Am I required to present a doctor's note for every three days of an absence?
For medical leaves, a doctor’s note is not required for every three (3) day or longer absence unless requested by the Superintendent or on his behalf by Employee Health Services. Requests from either of these sources should be complied with.

I teach part time. Am I required to attend functions that are scheduled on my off time?
Part-time teachers who are required by their principal to attend functions such as PD on days other than those they are regularly scheduled to teach, must be paid for those days. Other assignable time and attendance at functions on days worked must be reasonably contiguous to their work on that day.

Is participation in SchoolZone mandatory?
As was reconfirmed by Superintendant Schmidt to the Liaison Committee, participation in SchoolZone is strictly voluntary on an individual basis. That means that each individual teacher can choose to use SchoolZone or any portion of it, or not, no matter what the rest of the staff is deciding.

What are the allowed assignable duties and minutes of instruction?
As a full-time (1.0 FTE) teacher, you should not be assigned more than 1800 minutes per week of which a maximum of 1430 minutes is for the instruction of students. There is provision in the Collective Agreement to allow for semestering at the high school level. Individual high school teachers may agree to be timetabled for instructional duties which may vary in the number of minutes as long as the average does not exceed 1430 minutes for the year. This provides for the “6/8 and 8/8” instructional splits that are possible at the high school level. (Clause 13.2)
Assignable time is for instruction, supervision of students and professional activities such as inservices, staff meetings, committee work and parent/teacher interviews. Coaching, attendance at Open Houses and Meet the Teacher nights (as opposed to Parent/Teacher Interviews), and events that occur on weekends, holidays or other unusual hours are strictly voluntary and therefore cannot be assigned.
If you are uncertain how to calculate your instructional and other assigned time, please contact Teacher Welfare (780-447-9400) or the Local office (780-455-2164).

Health Spending Accounts - Which medical expenses can be claimed?
Items and services that can be claimed are dictated by Canada Revenue Agency. guidance can be found on the ASEBP website at http://www.asebp.ab.ca/docdisplay.html?EC=HLEVEL_1&EK=1959