Teacher Compensation Allocation
33. (1) In this section, “OSSTF” stands for the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation; (“FEESO”) “OSSTF certification” means the OSSTF certification of Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 or Group 4; (“certification de la FEESO”) “qualification category” means OSSTF certification or QECO category; (“catégorie de qualifications”) “QECO” stands for Qualifications Evaluation Council of Ontario; (“COEQ”) “QECO category” means the QECO category D, C, B, A1, A2, A3 or A4; (“catégorie du COEQ”) “teacher” includes a temporary teacher and does not include an occasional teacher.(“enseignant”) (2) In this section, a cell of Table 6 is referred to by its qualification category co-ordinate followed by the number co-ordinate representing full years of teaching experience. (3) For example, cell C-1 contains the number 0.6127 and cell A1/Group 1-3 contains the number 0.7416. (4) For the purposes of this section, the number of teachers employed by a board is the full-time equivalent number of persons employed by the board as of October 31, 1998 to teach. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the counting practices usually followed by the board for staffing purposes shall be followed, subject to the following rules: 1. A teacher who is not assigned to provide instruction to pupils in a regular timetable that is in effect as of October 31, 1998 shall not be counted for the purposes of this section. 2. The provision of library instruction or guidance to pupils shall be considered the provision of instruction to pupils for the purposes of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4. 3. Where a teacher is assigned in a regular timetable that is in effect as of October 31, 1998 to spend part of his or her time providing instruction to pupils and is also assigned, as of that date, under section 17 of Regulation 298 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990, to spend part of his or her time acting as a consultant, co-ordinator or supervisor, the full-time equivalency for the teacher shall be determined as follows: i. Determine the average number of hours per day in the cycle that includes October 31, 1998 for which the teacher is regularly scheduled, in accordance with the timetable, to provide instruction to pupils or to prepare for such instruction. For the purposes of this subparagraph, a count of hours shall be accurate to one decimal place. ii. Divide the total determined under subparagraph i by five. 4. Where a principal or vice-principal is assigned in a regular timetable that is in effect as of October 31, 1998 to spend part of his or her time providing instruction to pupils, the principal or vice-principal shall be counted as a teacher for the purposes of this section and his or her full-time equivalency as a teacher shall be determined as follows: i. Determine the average number of hours per day in the cycle that includes October 31, 1998 for which the principal or vice-principal is regularly scheduled, in accordance with the timetable, to provide instruction to pupils. For the purposes of this subsection, a count of hours shall be accurate to one decimal place. ii. Divide the number determined under subparagraph i by five. (6) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), when determining the number of full years of teaching experience of a teacher employed by a board, the counting practices usually followed by the board when counting the amount of teaching experience shall be applied, as of October 31, 1998. (7) Where the number of full years of teaching experience of a teacher exceeds 10, as determined under subsection (6), the number of full years of teaching experience of the teacher shall be deemed to be 10. (8) The number of full years of teaching experience of a principal or vice-principal shall be deemed to be 10. (9) The following rules shall be applied, as of October 31, 1998, to determine the qualification category of a teacher: 1. If a board uses a QECO categories system for salary purposes in relation to a teacher employed by it, that QECO categories system shall be used for that teacher for the purposes of this section. 2. If a board uses an OSSTF certification system for salary purposes in relation to a teacher employed by it, that OSSTF certification system shall be used for that teacher for the purposes of this section. 3. Subject to paragraph 5, if a board does not use a QECO categories system for salary purposes in relation to an elementary school teacher employed by it, the classification system used by the board for elementary school teachers in filling out the Education Relations Commission Data Form A for 1998 shall be used for that teacher for the purposes of this section. 4. Subject to paragraph 5, if a board does not use a QECO categories system or an OSSTF certification system for salary purposes in relation to a secondary school teacher employed by it, the classification system used by the board for secondary school teachers in filling out the Education Relations Commission Data Form A for 1998 shall be used for that teacher for the purposes of this section. 5. In the circumstances described in paragraph 3 or 4, the board may elect, by written notice to the Minister, to use the QECO categories system referred to by QECO as QECO Programme Level 4 or the 1992 OSSTF certification system, instead of the classification system determined under paragraph 3 or 4. 6. The qualification category of a principal or vice-principal shall be deemed to be A4/Group 4. 7. If the qualification category of a person is changed after October 31, 1998 and the change for salary purposes is retroactive to October 31, 1998 or earlier, the changed qualification category shall be used for the purposes of this section. (10) For the purposes of paragraph 2 of section 11, the amount of the teacher compensation allocation for a district school board shall be determined as follows: 1. For each cell in Table 6, determine the number of teachers employed by the board who have the qualification category and the number of full years of teaching experience that correspond with the co-ordinates of the cell. For example, a teacher with a qualification category of D and six months of teaching experience shall be counted for the purposes of cell D-0 and a teacher with a qualification category of A2 or Group 2 and three years and seven months of teaching experience shall be counted for the purposes of cell A2/Group 2-3. 2. For each cell in Table 6, multiply the number of teachers employed by the board who are counted for the purposes of the cell by the number set out in that cell in Table 6. 3. Add all the products obtained under paragraph 2 for the board. 4. Divide the sum obtained under paragraph 3 by the total number of teachers employed by the board. 5. Subtract one from the number obtained under paragraph 4. 6. Multiply the result obtained under paragraph 5 by $2,685. 7. Multiply the amount determined under paragraph 6 by the 1998-99 day school average daily enrolment of pupils of the board. 8. Determine the special assistance amount for re-organization of secondary school staff, in accordance with subsection (11). 9. Determine the special assistance amount for a high credit per pupil average, if any, in accordance with subsection (12). 10. Add the amounts determined under paragraphs 7, 8 and 9. (11) For the purposes of paragraph 8 of subsection (10), the special assistance amount for re-organization of secondary school staff shall be determined by multiplying the 1998-99 day school average daily enrolment of secondary pupils of the board by $180. (12) For the purposes of paragraph 9 of subsection (10), the special assistance amount for a high credit per pupil average shall be determined as follows: 1. Determine the average number of credits per secondary school pupil of the board for the 1997-98 school year. 2. If the number determined under paragraph 1 is 7.5 or less but more than 7.2, deduct 7.2 from the number determined under paragraph 1. 3. If the number determined under paragraph 1 is more than 7.5, deduct 7.2 from 7.5. 4. Divide the number obtained under paragraph 2 or 3, as the case may be, by 7.2. 5. Multiply the number obtained under paragraph 4 by $2,748. 6. Multiply the amount obtained under paragraph 5 by the 1998-99 day school average daily enrolment of secondary pupils of the board. O. Reg. 287/98, s. 33.