School Work Year. 1. The regular work year for teachers shall be all days in session commencing the Tuesday following Labour Day and ending the last Friday in June excluding Saturdays and Sundays, Statutory Holidays, Christmas Break and Spring Break. a. The first day of Christmas Break shall be the Monday preceding December 26. School shall re-open on the Monday following January 1 except when January 1 is a Sunday and school shall re-open on the following Tuesday. b. The first day of Spring Break shall be the third Monday in March and school shall re-open the fourth Monday in March. If the fourth Monday in March is Easter Monday, school shall re-open on the Wednesday following Easter Monday. 2. The regular work year for teachers shall include: a. a minimum of five (5) non-instructional days (pursuant to Article F.21) to be used for teacher professional or staff development activities: i. Non-instructional days shall be considered as instructional days for salary purposes. ii. Where an Administrative Officer or District Administrator requests a teacher to take part in professional development activities during the school holidays, and the request is agreed to, the teacher will be compensated with an equivalent amount of time off on the non-instructional days in the following year.
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Sources: Provincial and Local Matters Agreement, Provincial and Local Matters Agreement