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1 Page 1 of 79 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT [Incorporating language agreed to during Central Table teacher Collective Bargaining between the Teachers Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) and the Alberta Teachers Association ( Association )] BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALGARY BOARD OF EDUCATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE BOARD and THE Alberta TEACHERS Association SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 to AUGUST 31, 2018 Page 2 of 79 Contents 1. APPLICATION/SCOPE .. 6 Excluded Positions .. 6 Structural Provisions .. 7 Health and Wellness .. 7 Liaison Committee .. 7 Sick Leave Committee .. 8 Professional Development Funding Committee .. 8 2. TERM .. 8 List Bargaining .. 8 Central Matters 8 Local Bargaining .. 9 Bridging .. 9 Meet and Exchange .. 9 Opening with Mutual Agreement .. 10 Provision of Information .. 10 3. SALARY .. 11 Salary Pay Date/Schedule .. 11 Grid .. 11 Education .. 11 Experience .. 13 Career and Technology Studies.

2 15 Year-Round and Modified Calendar Schools .. 16 Pay Schedule .. 16 Vacation Periods .. 16 Provisions Applicable to Teachers Employed in Chinook Learning Services, Summer School Programs and Other Board Sponsored Activities .. 16 4. ADMINISTRATOR ALLOWANCES AND CONDITIONS OF PRACTICE .. 18 Creation of New Designations/Positions .. 18 Administration Allowances .. 18 Principal Allowance .. 18 Assistant Principal Allowance .. 18 Annual Allowances .. 19 Page 3 of 79 Principal Allowance Schools with Third Party Providers .. 19 Allowances Other Personnel .. 19 System Principal .. 20 System Assistant Principal .. 20 Red 20 Acting/Surrogate Administrators Compensation .. 21 Administrative Appointments and Designations .. 21 One Year Term Subject to Re-appointment .. 22 Non-Renewal Positions .. 22 Other Administrator Conditions .. 22 Lieu Days .. 23 5. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS .. 23 Rates of 23 Commencement of Grid 23 Other Substitute teacher Conditions.

3 24 Substitute Teachers Benefits .. 25 6. PART TIME TEACHERS .. 25 Part-time Teachers Salaries .. 25 Other Part-time teacher Conditions .. 25 Job Sharing .. 25 7. GROUP BENEFITS .. 27 Group Health Benefit Plans, Carrier and Premiums .. 27 Group Benefits Eligibility .. 28 Health Spending Account .. 29 Other Group Benefits .. 29 Personal Injury and Property Protection .. 29 Retired Employee Benefits Package .. 30 8. CONDITIONS OF PRACTICE .. 31 teacher Instructional and Assignable Time .. 31 Assignable Time Definition .. 31 Other Conditions of Practice .. 32 Extracurricular .. 33 Page 4 of 79 School Calendar .. 33 9. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT .. 34 teacher Professional Growth Plan .. 34 Professional Improvement Fellowship .. 34 Eligibility for a Fellowship .. 35 Number of Fellowships Available .. 36 Application 36 Selection Procedure .. 37 Method of Payment .. 37 Conditions of Fellowships .. 38 Conditions of Fellowship expenses.

4 40 Staff Development Fund .. 40 10. SICK LEAVE / Medical Certificates and Reporting .. 41 11. MATERNITY, ADOPTION AND PARENTAL LEAVE .. 43 Maternity Leave/Adoption Leave/Parental Leave .. 43 Maternity Leave .. 43 Adoption Leave .. 44 Parental Leave .. 45 Return to Duties Following Maternity, Adoption and Parental Leaves .. 46 Benefits Prepayment or Repayment of Premiums .. 47 12. PRIVATE BUSINESS/GENERAL/PERSONAL LEAVES OF 48 13. Association Leave and Secondment .. 48 14. OTHER LEAVES .. 49 Attendance Management .. 49 General Leave of Absence .. 50 Deferred Salary Leave Plan .. 52 Graduate Study Leave .. 52 Leave for Child s Arrival .. 52 Adoption .. 53 Compassionate Leave .. 53 Quarantine Leave .. 54 Graduation, Convocation and University Exams .. 54 Page 5 of 79 Court Appearance Leave .. 54 Without Pay .. 54 Secondment .. 55 Reservist Leave .. 55 15. CENTRAL Grievance Procedure .. 55 16. LOCAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.

5 58 17. Employment .. 60 Job 60 Information and Files .. 61 Promotion .. 61 Transfers .. 62 Reduction of Teaching Staff .. 62 Seniority .. 62 New Letter of Understanding #1 Trial Program on Time Off for Compression .. 65 New Letter of Understanding # 2 Me Too Clause/Increase Modifier .. 66 New Letter of Understanding #3 Classroom Improvement Fund (CIF) Grant Program .. 68 Letter of Understanding #4 Retired Teachers Appointed to Administrative, Supervisory or Consultative Positions .. 69 Letter of Understanding #5 Parking Fees .. 70 Letter of Understanding #6 eLearn Teachers .. 71 Letter of Understanding #7 Blended, Face To Face and Online Learning Teachers .. 72 Appendix A Recognition of Non-University Courses for Salary Purposes .. 73 Appendix B Evaluation For Teachers With Administrative Designations Purpose .. 74 Appendix C Offer of General Leave of Absence .. 76 Page 6 of 79 This collective agreement is made this ___ of _____ 20___ between the Board and the Alberta Teachers Association ( Association ).

6 Whereas this collective agreement is made pursuant to the laws of the province of Alberta as amended from time to time including but not limited to the School Act, the Alberta Human Rights Act, the Public Education Collective Bargaining Act (PECBA), the Employment Standards Code, and the Labour Relations Code. Whereas, such teachers terms and conditions of employment and their salaries have been the subject of negotiation between the parties and Whereas, the parties desire that these matters be set forth in an Agreement to govern all the terms of employment of the teachers. 1. APPLICATION/SCOPE This collective agreement shall be applicable to every person who requires a teacher certificate as a condition of employment with the Board excepting those positions agreed to be excluded in local bargaining between the Board and the Association . Excluded Positions Superintendent(s) Director(s) Coordinator, Staffing Coordinator, Policy The Association is the bargaining agent for each bargaining unit and: has exclusive authority to bargain collectively with TEBA on behalf of all the teachers in the bargaining units and to bind the teachers in any collective agreement with respect to central terms; and has exclusive authority to bargain collectively with each Board on behalf of the teachers in each bargaining unit with respect to local terms, and to bind the teachers by a collective agreement.

7 The Board retains all management rights, unless otherwise provided by the expressed terms of this collective agreement. Implementation of this collective agreement shall not cause a teacher Page 7 of 79 presently employed to receive a salary less than that calculated under any previous collective agreement unless mutually agreed to by TEBA and the Association . This collective agreement cancels all former collective agreements and all provisions appended thereto. This collective agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their successors. Structural Provisions Health and Wellness: the Board and Association agree to create and maintain a Health and Wellness Committee that will operate in accordance with the Terms of Reference agreed to by the Committee. Liaison Committee: The teachers recognize the right and responsibility of the Board to formulate policy. The Board agrees that it will not make changes in present working conditions which are not covered in this Agreement without first having the matter considered by the committee constituted by this Clause.

8 This committee shall also consider matters designed to improve the teaching and learning situation or other matters of interest or concern. The parties agree that liaison Committee may discuss teacher staffing processes such as opportunities to request transfers, substitute teacher access to temporary contracts and the process of open postings. This committee shall be composed of five (5) representatives of the Board and five (5) representatives of the local, at least one (1) of whom shall be an elected member of the Local Executive. The committee shall meet at the request of either party at a mutually agreeable time. The committee shall not deal with Interpretation/Grievance matters nor discuss the modification of the collective agreement or any other matter properly left to the normal collective bargaining process. No agreement, decisions, or action of the Page 8 of 79 committee shall be construed by any party as an interpretation or modification of this agreement.

9 Sick Leave Committee: The parties agree to form a committee to analyse the use and implementation of sick leave. The committee shall include 4 representatives from the Board and 4 representatives from the Association and Association Local 38. The intent of the committee will be to review strategies to manage illnesses. Such committee shall meet at least four times a year. Professional Development Funding Committee: The parties agree to form a committee to analyse the use and disbursement of funds in the Professional Improvement Fellowship and the Staff Development Fund prior to the expiration of this agreement. The committee shall include three (3) representatives from the Board and three (3) representatives from Association Local 38. 2. TERM The term of this collective agreement is September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2018. Unless stated otherwise, this collective agreement shall continue in full force and effect through August 31, 2018. List Bargaining Negotiations regarding the list of central and local matters must commence not less than six (6) months and not more than eight (8) months before the expiry of the then existing collective agreement and shall be initiated by a written notice from the Association or TEBA to the other.

10 If agreement is not reached, the matter shall be determined by arbitration under PECBA. Central Matters Bargaining Either TEBA or the Association may, by written notice to the other, require the other to begin negotiations. Notwithstanding section 59(2) of the Labour Relations Code, a notice to commence central bargaining by TEBA or the Association must be served not less than 15 days and not more than thirty (30) days after the central matters and local matters have been determined. A notice referred to in Clause is deemed to be a notice to Page 9 of 79 commence collective bargaining referred to in section 59(1) of the Labour Relations Code. Local Bargaining Notwithstanding section 59(2) of the Labour Relations Code, a notice to commence local bargaining by the Board or the Association must be served after, but not more than sixty (60) days after, the collective agreement referred to in section 11(4) of PECBA has been ratified or the central terms have otherwise been settled.