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It's a new year and support staffing is in progress! If you are curious about the stipulations around the "classroom assistant" support staff role, you can consult the document below. It is the guide supplied by the support staff unions. 
 We've added some self-booking blocks for talking to an RTU executive assistant. Fill out the form, and an executive assistant will phone you back at the appointed time. Find it HERE.  We've also added self-serve booking for RTU visits to your school!We'll come for your lunch hour with Swag and answer any questions your staff has. You can book up to 60 days in advance, but not closer than 4 days. Find it HERE.  There are four “types” of teachers for the purposes of staffing for a new school year. The “types” of teachers are E1 - regular teachers, E2 - regular with particular status, E3 - temporary teacher, E8 - replacement. There are similarities and differences between the groups.
For all groups the general idea of category vs. workload is the same. Workloads are the specific groups or classes a teacher has. They are never selected by a teacher. A teacher’s category is a subject or grouping of subjects. Examples include; Elementary General Subjects, English Language Arts Secondary, Math and Science Secondary, Arts Specialist Elementary, Vocational Administration (Adult sector), Literacy and Pre-Secondary English (Adult sector). Categories are not grade levels. A secondary ELA teacher can be assigned any secondary grade level any given year. A teacher’s qualified category/ies affect what positions the teacher is offered. The descriptions below apply mostly to the Youth Sector. There are no E2 positions in the Adult sector. All other information is accurate to the adult and VT sector. As teachers we’re used to dealing with 2 types of year, school year and calendar year, on a regular basis. Oddly enough, many of us forget that our “yearly” salary from the collective step scale does not correspond to the fiscal year. This is of course due to our raises coming in April and, when applicable, step increases occurring in August, at the start of a new school year. Even a teacher on the top step has two different “yearly” salaries in a calendar year. Need an example? Let’s take a Step-9 teacher starting in January of 2024. All numbers are gross, before any deductions.
If we add up these 3 values $18,689 and $37,863 and $18,164 we get $74,717. You will not find $74,717 anywhere on a contract or in a collective agreement. All contracts are written for SCHOOL years, not financial years. These amounts will all vary with step level and percentage contract. But wait……there’s more! You may have received student teacher monies, oversize compensation, sick day payouts, and/or medical insurance contributions. All of these are taxable forms of income that also must be included in your gross earnings. These monies are all very particular to the specific teacher and further change the amount reported on your tax documents. The salary scale really is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to calculating your pay. The table below has sample rough calculations for every step. Find the step you were in last school year and follow that line across.  |
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