It is still unknown how the seniority will end up affecting TOCs as Ready stated that TOC seniority must have some meaningful impact but did not state how this should be done. School Boards are left to decide what effects it will have.

Vancouver has decided that it will be a tie-breaker for filling vacant positions in the case where two candidates are equally qualified. In addition, seniority accumulated will be recognized upon filling a vacant position in terms of the school and district seniority levels. (i.e., a TOC hired for a position with 90 days of "seniority" will be put on the seniority lists ahead of recently hired teachers with less than 6 months experience. 

This should not be confused with days accrued towards pay increases, as those who have worked 180 days (in 3 years), whether it was on scale or not, will be bumped up the pay scale level by one year. 

This seniority will play a minor role for TOC's until they accept their first contract with the School Board, when it may decide which continuing teachers are retained by the school at the end of a year.

Does the SEMS system call-out by seniority?

The SEMS system does not have any seniority built into it, all calls are randomly chosen from among those who have the highest ranking for that particular area.

When did Seniority start accumulating?

Regardless of your years of service with the VSB, seniority came into effect with the Ready agreement on April 1, 2006.  Any days or years worked on scale before that time are not calculated. 

Will the VSB provide TOC's with their seniority levels?

The VSB is planning on updating TOC's with their seniority levels 2-3 times a year.  As this is a new process, their are still developing a system to calculate and report on this and will likely be unavailable until later in the 2006-07 school year.

The Ready Agreement from November 2005 means that TOC's now accumulate seniority for each day worked on scale.

It is still unknown how the seniority will end up affecting TOC's as Ready stated that TOC seniority must have some meaningful impact but did not state how this should be done. School Boards are left to decide what effects it will have.

Vancouver has decided that it will be a tie-breaker for filling vacant positions in the case where two candidates are equally qualified. In addition, seniority accumulated will be recognized upon filling a vacant position in terms of the school and district seniority levels. (i.e., a TOC hired for a position with 90 days of "seniority" will be put on the seniority lists ahead of recently hired teachers with less than 6 months experience. 

This should not be confused with days accrued towards pay increases, as those who have worked 180 days (in 3 years), whether it was on scale or not, will be bumped up the pay scale level by one year. 

This seniority will play a minor role for TOC's until they accept their first contract with the School Board, when it may decide which continuing teachers are retained by the school at the end of a year.

Does the SEMS system call-out by seniority?

The SEMS system does not have any seniority built into it, all calls are randomly chosen from among those who have the highest ranking for that particular area.

When did Seniority start accumulating?

Regardless of your years of service with the VSB, seniority came into effect with the Ready agreement on April 1, 2006.  Any days or years worked on scale before that time are not calculated. 

Will the VSB provide TOC's with their seniority levels?

The VSB is planning on updating TOC's with their seniority levels 2-3 times a year.  As this is a new process, their are still developing a system to calculate and report on this and will likely be unavailable until later in the 2006-07 school year.  

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