HR Handbook

for School Administrators

Contents
◈ School Act
◈ Collective Agreements
◈ Employment Standards
◈ Teaching Quality Standards
◈ Board Policy & Admin Procedures
◈ Workers Compensation Act
◈ Occupational Health & Safety Act
◈ ATA Code of Conduct
◈ Human Rights
◈ FOIP
◈ Teaching Profession Act
◈ Labour Relations Code

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School Act
Current as of April 1, 2018

Part 1 - Students
Part 2 - Schools
Part 3 - School Boards
Part 4 - Employment

Alberta School Act: April 1, 2018

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School Act

Part 5 - Appeals
Part 6 - Finance
Part 7 - Property

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School Act

Part 8 -
Districts/Divisions/Boards
Part 9 - Francophone

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School Act

Part 10 - General
Part 11 - Transitional

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Collective Agreements

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Collective Agreements
Public Education Collective Bargaining Act (PECBA)
prescribes a three phase bargaining process:

2018 Negotiations
List Bargaining:
Completed May 2018
Central Table Bargaining:
Preparations underway
Local Bargaining:
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Follows central bargaining
Collective Agreements
Comparator Agreements
We are in year 2 - April 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019

• Government of Alberta and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees respecting the
Locals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 12
• Alberta Health Services and United Nurses of Alberta • Alberta Health Services and the
Health Sciences Association of Alberta
• Alberta Health Services and Alberta Union of Provincial Employees – Auxiliary Nursing
• Alberta Health Services and Alberta Union of Provincial Employees – General Support
Services
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Collective Agreements

Agreed to List of Central and Local Matters

Central Table Agreement

Central Agreement Clarifications

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Employment Standards Act
The Employment
Standards Acts
outlines the rules,
regulations and
compliance measures
for employers and
employees in Alberta
workplaces.
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Three Main Topics:

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 Looks at specific areas:
● Online education and
information learning sessions
● Complaints, appeals and
anonymous tips
● Enforcement
● Exceptions for specific industries
● General holidays and vacations
● Hours of work and pay
● Job-protected leaves
● Permits and variances
● Registry of employers in
contravention
● Termination of employment
● Youth employment
● Previous employment standards
code
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How it applies to schools:
● Teachers do not fall under the Employment Standards Act in Alberta.

● College instructors do fall under the Employment Standards Act

though.

● Anybody not part of the ATA would fall under the Employment
Standards Act.

● Administrators, human resources, board members, and superintendents

need to be aware that it applies to all non-teaching employees related
to the operation of the school.
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 Teaching Quality Standards
- The TQS outlines competencies with several
indicators which demonstrates illustrative
examples of competent practice.

Click below to - Provides a framework for preparation,

view the document
professional growth, supervision and evaluation
Click here to view the document
of all teachers.

- Used by administrators to evaluate new teachers

for continuous teaching contracts.

- All Alberta teachers are expected to meet the Teaching Quality

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Standard throughout their careers.
Teaching Quality Standards
New vs. Now
- More concise
- User-friendly
- Specific
- First Nations, Métis and Inuit
Education
- Teachers to continuously
enhance pedagogy in literacy
and numeracy
- Creating inclusive learning
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Teaching Quality Standards Effective September 1, 2019
Click to view: https://education.alberta.ca/media/3739620/standardsdoc-tqs-_fa-web-2018-01-17.pdf

1. Fostering Effective Relationships

2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning

3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge

4. Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments

5. Applying Foundational Knowledge about First Nations,

Métis and Inuit

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BOARD
19-25
POLICY & ADMIN PROCEDURES
100+

POLICY (noun)
a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government,
party, business, or individual.

Procedure (noun)
an established or official way of doing something.

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Policy-Major Sections
1. Governance-Role of Board, Trustees, Hearings, Meetings,
Violations
2. People- Staffing, Transfers, Students, Religion/Orientation
3. Operations- Safe & Caring, Closures, Transportation,
Funds, Calendars
School Closure Examples:
RDPSD
RDCSD (policy 13-pg 39)
WCPSD 19
BOARD POLICIES

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 Procedures-Sections

Section 100: General Administration

Section 200: Instructional Programs and Materials
Section 300: Students
Section 400: Personnel and Employee Relations
Section 500: Business Administration

WCPSD- (357) Vandalism

RDCSD- (318) Vandalism
CESD- (3-02) Vandalism
RDPSD- nothing specific to vandalism/damages- may be another manual not online.?
BOARD PROCEDURES

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 Workers
Compensation Act
The Workers Compensation Act was created to help anyone
who is injured at work to ensure that they receive the
compensation necessary be safe and healthy at work.
Specifically, it ensures that individuals injured at work receive
appropriate no-fault compensation necessary. This
compensation could include: lost income or any health related
expenses.
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Workers Compensation Act (link)
Who is not covered?
● Teachers employed by a board
or school under the School Act
● Administration employed under
the School Act
Who is covered?
● certain academic staff who are
performing duties related to
industrial education or home
economics
● all workers of a school board are
covered including clerical,
maintenance, janitorial, bus
drivers, librarians, etc.
● student teachers
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 Occupational Health
and Safety Act
The OHS Act
outlines a framework This is achieved through:
for health and safety ● Prevention of
in Alberta injuries, incidents,
workplaces to illness and disease
promote and ● Protection of
maintain the workers from
physical, potential risks
psychological, and ● Worker education
social well-being of
employees. Occupational Health and Safety Act (link) 25
What do school administrators need to
know about the Workers Compensation and
Occupational Health and Safety Acts?
● Document and record any incidents and
potential incidents thoroughly according to
district policy in a timely manner
● Ensure that you understand the acts and
your district’s policies and procedures to
ensure safety in schools
● Do not partake in any activity that you are
uncomfortable with or do not have
appropriate training for and do not ask this of
others
● Know who to contact in your district should
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ATA Code of Conduct

The Code of Professional Conduct stipulates minimum standards of

professional conduct of teachers but is not an exhaustive list of such
standards. Unless exempted by legislation, any member of The
Alberta Teachers' Association who is alleged to have violated the
standards of the profession, including the provisions of the code, may
be subject to a charge of unprofessional conduct under the bylaws of
the Association.

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 ATA Code of Conduct

In Relation to:
◈ Pupils
◈ School Authorities
◈ Colleagues
◈ The Profession

Everyone should have an idea about what is in

the Code as administrators and teachers are all
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held accountable to what is written.
What Is Unprofessional Conduct?
Unprofessional conduct is behaviour by an ATA
member that exhibits any of the following
characteristics:
● Is detrimental to the best interests of students, the
public or the teaching profession.
● Contravenes the Teaching Profession Act or the
Code of Professional Conduct.
● Has the potential to harm the standing of teachers
generally.
● Leads to a conviction on an indictable offence.
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 Human Rights

Discrimination
◈ Everyone has equal rights and cannot
be discriminated based on race,
national or ethnic origin, colour,
religion, age, sex, sexual orientation,
marital status, family status, disability
or conviction for an offence with a
pardon.

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 Human Rights

Protection of Personal Information

Good to have a copy in your office or

bookmarked for easy access if questions
arise but most of it is taken care of by
central office.
◈ Information Sheets

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Example
What you should know about the FOIP Act
FOIP

Oct. 1, 1995

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 FOIP

PES The Privacy of students and parents is protected by rules that schools must
Wolf Creek follow in the collection, use, protection and disclosure of personal information.
In regards to a school setting, the documents details:
Red Deer ● Photographs
Public ● Personal information of parents and students (cum, IPP, etc.)
● Personal information of staff and student council members
Red Deer ● Student’s names
Catholic ● Student’s marks and achievements
Notre Dame ● Former students
● Volunteers
Destiny
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Teaching Professional Act (2015)
Acts and Regulations
Education in Alberta is governed by several acts, the most important of
which are the School Act, the Teaching Profession Act and the Public
Education Collective Bargaining Act.
Each of these acts, in turn, refers to a number of regulations.

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 Teaching Professional Act (2015)
REGULATIONS
The Alberta Teachers’ Association
Membership
Government of Association
Discipline
General Provisions
Offences and Penalties

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 Labour Relations
Labour Relations Code
◈ Document containing the
◈ Rights of employees and
employers
◈ Discrimination
◈ Rights of dismissed
employees
◈ Educational Assistants
◈ Janitors (possibly)
◈ Secretaries
In relation to administration:
◈ don’t need to know
everything in the document
but know where to find it if
needed.
◈ Applies to non teaching
staff
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