School principals will benefit from the increase in teachers' salaries

Without losing a day's salary, school principals will benefit from significant salary increases due to teachers' negotiations and pressure tactics.

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Once teachers have signed their new collective agreement, school directors will hold discussions with the government about their working conditions, which will be set by regulation in the National Assembly.

The contract with teachers serves as the starting point for exchanges, which generally benefit from the gains made by their employees.

“It's not written down, but it is,” affirms Carl Oulet, president of the Quebec Association of School Administrators. “In our latest regulations, we followed what was provided to teachers in terms of salary increases, bonuses and fixed bonuses.”

At least”

According to the proposed agreement between the government and the General Front, there will be a 17.4% salary hike for teachers over five years. If the contract is accepted, a 6% increase is planned in the first year. These hikes will be 2.8%, 2.6%, 2.5% and 3.5% in subsequent years respectively.

The administration has been closely following developments in the situation in recent months, “without taking a position,” Mr. Ollette notes. “We hope to leave this alone, this is the minimum,” he said. Then we will work again on the other elements.

They will specifically argue that going to the teacher management side is not good enough, even if the school headquarters is understaffed and teacher certification is necessary. Director position.

“Teachers don't come,” laments Mr. Ollette. It's not the same conditions, it's more pressure, it's more responsibilities and more accountability of management.

Despite the strike

Although the teachers left several weeks without pay in the hope of improving their working conditions, management assures them that they have received their salaries in the meantime.

They plead that they are at work even though their establishments are closed due to the strike.

“We had work, teleworking. With the service center, things continue to work,” he explains, adding that the employees did not go on strike. Specifically, they had to give their company management, online, a sign of life once or twice a day.

In the pockets of school principals

• A school principal earns between $84,101 and $142,024, depending on the number of students and experience.
• In 2022, school principals received an average salary increase of 6.6%.
• Education institutions in Quebec have between 3000 and 3500 principals and assistant principals.