Section 10: Special Allowances

  • 10.1 For the purpose of this section, a special allowance is an amount of money over and above the regular salary paid to a Teacher in a Division office-based role or assignment.
  • 10.2 A PSTA member who holds a position of Coordinator shall receive the Coordinator Allowance prorated to their Coordinator FTE.
  • 10.3 The Coordinator Allowance will be based on the principal allowance, as recognized in the teacher Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement. The number of teachers recognized to calculate the allowance will equal the total number of schools in PSSD.
    • 10.3.1 At no time will the Coordinator Allowance be less than a Principal’s allowance of the largest PSSD school.
  • 10.4 A PSTA member who holds a position of Supervisor shall receive the Coordinator Allowance plus an additional twenty percent (20%) of the Coordinator Allowance.
  • 10.5 In order to address the recruitment and retention of speech and language pathologists and registered psychologists (provisional) an allowance will be provided based on the following:
    • 10.5.1 The allowance will be based on the member’s placement on the salary schedule for teachers in the teacher Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement.
    • 10.5.2 For the first year of employment an allowance of 6% will be provided.
    • 10.5.3 For the second year and beyond an allowance of 10% will be provided.
  • 10.6 In order to address the recruitment and retention of registered psychologists, an allowance will be provided based on the following:
    • 10.6.1 The allowance will be based on the member’s placement on the salary schedule for teachers in the teacher Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement.
    • 10.6.2 For the first year of employment an allowance of 11% will be provided.
    • 10.6.3 For the second year, and beyond an allowance of 15% will be provided.
  • 10.7 A PSTA member who holds a position of Consultant will receive a Consultant Allowance of 10% based on the member’s placement on the salary schedule for teachers in the teacher Provincial Collective Bargaining Agreement prorated to their Consultant FTE.