffing committee.
While this is true, the number of coverages generated by field trips can be reduced to zero by booking only full day field trips. Continuing Education With regard to the continuing education teachers, we did not create two classes of continuing education teachers. The new variable is teachers who teach sessionally in the Adult Day School programs. For these members we were able to secure seniority rights, an increase in the accumulation of sick leave, and have offered them a program under OTIP for a benefit package. However, for these people, there is no question that they did not receive an equal or sufficient pay raise.