H. Pensions
1. General
A teacher’s pension is an earned right to be exercised after specified conditions of length of service have been met.
A teacher’s pension should be sufficient to allow the teacher to live in dignity and in a manner closely approximating that to which the teacher was accustomed.
Teacher pensions should be provided […]
G. Pre-Retirement Counselling
1. The NLTA will make provision for an ongoing program of pre-retirement counselling through the involvement of Program and Services staff in branch workshops, branch meetings, and small group sessions as requested. Elements of programs and services relating to retirement planning will be communicated through the use of the NLTA Bulletin, Infosheets, and […]
F. Legal Assistance
1. The basic aim of legal assistance is to render professional or legal service to NLTA members. [Nov/28/14]
2. Procedure
a) All requests for legal assistance must be made to administrative staff in Programs and Services at the NLTA Office.
b) Following appropriate investigation of the facts of each case by the administrative staff […]
E. Group Insurance
The NLTA shall provide a group insurance plan consisting of life, accidental death and dismemberment, health, dental, critical illness, long-term disability and out-of-province medical insurance to all members who qualify under the eligibility guidelines.
The NLTA Group Insurance Plan shall be administered by a Board of Managers appointed by the Provincial Executive. Teachers […]
D. Grievance and Arbitration Cases
1. The NLTA office advices members not to resign under pressure, but to contact the NLTA office. Procedures governing the appointment and dismissal of teachers, and grievance and arbitration procedures available to all members are contained in the Collective Agreement. [Nov/27/08] [JC Feb/09]
2. a) Following appropriate investigation of each case […]
C. Contracts with School Boards
Teachers are advised not to sign contracts with any school board until these contracts have first been approved by the NLTA.
Every teacher shall sign an individual contract with the school board which operates the school in which they work. [Nov/27/08] [JC Feb/09]
All individual teacher contracts should […]
B. Job Actions
1. Job Actions by Teachers
The Newfoundland Teacher (Collective Bargaining) Act, 1973, outlines under Section 31 conditions precedent to certain actions, namely, with reference to the Association, the sequence of events which must transpire before a job action can be implemented. (For a detailed statement of procedure and policy to be followed in the […]
A. Collective Bargaining
1. Bargaining Agent
The NLTA is the appropriate bargaining agent for all teachers, as defined in Paragraph v of Section 2 of the Schools Act, 1997, who are employed with a school board or private school in Newfoundland and Labrador and/or who are employed by any agency or department of government. [Nov/28/14]
2. Bargaining […]
T. Formation and Operation of School Councils
The NLTA believes that school-based decision making can be an avenue for teacher empowerment and a mechanism for cooperative partnerships in education, both of which will enhance the possibilities of an improved learning environment.
The NLTA supports the concept of school councils as a mechanism for the realization of […]
S. Technology in Education
The NLTA supports the use of technology as an instructional tool for teachers.
The NLTA should be represented at all decision-making levels regarding the application of technology for education.
The essence of teaching is a personal, pedagogical relationship between teacher and student which cannot be replaced by technology.
Decisions regarding the use […]
