For a 1.0 FTE teacher, you should have no more than TWO duties assigned per week. This could be one supervision (ie lunch) and one on-call, or two on-calls and no supervision, or two supervisions and no on-call. They may not be on the same day. The maximum amount of on-calls you can get for the year is 24, and the maximum minutes you can spend on on-calls and supervisions combined is 1900 minutes, assigned in half-periods.

For part-time staff, your allotment of duties should be pro-rated to your FTE.

A 1.0 FTE teacher is allotted 11 sick days per year. 

After these are used up, you can access 120 Short Term Leave and Disability Plan days, which are paid at 90%. If you have any sick days leftover from the previous year, they can be used to "top up" those 90% days, 10% at a time, to make them 100% days. For example, if you have one sick day leftover from last year, after you use up your 11 sick days this year, you can take 10% of that day to make your first STLDP day 100%, and then another 10% to make your next STLDP day 100%, and so on to equal an addition 10 days paid at 100%, leaving 110 days that can be taken at 90%. You enter both sick days and STLDP days the same way, as Personal Illness or Medical Appointment in EasyConnect.

LTOs working less than the full year would have their sick days and STLDLP allotment pro-rated to the percentage of the year they work, at 1.1 sick day per month.

Some common leave days for contract teachers would include:

Personal Day: 1 per year (no reason needed)

Family Health Care Leave: 4 days to attend to health needs of family members (application for extended family health care leave available)

Bereavement: 

5 days for bereavement of: parent, step-parent, sibling, child, step-child, spouse or equivalent, ward (foster child), or fiancé(e) (plus 2 days travel time)

3 days for bereavement of: grandparent, grandchild, parent in law, child in law, sibling in law, step-sibling, guardian (plus 2 days travel time)

1 day for bereavement of: parent’s sibling, sibling’s child or close personal friend (max. 2 per year, included as part of “Miscellaneous Leaves” below)

Severe Weather: “When a Member is unable to reach the Member's place of employment from the Member's residence because of weather conditions severe enough to make it impossible for the Member to be present, there will be no pay deduction” - if weather conditions improve, Member must go to work at that time

Leave will be granted without loss of pay for a Member charged over a matter relating to teaching duties and subsequently found not guilty. 

Miscellaneous Leaves (up to 3 days total combined):

1 day for bereavement of: parent’s sibling, sibling’s child or close personal friend (max. 2 per year)

1 day for writing examination(s)

1 day for post-secondary graduation ceremonies for Member, Member’s spouse and/or children

2 days for meetings/conferences for members of Municipal council or Library Board in Waterloo Region

3 days for Indigenous teachers to vote in elections as indicated by self-governing Indigenous authority and/or for attendance at Indigenous cultural/ceremonial events

3 days for Creed Beliefs and Practices (beyond holidays already recognized as non-instructional days - must apply five days in advance via webform - exceptions may be granted but not necessarily)

Any leaves will be granted to part-time teachers on a prorated basis. 

See the Collective Agreement for details, exceptions, and further information.

Let your supervisor (Admin) know immediately. They should provide you with the necessary forms to fill out, but if not, you should:

• fill out an Employee Incident/Accident Report Form to document the incident with the Board/OSSTF

• fill out WSIB Form 6 for your own protection

• seek medical attention ASAP (even if it seems unnecessary, this could be important if symptoms persist, get worse, or do not appear right away). Let your doctor know that this injury happened at work, so they should fill out WSIB Form 8

• contact Candice Potz at OSSTF (Phone: 519-571-0331, email: d24tbuofficer@gmail.com) to inform her of your situation, and so she can help you navigate any further processes, particularly if accommodations or leaves should be considered

Please feel free to contact any of your school union reps for support on-site, advice, or clarifications at any time.