HomeMy WebLinkAboutDockrill 91-05-17 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
BETWEEN:
LOYALIST COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
- and -
ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION
GRIEVANCE OF P. DOCKRILL
BOARD OF ARBITRATION:
JANE H. DEVLIN CHAIRMAN
ROBERT J. GALLIVAN COLLEGE NOMINEE
RON COCHRANE UNION NOMINEE
Appearances for the College:
Ann E. Burke
Glennyce Sinclair
Dave Butler
Appearances for the Union:
R. Ross Wells
Harry Plummer
Pat Dockrill
OPSEU File Nos.: ~,
90C125, 90C126, 90C127, 90C128, 90C129, 90D714
Date and Location of Hearing: -~- "
February 8, 1991
Belleville, Ontario "
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The issue before the Board, as stated by the parties,
is whether the College can require a teacher to consent to attend
a scheduled curriculum review meeting in any non-teaching period
pursuant to Article 4.08 of the Collective Agreement. Article
~4008 is as follows: ....
4.08 In keeping with the professional responsibility
of the teacher, non-teaching periods are used for
activities initiated by the teacher and by the College
as part of the parties' mutual commitment to
professionalism, the quality of education and
professional development.
Such activities wii'i be undertaken by mutual consent
and agreement will not be uhreasonablY withheld.
Such activities will ~%ither be recorded 'nor scheduled
except as in accordance with Article 4.01(7)(a). ,
Also of relevance to the interPretation of Article 4.08 is a
Letter of Understanding which is appended'~'to the Collective
Agreement as well as certain provisions of Articles 4.01, 4.02
and Article 7. These are as follows:
November 28, 1989
Re Article 4.08
The parties agree that the use of the word "recorded"
in Article 4.08 is intended to permit normal administrative
correspondence rather than being used in its technical
collective agreement sense.
J. Clancy C.E. Pascal
President Chair
Ontario Public Service Ontario Council
Employees Union .... of Regents
Article 4
WORKLOAD
4.01 (1) Each teacher shall have a workload that
adheres to the provisions of this Article.
4.01 (2)(a) Total workload assigned and attributed by
the College to a teacher shall not exceed forty-four (44)
hours in any week for up to thirty-six (36) weeks in which
there are .teaching conta~'~..,hours for teachers in post- ..
secondary programs and for up to thirty-eight (38) weeks in
which there are teaching cohtact hours in the case of
teachers not in post-secondary programs.
The balance of the academic year shall be reserved
for complementary functions and professional development:
Workload factors to 5e considered are:
(i) teachTng~ontract hours
(ii) attributed hours for ~reparation
(iii) attributed hours for evaluation and
feedback
(iv) attributed hours for complementary
functions
4.01 (2)(b) A "teaching contact hour" is a College
scheduled teaching hour assigned to the teacher by the
College.
4.01 (3) Each teaching contact hour shall be assigned
as a fifty (50) minute block plus a break of up to ten (10)
minutes.
The voluntary extension of the teaching contract hour
beyond fifty (50) minutes by the teacher and any student(s)
by not taking breaks or by re-arranging breaks or by the
teacher staying after the period to consult with any
student(s) shall not constitute an additional teaching
contact hour.
4.01 (4)(a) Weekly hours for preparation shall be
attributed to the teacher in accordance with the following
formula: ~ .... ,~.
TYPE OF RATIO OF ASSIGNED TEACHING CONTACT HOURS
COURSE TO ATTRIBUTED HOURS FOR PREPARATION
New 1 : 1.10
Established A 1 : 0.85
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Established B 1 : 0.60
Repeat A 1 : 0.45
Repeat B 1 : 0.35
Special A as indicated below
Special B as indicated below
4.01 (4)(b) No more than four (4) different course
preparations or six (6) different sections shall be assigned
to a teacher in a given week except by voluntary agreement
which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
4.01 (4)(c) For purposes ~f the formula:
(i) "New" refers to the first section of a course
which the teacher is
.teaching for the first time. (This definition
does not applF to a new full-time teacher who has
previously taught the course as a partial-load,
._. sessional or part-time employee, nor to courses
designated as "Special" as defined below); or
.teaching for the first time since a major
revision of the course or curriculum has been
approved by the College.
(ii) "Established A" refers to the first section of a
course which the teacher has previously taught but not
within the previous three (3) academic years.
(iii) "Established B" refers to the first section of a
course which the teacher.has taught within the previous
three (3) academic years.
(iv) Where a non-language course is to be taught in
more than one language th~' first section taught in a second
language shall be regarded as "New" or "Established".
(v) "Repeat A" refers to another section which the
teacher is teaching concurrently with the same course for
which hours of preparation have been attributed under'"New''
or "Established", but to students in a different program or
year of study.
(vi) "Repeat B" refers to another section which the
teacher is teaching concurrently with the same course for
which hours of preparation have been attributed under "New"
or "Established" or "Repeati~ to students in the same program
and year of study.
(vii) "Special A" refers to sections of courses i~.
which students may enter oD a continuous intake basis or
courses which have been °~'ganized into'individualized self-
learning packages.
The first section of a "Special A" course which the
teacher h-as not taught before or which the teacher has not
taught within the previous ~hree (3) academic years attracts
the numerical value in "Established A" (1:0.85).
The first section of a "~pecial A" course which the
teacher has taught within the previous three (3) academic
years, attracts the numerical value in "Established B"
(1:0.60).
Repeat sections of a "Special A" course attract the
numerical value in "Repeat A" (1:0.45).
(viii) "Special B"'refers to preparation for sections
of a course in which the objectives describe the students'
application of knowledge in actual work settings.
The first section of a "Special B" course which the
teacher has not taught before or which the teacher.has not
taught within the previous three (3) academic years attracts
the numerical value in "Established A" (1:0.85).
The first section 'of a "Special B" course which the
teacher has taught within the previous three (3) academic
years, attracts the numerical value in "Established B"
(1:0.60) ..
Repeat sections of a'"'Special B" course attract the
numerical value in "Repeat B" (1:0.35).
Additional time necessary to arrange and prepare for
student placement in such learning situations shall be
attributed on an hour for hour basis and recorded on th~
Standard Workload Form (SWF), as referred to Article 4.02
below.
(ix) Hours for curriculum review or course development
assigned to a teacher on an ongoing basis, in lieu of
teaching or in a non-teaching period, shall be attributed on
an hour for hour basis and recorded on the SWF.
4.01 (5)(a) Weekly hours for evaluation and feedback in a
course shall be attributed to a teacher in accordance with
the following formula:
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RATIO OF ASSIGNED ~ACHING CONTACT HOURS TO
ATTRIBUTED HOURS FOR EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK
Essay or Project Ro~'tine or 'I~LProcess
Assisted
1:0.030 1:0.015 1:0,0092
per studen~ ~.~ p~r student per student
4.01 (5)(b) For purposes of the formula:
(i) "Essay or project evaluation and feedback" is
grading:
· essays
· essays type assignments or tests
· pro j ects; or
.student performance based on behavioral
assessments compiled by the teacher outside
teaching contact hours·
(ii) "Routine or assisted evaluation and feedback" is
grading by the teacher outside teaching contact hours of
short answer tests or other evaluative tools where
mechanical marking assistance or marking assistants are
provided.
(iii) "In-process evaluation and feedback" is
evaluation performed within the teaching contact hour.
(iv) Where a course requires more than one type of
evaluation and feedback, the teacher and the supervisor
shall agree upon a proportionate attribution of hours. If
such agreement cannot be..~.reached the College shall apply
evaluation factors in the same proportion as the weight
attached to each type of evaluation in the final grade for
the' course·
4.01 (5)(c) The number of students in a course or section
shall be determined initially by the College's planning
estimates and recorded on the Standard Workload Form (SWF)
as provided for in Article 4.02.
The number of students in a course or section shall be
reviewed after the enrolment audit dates and not later than
the completion of the course or section or, at the request
of the teacher, following the last day for withdrawal of
registration by the student(s), and revised where
appropriate.
The number of students in a continuous intake program,
course or section shall be reviewed every three (3) months
at the request of either the College or the teacher and
determined as the weighted average of the number of students
formally registered over the duration of the program, course
or section. The weighted average shall be calculated by
summing the number of formally registered students in each
week of the program, course or section and then dividing the
sum by the number of weeks in the duration of the program,
course or section.
4.0! (6) Complementary functions appropriate to the
professional role of the. teacher may be assigned to a
teacher by the College. Hours for such functions shall be
attributed on an hour for hour basis.
An allowance of a minimum of five (5) hours of ~the
forty-four (44) hour maximum weekly total workload shall be
attributed as follows:
3 hours for routine '~ut-of-class assistance
to individual students
2 hours for normal administrative tasks.
4.01 (7)(a) Where preparation, evaluation, feedback to~
students and complementary functions can be appropriately'~
performed outside the College, scheduling shall be at the
discretioh of the teacher, subject to the requirement to
meet appropriate deadlines ~stablished by the College.
4.01 (7)(b) Where there are a~ypical circumstances
affecting the workload of a teacher or group of teachers
which are not adequately reflected in this Article 4,
additional hours shall be attributed, following discussion
between each teacher individually and the supervisor, on an
hour for hour basis.
4.01 (8)(a) The College shall allow each teacher at least
ten (10) working days of professional development in each
academic year.
4.01 (8)(b) Unless otherwise agreed between the teacher and
the supervisor, the allowance of ten (10) days shall include
one period of at least five (5) consecutive~working days for
professional development.
4.01 (8)(c) The arrangements for such professional
development shall be made following discussion between the
supervisor and the teacher subject to agreement between the
supervisor and the teacher, and such agreement shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
4.01 (9) Teaching contact hours for a teacher in post-
secondary programs shall not. exceed eighteen (18) in any
week. Teaching contact hours for a teacher not in post-
secondary programs shall not e~ceed twenty (20) in any week.
4.01 (10)(a) Notwithstanding the above, overtime worked by
a teacher shall not exceed one (1) teaching contact hour in
any one week or three (3) total workload hours in any one
week and shall be voluntary.
4.01 (10)(b) Such teaching contact hour agreed to in excess
of the respective weekly .teaching contact hour maximum shatl~
be compensated at the rate of 0.1% of annual salary. Such
workload hours agreed to in excess of the forty-four (44)
hour weekly workload maximum shall be compensated at the
rate of 0.1% of annual sal'ary. Such overtime payments shall
be for the greater amounts but shall not be.pyramided.
4.01 (10)(c) All such voluntary overtime agreements, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, shall be set out in
writing on the SWF for that period by the College and filed
with the teacher and the Union Local within ten (10) days.
4.01 (10)(d) Probationary teachers shall not be assigned
teaching contact hours cr,.total workload hours in excess of
the maxima under any circumstances.
4.01 (ll)(a) Contact days (being days in which one or more
teaching contact hours are ~signed) shall n6t"~xceed one
hundred and eighty (180) contact days per academic year for
a teacher in post-secondary programs or one hundred and
ninety (190) contact days per academic year for a. teache~
not in post-secondary programs.
4.01 (ll)(b) Weekly contact hours a~signed to a teacher by
the College may be scheduled into fewer than five (5)
contact days and such compressed schedule shall be deemed
be five (5) contact days
4.01 (ll)(c) Teaching contact hours shall not exceed six
hundred and forty-eight (648) teaching contact hours per
academic year for a teacher in post-secondary programs or
seven hundred and sixty ,(760) teaching contact hours per
academic year for a teacher not in post-secondary programs.
4.01 (ll)(d) Compensation for work in excess of the maxima
set out above shall be paid by the College to the teacher on
the basis of:
(i) 1/180 or 1/190 respectively of the teacher's
annual salary for each contact day in excess
of 180 or 190 contact day annual maximum;
(ii) 0.1% of the teacher's annual salary for each
teaching contact hour in excess of the 648
or 760 teaching contact hour annual
maximum.
Such compensation s~all be for the greatest amount
and shall not by pyramided under this clause or under 4.01
(10).
4.01 (12)(a) The contact day shall not exceed eight (8)
hours from the beginning of the first assigned hour to the
end of the last assigned hour.
4.01 (12)(b) Every effort shall be made to ensure that work
will not be assigned to ~egin less than twelve (12) .hour.s
after the end of the previogs day's work assignment.
4.01 (12)(c) A teacher sha~ not normally be ~ssigned work
on calendar Saturdays or Sundays. Where a teacher is·
assigned to work on a Saturday or Sunday, the teacher shall
be credited with one and one-half (1 1/2) times the credit
hours normally give for hoqrs so assigned and attributed.
4.01 (12)(d) A teacher may agree in~..~riting to waive t~e
premium credits provided for in Article 4.01 (12)(c) above
for a specified period of time.
4.01 (13) Where a Union Local and a College agree in
writing on terms governing workload assignments at the
College, such agreements shall be binding on the College,
the Union Local and the teachers and timetables shall be
established in accordance with such local agreements.
4.02 (1)(a)(i) Prior to the establishment of a total
workload for any teacher the supervisor shall discuss the
proposed workload with the teacher and complete the Standard
Workload Form (SWF), attached as Appendix VIII, to be
provided by the College.' The supervisor shall give a copy
to the teacher not later than six (6) weeks prior to the
beginning of the period covered by the timetable excluding
holidays and vacations. ,It is recognized that if the SWF is
subsequently revised by the College, it will not be done
without prior consultation with the teacher.
4.02 (1)(a)(ii) The College may, where a change in
circumstances requires it, amend assignments provided to a
teacher after the original assignment, subject to the
teacher's right to refer any matter to~.the College Workload
Monitoring Group (Group) referred to in Article 4.02(2)~(a)·
and if necessary, the W~rkload Resolution Arbitrator (WRA-) ·
referred to in Article 4.02(5)(a) and appointed under
Article 4.02(6)(a)
4.02 (1)(b) The SWF shall include all details of the total
workload including teaching contact hours, accumulated
contact days, accumulated teaching contact hours, number of
sections, type and number of preparations, type of
evaluation/feedback required by the curriculum, class size,
attributed hours, contact days, language of instruction and
complementary functions.
4.02 (1)(f)(i) In the event of any difference arising from
the interpretation, application, administration or alleged
contravention of Article..4.01 or 4.02, a teacher shall
discuss such difference as a complaint with the teacher's
immediate supervisor. The discussion shall take place
within fourteen (14) days after the circumstances giving
rise to the complaint have~occurred or have come or ought
reasonably to have come to the attention of the teacher in
order to give the immediate supervisor an opportunity of
adjusting the complaint. ~'~The discussion shall be between
the teacher and the immediate supervisor unless mutually.
agreed to have other persons in attendance. The immediate .
supervisor's response to the complaint shall be given within
seven (7)-days after discussion with the teacher.
Failing settlement of ~uch a complaint, a teacher may
refer the complaint, in writing, to the Group within seven
(7) days of receipt of the immediate supervisor's reply.
The complaint shall then follow the procedures
outlined in Articles 4.02(2) through 4.02(6).
4.02 l(f)(ii) Grievances arising with respect to Article 4,
other than Articles 4.01 and 4.02 shall be handled in
accordance with the grievance procedure set out in Article
11.
~r~icle 7
MANAGEMEN~ FUNCTIONS
7.01 It is the exclusive function of the Colleges to:
(a) maintain order; discipline, and efficiency;
(b) hire, discharge, transfer, classify, assign,
appoint, promote, demote, lay off, recall
'and suspend or.'otherwise discipline employees"
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subject to the.right to lodge a grievance in the
manner and to the extent provided in this
Agreement;
(c) to manage the ~ollege, and without restricting the
generality of the foregoing, the right to plan,
direct and control operations, facilities,
programs, courses, systems~ and procedures, direct
its personnel, d~termine complement, organization,
methods and the number, location and
classification of personnel required from time to
time, the number and location of campuses and
facilities, s~ices to be performed, the
scheduling of assignments and work, the extension,
limitation, curtailment, or cessation of
operations and all other rights and
responsibilities ruDt specifically modified
elsewhere in this Agreement.
7.02 The Colleges agree.that ~hese functions will be
exercised in a manner consistent with the provisions of this
Agreement.
The meetings which are the subject of the present
grievance took place on May 30 and 31, 1990 and involved
curriculum review in the Nursing Program. There is no dispute
that the hours spent in attendance at these meetings were not
recorded on a Standard Workload Form ("SWF").
By way of background, there are a number of ways in
which curriculum is developed~iand reviewed in the Nursing ..
Program. Firstly, during the teaching portion of the academic
year, teachers in the each year 5f the Program meet~0n a weekly
basis to discuss developments in curriculum. These meetings ..
generally last for one to.one.a~d one half. hours. Issues which
arise during these meetings may then be r~ferred to the Steering
Committee which is comprised of teachers in the Program as well
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as the Dean of the Department who sits as an ex officio member of
the Committee. The Steering Committee meets every two to three
Weeks and considers matters referred by the faculty in each year'
of the Program as well as other issues relating to curriculum
which arise independently. The Steering Committee then makes
recommendations to the Faculty Curriculum Committee which deals
with curriculum for the Nursi~ng Program as a whole. This
Committee, which is comprised of_all teachers in the Nursing
Program who are nurses, meets as~required based up~no, the
recommendations of the Steering Committee. From the CoTlege's
point of vieW, the teachers' participation in the FacUlty
Curriculum Committee is necessary to ensure, the continued quality
of the Nursing Program.
In the 1988/89 academic year, the Faculty Curriculum
Committee met in May of 1989 for seven days. In the 1989/90
academic year, the Committee met on December 18, 1989 for a
period of one hour. The parties agreed that in that particular
year, the meeting took place during a teaching week because
additional teaching time was required to make up for time lost
during a strike which took place in the fall of 1989. Had the
strike not occurred, the meeting would have taken place during a
non-teaching period. The Faculty Curriculum Committee also met
on May 28, 30 and 31, 1990. The meetings on May 30 and 31, 1990
are the meetings which gave r~se to the grievance of Ms.
Dockrill.
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It was the submission'~'6f Mr. Wells, on behalf Of the
Union, that workload must be assigned in accordance with the
provisions of Article 4.01 of the Collective Agreement. In"this
regard, Article 4.01(2)(a) establishes the total workload which
may.be assigned during a ~pecified number of weeks in which there
are teaching contact hours. This Article further provides that
the balance of the academic year shall be reserved for
complementary functions and professional development. Mr. Wells
submitted that hours spent on curriculum review do not constitute
either a complementary functi6n or professional development.
Instead, it was contended that such hours are included in
"attributed hours for preparation", one of the workload factors
set out in Article 4.01(2)(a). In this regard, Mr. Wells
referred to Article 4.01(4)(c)~(ix) which is contained in Article
4.01(4) which specifies the manner in which attributed hours for
preparation are to be calculated. According to Mr. Wells,
Article 4.01(4)(c)(ix) pro'vide~,.that hours assigned to a teacher
f6r curriculum review must be attributed on an hour for hour
basis and recorded on a SWF where such hours are assigned either
(1) on an ongoing basis; (2) in ~ieu of teaching or (3) in a non-
teaching period.
In contrast to Article 4.01, Mr. Wells submitted that
Article 4.08 addresses activities which are to take place during
the non-teaching portion of the academic year and which are not
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to be recorded on a SWF. Accordingly, it was contended that
Article 4.08 cannot apply to curriculum review aSsigned inca non-
teaching period as this must be recorded on a SWF in accordance
with Article 4.01. Mr. Wells further submitted that Article 4.08
is intended to apply to independent projects undertaken by the
te'acher and the College and not to scheduled meetings of a
faculty committee such as occurred in this case. In the result,
it was sUbmitted that the College~.cannot require a teacher to
consent to attend a scheduled meeting of the Faculty Curriculum
Committee pursuant to Article 4.08 of the Collective Agreement.
It was the submission of Ms, Burke, on behalf of the
College, that Article 4.01 of the Collective Agreement provides
for the calculation of total workload which may be assigned to a
teacher during a specified number of weeks in which there are
teaching con~act hours. Ms. Burke pointed out that the factors
which comprise workload are set out in Article 4.01(2) and
include "attributed hours forcomplementary functions". Article
4.01(6) then provides that complementary functions appropriate to
the'role of a teacher which ar~'~ssigned by the College are t0 be
attributed on an hour for hour basis. The Article further
provides for an allowance of a minimum of 5 hours of the maXimum
weekly total workload to be attributed to specified complementary
functions. ~ ~"
In this case, it was submitted that meetings of the
faculty in each year of the Nursing Program and meetings of the
Steering Committee which were devoted to curriculum development
and review were properly recorded on a SWF as complementary
functions. Ms. Burke suggested, however, that there was no
obligation to record meetings of the Faculty Curriculum Committee
as these were not scheduled on an ongoing basis. In this regard,
Ms. Burke submitted that Article 4.01(4)(c)(ix) requires that
curriculum review be recorded on a SWF only where it is assigned
on an ongoing basis, whether in lieu of teaching ~or in a non-
teaching period.
Ms. Burke contended that Article 4.08 is the only
Article which dealS explicitly..with activities which are~to take
place in the non-teaching portio~ of the academic year. This
Article recognizes the professional status of a teacher and
contemplates that activities initiated by the College and the.~
teaCher will be undertaken with~mutual consent which may not ~be
unreasonably be withheld. It was further'"submitted that
activities undertaken pursuant to Article 4.08 are not to be
recorded on a SWF. In this case, Ms. Burke contended that
meetings of the Faculty Curriculum Committee which were held
during a non-teaching period Were necessary to maintain the
quality of education in the Nursing Program and, as a result, the
College could properly require a teacher to consent to attend
such meetings pursuant to Article 4.08.
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Article 4.08 of the Coi'lective Agreement, which is in
issue in this case, provides that in keeping with the
professional responsibility of a teacher, non-teaching period~
are.to be Used for activi~ies~in~tiated by the teacher and by~ the
College as part of the parties' mutual commitment to
professionalism, the quality of education and professional
development. The Article further provides that such activities
will be undertaken with mutual consent and that agreement shall
not be unreasonably withheld.' Finally, activities undertaken
pursuant to Article 4.08 are not to be recorded or scheduled
except in accordance with Article 4.01(7)(a). In this case,
there was no issue with respect to scheduling and, as the Letter
of Understanding appended to the Collective Agreement makes
clear, although normal administrative correspondence is
permitted, there is to be no re~ording ina "technical collective
agreement sense".
There was no dispute about the Board's jurisdiction to
determine whether the College violated Article 4.08 and as
Article 4.02(1)(f)(ii) makes clear, grievances arising under
Article 4, other than grievances under Article 4.01 and 4.02, are
to be handled in accordance with the grievance procedure set out
in Article 11. It was pursuant to this procedure that the Board
of Arbitration was constituted in this case.
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While the Board recognizes that differences with regard
to Articles 4.01 and 4.02 are to be dealt with by a Workload
Resolution Arbitrator in accordance with the procedure set out in
Article 4.02, Article 4.08, in respect of which this Board has
jurisdiction, is framed in broad terms. Accordingly, it is
necessary to consider Article 4.08 in context and to have
reference to other provisions of Article 4 and, in particular,
Article 4.01. This Article sgts out the procedure to be followed
in the assignment of workload and establishes the total workload
which may be assigned during a specified number of weeks in which
there are teaching contact hours. The Article further provides
that the balance of the academ~'~ year is to'~be reserved for
complementary functions and professional development. The
workload factors are then set out in Article 4.01(2)(a) and these
factors consist of (i) teaching ~0ntact hours; (ii) attributed
hours for preparation; (iii) attributed hours for evaluation and
feedback and (iv) attributed hours for complementary functions.
The attribution of weekly hours for preparation is
dealt with in Article 4.01(4) and Article 4.01(4)(c)(ix) provides
that hours for curriculum review or course development assigned
by the College to a teacher on an ongoing basis, .in lieu of
teaching or in a non-teaching period, shall be attributed on an
hour for hour basis and recorded on a SWF. Given the language
and structure of Article 4.01(.4)(c)(ix), the Board finds that it
is..only when curriculum revie~'~.i.s assigned on an ongoing~basis,
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whether in lieu of teaching or ir~-a non-teaching period, that it
is to be recorded on a SWF and included in attributed hours for
preparation in accordance with. this Article.
In this case, meetings of the Faculty Curriculum
Committee were held on December 18, 1989 and on May 28, 30 and
31, 1990. In these circumstances, we cannot conclude that the
'assignment of curriculum revieW'was made on an "ongoing" or
continuous basis as required by Article 4.01(4)(c)(ix) of the
Collective Agreement. The fact that the meetings of the Faculty
Curriculum Committee are not encompassed by this Article,
however, does not automatically lead to the conclusion that these
meetings are governed by Article_4.08
Article 4.01(6) of the Agreement provides ~hat
complementary functions appropriate to the professional role of a
teacher may be assigned by the College and .shall be attributed on
an hour for hour basis. This aspect of Article 4.01(6) is not
restricted to assignments made.during the teaching portion of the
academic year and, in the Board's view, encompasses curriculum
review assigned during the non-teaching period, other than that
which is assigned on an ongoing basis as provided in Article
4.01(4)(c)(ix). In this regard, the Board finds that curriculum
review is a function which is appropriate to the professional
role of a teacher which is "assigned" by the College rather than
an aCtivity initiated by the teacher and by the College within
the meaning of Article 4.08. Although, as a practical matter,
teachers may be involved in the scheduling of meetings of the
Faculty Curriculum Committee, nevertheless, it is clear that the
College requires teachers to ~participate in such meetings. The
Board finds, therefore, that curriculum review is properly
described as an assigned functio~ and we note that this is also
consistent with the language of Article 4.01(4)(c)(ix)'in which
the .parties have specifically rgferred to curriculum review being
"assigned" by the College. ~ ....
In the result, the Board must answer the question posed
by the parties in the negative. The Board finds that the College
cannot require a teacher to consent to attend a scheduled
curriculum review meeting in any non-teaching period pursuant to
Article 4.08 of the Collective Agreement. In the Board's view,
curriculum review is a matter of workload within Article 4.01 of
the Agreement. Accordingly, any dispute in this regard must be
dealt with by a Workload Resolution Arbitrator and is beyond the
jurisdiction of this Board.
DATED AT TORONTO, this 7th day of May, 1991.
Chairman
Se~' Addendum Attached
College Nominee
"Ron Cochrane"
Union Nominee
ADDENDUM OF R. J. GALLIVAN
I agree that the grievance should be dismissed because
it is a workload matter over which thi~'Board lacks jurisdiction. Having
come to that conclusion I can agree therefore with neither the appropriateness
nor the correctness of the Chairman's interpretation ~f Article 4.01(6). Read
in context, that Article deals only,~with the calculation of attributed hours"
for complementary functions which are to be included on an employee's SWF,
that is, duties to be performed during the teaching period or the thirty-six
weeks in which there are contact hours (see Article 4.01(2)(a)). I am
reinforced in this view by Article 4.01(4)(C)(ix) which excludes curriculum
review frombeing SWF'd as an assigned function when it is not of an ongoing
nature. It follows that curriculum review meetings which are not of a nature
to be SWF'd are not subject to 4.01(6). They are left to fall under 4.08
and as such becOme subject to the College's right reasonably to require
attendance. Otherwise there is no logic in distinguishing between ongoing
assigned functions and those which are not ongoing.