Collective Bargaining updated February 06, 2012
Article 13.10: Procedure
A procedure for Article 13.10 (removal from OT list) which became effective April 15th, 2011 was agreed to by both parties. Please review the procedure by clicking here.
It is imperative that you continue to document refusals, declines, cancellations, etc. (date, school, F or H day, teacher, grade, and reason(s) in case the Board requests your reasonable grounds. If you are unable to work, please make yourself “unavailable” so that the system does not take the time to call you needlessly.
Employee Workplace Conduct (Including Workplace Harassment)
GAP 305 details the board policies for employee workplace conduct. It applies
to OTs. You must be aware of these policies and comply with them.
Read GAP 305 here.
GAP 542 - DO NOT use cellphones, PEDs during class time
It was brought to the Association's attention that occasional teachers are using their cell phones during instructional, class time thereby violating one of the Board's Procedures, GAP 542. Occasional teachers are not to use their Personal Electronic Device (PED) such as cell phones, blackberry, laptops, etc. during class time. If necessary, use your PED during recess, lunch or planning time when students are NOT present.
Read the board regulation, GAP 543
Important wage restraint information on OECTA website
James Ryan, president of the OECTA, shares important information on the
government’s proposed wage restraint legislation in an online video message to
OECTA members posted at www.oecta.on.ca in the Members’ Centre.
OECTA has been invited to participate in a consultation process with the
government on the proposed legislation, from September 20 to October 1.
To access the information in the Members’ Centre, members must create an account
to login. On the home page of the website, click on the red link located at the
top right called Create an Account. If you have any problems creating an
account, send an email to contact@oecta.on.ca for assistance.
Once logged in, members will find these OECTA’s wage restraint resources:
• a video message from James Ryan, OECTA president,
• OECTA’s news release issued in July following the Minister’s announcement,
• links to government source material and FAQs on the consultation process,
• a link to the Ontario budget where proposed wage restraint legislation was
announced, and
• media reports, providing a broad range of news and editorial views from
teachers, media, government, the education sector and public.
The Members’ Centre on OECTA’s website, www.oecta.on.ca will be updated
regularly to keep members informed about the proposed wage restraint legislation
and ongoing progress in the talks with the government.
Contract Clauses in effect September 2011
Effective September 1, 2011 the daily rate of pay is $ 227.42. ( Article 14.02)
To remain on the O.T. List, you must teach the equivalent of at least seven (7) full days every five (5) months throughout the school year of 2011-2012. Retirees must teach the equivalent of at least fourteen (14) full days in 2011-2012. (LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #5)
Distribution of the Occasional Teachers' New Collective Agreement
If you have not received a printed copy of your new collective agreement, please contact Ertha D'Anna at Employee Relations Dept. at the Board office.
A pdf file of the agreement is available. Read the 2008 - 2012 Collective Agreement.
Were you interviewed for the L.T.O. position?
In our new contract, if the L.T.O. is not pre-filled, the Board is to interview candidates, and more than 50% of the candidates must be from the OT List.
Please inform the Dufferin-Peel Occasional Teachers' Bargaining Unit (OTBU) office of any LTO position you apply for. OT's must be interviewed according to the criteria in 16.02 (b) of the new Collective Agreement.
Include the posting #, closing date, were you interviewed
(Yes/No), who interviewed you, and if you know, how many applicants
were interviewed.
This could help confirm compliance with the section 16.02(b) of the new
C.A.
Read section 16.02 (b) if the Collective Agreement
Inactive Status
Please note the change in policy and procedure:
As of December lst, 2008 only OTs who are unavailable to work due to illness, maternity, paternity, adoption, or compassionate care (Article 13.06) will be placed on the inactive status. OTs doing LTOs with another board will NO longer be placed on the inactive list.
OTs who are unavailable to work due to vacation trip or brief illness will no longer be required to notify the board in writing, unless its for the entire school year. Please make sure that you make yourself unavailable on WebTracs, thereby preventing the system from calling you. Should you go away on holidays, please ensure you check off the box so the system will NOT call you for future jobs during this time. Also, don't forget you must comply with Letter of Understanding #5 (OTs must work 4 full days between Sept. to Jan. (5 months) and 4 full days between Feb. and June (5 months) OR retirees must work 8 full days for 2009-2010 school year) in order to remain on the O.T. List.
Highlights of the 2008-2012 Collective Agreement
• Information contained in the pink “Atlas” will be available
on the Board’s website.
• a written request must be made annually no later than June 30th of
the previous school year in order to receive a paper copy of the Atlas
(Article 7.03).
• Capping of OT List (Article 13.05).
• Board to provide “Summary Rationale for Available Certified
Occasional Teachers – Not Used” report made monthly (Article 13.08).
• Pay increase for daily occasional teachers (97% of the Teachers Grid
Level 4 A1 0 years experience) (Article 14.02).
• OTs at the same school in the a.m. and p.m. who replace more than one
teacher will be paid the daily rate for a full day, and shall only be
assigned the supervision duties of 1 teacher. (Article 14.03)
• OTs who replace a teacher, or more than 1 teacher, in the secondary
schools in a day shall not be assigned more than 3.5 periods, including
duties. (Article 14.03 & Article 15.02 b)
• OTs shall not knowingly accept any assignment(s) for which they are
unable to completely fulfill the duties. (Article 14.03)
• OTs shall be in the classroom 15 minutes prior to the start of the
school day and 5 minutes prior to the start of the afternoon, except
when on supervision duty.
• LTO vacancies will be filled by members who are recommended by the
Principal, otherwise the Principal will be required to interview, with
at least 50% being Bargaining Unit members. The Board will
electronically track the compliance if member applied through Board
website. (Article 16.02)
• To remain on the OT List, an OT must teach 4 full days every 5 months
(Sept. to Jan. and Feb. to June) in 2009-2010 and retirees must teach 8
full days from September to end of June in the year. (Letter of
Understanding #5)
Read the details in this summary.
Read the 2008 - 2012 Collective Agreement
Collective Agreement
The Collective Agreement (C.A.) forms the basis of your
employment and outlines your working conditions with the Dufferin-Peel
Catholic District School Board. A copy of the current collective
agreement should be provided to you by the Board. It is highly
recommended that you familiarize yourself with the collective agreement
as it is one of the most important documents for an occasional teacher.
When the Board violates the C.A., the Association takes action. The
Association expects all members to abide by their C.A. which has been
negotiated in the best interest of all members. To ensure the C.A. is
maintained, the Executive needs you, our members, to know what is in
the C.A., and to be our eyes and ears, as you are the ones in the
schools every day.
Know your rights! Stand up for your rights! Our agreement is only as
strong as we make it.
Knowing your Collective Agreement:
The following is only a summary of some important articles in your C.A. It is highly recommended that you familiarize yourself with all articles in the agreement. Should you need further clarification and/or information, members are encouraged to contact the Dufferin-Peel OTBU's office.
Article 1.01 c) - definitions - teacher, LTO and "casual" daily OT
Article 3.04 - Just cause
Article 3.05 - Board receives complaint about OT
Article 3.06 - If OT is suspended from Occasional Teachers List
Article 7.03 - Board to communicate information to OTs via Board website or a written request must be made annually no later than June 30th of the previous school year in order to receive a paper copy of the Atlas
Article 10 - Grievance procedure
Article 11 - Arbitration procedure
Article 12.01 - OT Access to Personnel File
Article 13.02 - OT must be in good standing with College of Teachers to remain on O. T. List
Article 13.03 b) - Changes OT Profile
Article 13.05 - Capping of OT List & Tracs call out according to A/B Lists
Article 13.09 - offers the OT an opportunity to provide reasonable grounds for refusal/decline.
You are encouraged to make yourself 'unavailable' should you be unable or unwilling to work on any particular day or for a period of time. This will prevent you from having to 'decline' jobs, as well as, accumulating 'unanswered calls'.
Article 13.10 - Occasional Teacher who
refuses three (3) or more assignments or who cannot be contacted for
assignments during a period of twenty (20) school days will be removed
from the OT List. It is imperative that you document and keep a detailed log each
time you decline a job. See NEW PROCEDURE as of March 9th, 2011.
Keep your OTBUnit
office informed on this matter as it is being monitored.
Article 14.01 - Method of Payment
Article 14.02 - OT Daily Rate
Article 14.03 - Half Day Assignments
Article 15.01 - OT Arrives at School and job was cancelled or not available
Article 15.02 - OT workload a) elementary b) secondary
Article 15.03 - Continuous uninterrupted 40 minute lunch period
Article 15.04 - Half Day Assignments and Lunch Hour Supervision
Article 15.05 - Half Day Assignment in Secondary Schools - NO more than 2 periods!
Article 15.06 - OTs must be in the classroom to receive students 15 minutes prior 1st class of the day and 5 minutes prior to afternoon class
Article 16.02 - LTO posting and hiring
Article 16 - LTO information (postings, salary, benefits, sick days (credits), early termination, etc)
Article 17.01 - Emergency Leave (moving, graduation, exam, etc)
Article 17.02 - Bereavement Leave for death in family
Article 17.03 - Jury Duty/Subpoena
Article 19.01 - Professional Development
Letter of Understanding #2 - Benefits for Daily OTs
Letter of Understanding #5 - OTs must work a minimum # of days to remain on the list
Letter of Understanding #6 - Harassment
Letter of Understanding #7 - Balanced Day Schools
Letter of Understanding #8 - WebTracs and call out of assignments
Letter of Understanding #9 - Emergency Procedures
Letter of Intent #1 - LTO Evaluation
Letter of Intent #2 - Criminal Reference Checks/Offence Declarations
Letter of Intent #3 - OT not responsible for before school duty on the 1st day, if not included on Tracs
Your Dufferin-Peel File
Did you know that the Board keeps a personnel file on you and that file is
kept in the Human Resources Department at the Board office? You have the right
to know what is in your file (Article 12.01 of the Collective Agreement). The
OTBUnit recommends that every 2 or 3
years you make an appointment with Human Resources to go in and review
the materials in it.
If you find something that you did not know about,
ask for a copy and contact the Dufferin-Peel OTBU's office immediately.
Secondary OTs
If Secondary OTs are assigned more than 3.5 periods for a full day (Article 15.02 b), please bring it to the administrator's attention. Should the administrator be insistent, do not argue, do as you are instructed and send me your daily assignment sheets (make sure the date, school and Job # appear on the sheet) along with an explanatory note. Please send them to Jean Smylie, c/o Dufferin-Peel Occasional Teachers' Bargaining Unit by courier.
QECO
Evaluation Statement Deadline
Occasional Teachers doing LTO Assignments are reminded to
promptly submit their QECO evaluation certificate
to the Board in order to be paid at the proper grid category. This
must be done prior to the end of the LTO Assignment in order to be paid
retroactively to the first day of the LTO.
Article 16.06 e) of the Collective Agreement states, "It shall be the
responsibility of the Long Term Occasional Teacher to provide the Board
with her/his Qualifications Rating Statement and any supporting
documents no later than the end of the assignment."
Check
the QECO web pages here.