Wednesday, November 28 and Thursday, November 29, 2018 - Mark MacLeod, Chief Negotiator / Grievance Officer ETFO Thames Valley Teacher Local

Wednesday, November 28 and Thursday, November 29, 2018

          Mark MacLeod, Chief Negotiator / Grievance Officer
                 ETFO Thames Valley Teacher Local

This PowerPoint Presentation is Excerpts from the
Collective Agreement.

    Please refer to the Collective Agreement for the
    complete language.
       Posted in the Thames Valley District School Board
        Employee Portal.
       Posted in the Secured Services section of the ETFO
        Thames Valley Teacher Local website.
       Each ETFO Member has received a hard copy of the
        Collective Agreement.

All members of the Union have a duty
to uphold the Collective Agreement.

Central Articles + Local Articles
                =
     Collective Agreement

Local Articles Pertaining to
          New Members
Article L2.00 – Scope and Recognition

Article L2.04
The Board recognizes the right of the Union to
represent a member at the member’s request at any
meeting with the member when the conduct or
competence of the member is being considered. The
Board or school/worksite Administrator shall notify the
member of her/his right to Union representation.

Key Central Agreement Articles

Article C2.00 - DEFINITIONS

Article C2.50
“Professional Judgement” shall be defined as judgement
that is informed by professional knowledge of curriculum
expectations, context, evidence of learning, methods of
instruction and assessment, and the criteria and
standards that indicate success in student learning. In
professional practice, judgement involves a purposeful
and systematic thinking process that evolves in terms of
accuracy and insight with ongoing reflection and self-
correction.

Key Central Agreement Articles
                           continued…

Article C10.00 DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT

(b) Teachers shall use their professional judgement as defined in
    C2.5 above. The parties agree that a teacher’s professional
    judgement is the cornerstone of assessment and evaluation.

(c) i. Boards shall provide a list of pre-approved assessment
        tools consistent with their Board improvement plan for
        student achievement and the Ministry PPM.
    ii. Teachers shall use their professional judgement to
        determine which assessment and/or evaluation tool(s)
        from the Board list of preapproved assessment tools is
        applicable, for which student(s), as well as the frequency
        and timing of the tool. In order to inform their instruction,
        teachers must utilize diagnostic assessment during the
        school year.

Local Articles Pertaining to
           New Members
Article L5.00 – Rights and Responsibilities

Article L5.02 - Just Cause
The Board agrees that none of its rights or functions will be
exercised contrary to the provisions of the Agreement. The
Board agrees that no Teacher shall be disciplined, demoted
or discharged without just cause. It is recognized that a
lesser standard of just cause (basic procedural fairness)
applies to the termination of probationary Teachers.

Article L5.03 - No Penalty For Lawful Union Activity
The Board agrees not to penalize or discriminate against any
Teacher for participating in the lawful activities of the Union.

Local Articles Pertaining to
        New Members continued…

Article L6.00 – Probationary Period

Article L6.01
A newly hired Teacher shall serve a probationary period of
ten (10) months with an extension of the period to a length
of time in month(s) for absences exceeding twenty (20)
teaching days in that ten (10) month period.

e.g., The probationary period for a Teacher absent thirty-five (35) days
      in a ten (10) month probationary period will be extended to the end
      of the eleventh (11th) teaching month provided said Teacher is in
      regular attendance during that eleventh (11th) month.

Local Articles Pertaining to
             New Members continued…
Article L7.00 – Category Definitions
Article L7.01
Any Teacher employed by the Board shall be evaluated by the Qualifications
Evaluation Council of Ontario Program (QECO).

Article L7.02
The responsibility will be on the Teacher to provide Human Resources with a
QECO Statement of Evaluation indicating category placement or movement. Newly
hired Teachers may be placed at Category A1 or Category A (Letter of Permission)
until such time as salary category documents are submitted to Human Resources.

Article L7.03 - Change in Category
 Salary Grids have September, February and August 31.

The following salary grid represents the annual salary
          rate effective September 01, 2018.

The following salary grid represents the annual salary
           rate effective February 01, 2019.

The following salary grid represents the annual salary rate
                effective August 31, 2019.

ARTICLE L17.00
         WORKING CONDITIONS

Instructional Time

Article L17.03
Effective September 1, 2005, the instructional day
shall be no more than three hundred (300) minutes.
The instructional day shall be deemed to commence
with the start of opening exercises or the start of
instruction, whichever comes first, and to end with the
students’ dismissal from school for the day exclusive
of lunch/nutrition breaks and recess break(s)

ARTICLE L17.00
             WORKING CONDITIONS
                          continued…

Preparation Time

Article L17.04
Preparation time shall be used for professional activities, as
determined by the Teacher, and shall be assigned only
during the instructional day as defined in Article L17.03.

   240 minutes per 5 day cycle or 288 per 6 day cycle
   Scheduled in blocks of at least 20 minutes
   Free of supervisory, teaching and other assigned duties
   Pro-rated as per FTE

ARTICLE L17.00
            WORKING CONDITIONS
                        continued…

Lunch Break

Article L17.05
Each Teacher shall be entitled to a scheduled interval
between classes for the lunch break of not less than forty
(40) consecutive minutes. A minimum of forty (40)
consecutive minutes of the scheduled lunch break will be
free of supervision, teaching or other duties.

ARTICLE L17.00
            WORKING CONDITIONS
                        continued…

Supervision

Article L17.06
(a) The Board shall implement the following provisions
    respecting supervision schedules: Effective on the date
    of ratification, the maxima of supervision minutes for
    elementary teachers will be 80 minutes within each
    period of five instructional days.

ARTICLE L17.00
            WORKING CONDITIONS
                        continued…

Staff Meetings

Article L17.07
Regular staff meetings shall be scheduled by the Principal
in consultation with the teaching staff and upon consensus
whenever possible.

   Each meeting shall be no more than 75 minutes in
    length.
   Teachers are expected to attend regularly scheduled
    staff meetings.
   Teachers may submit agenda items

ARTICLE L17.00
        WORKING CONDITIONS
                      continued…

Extracurricular Activities

Article L17.08
Extracurricular activities are voluntary.

ARTICLE L18.00
   MEDICAL PROCEDURES - PUPILS

Article L18.01
The Board shall not require any Teacher to administer medication
or perform any medical or physical procedure on any pupil that
might in any way endanger the safety of the pupil or subject the
Teacher to the risk of injury or liability for negligence.

Article L18.02
It shall not be part of the duties and responsibilities of a Teacher
to examine pupils for communicable conditions or diseases or to
diagnose such conditions or diseases.

ARTICLE L38.00
       GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION
              PROCEDURE
Article L38.01
A Teacher who has a complaint relating to the interpretation,
application, administration or alleged violation of the
Agreement may discuss the complaint with the Principal or
immediate Supervisor.

Step One - A Teacher desiring to submit a grievance shall, in
consultation with the Union, commit the grievance to writing.

Step Two - If no settlement is reached, the Union may
submit the grievance to arbitration within ten (10) days of
receipt of the response.

Questions?