LCSD Teachers Have Many Additional Benefits!
Personal Wellness Day
The Director of Education may grant leave for one Personal Wellness Day to attend appointments or address personal matters without loss of salary for events occurring within one school year. *
Flex Day
The Director of Education may grant leave for Flex time to a maximum of three days to address personal matters with substitute pay deducted from the teacher’s salary. *
Remuneration for Noon Hour Supervision
In lieu of remuneration for noon hour supervision, each full-time teacher shall be granted three days personal leave (with pay) per school year or may be reimbursed for unused days at the substitute rate. *
Exemplary Service Day
The Board of Education grants all teaching and administrative personnel a day in recognition of exemplary service. This day shall is scheduled in the annual school year calendar on the Friday prior to Family Day to create a four-day long weekend!
Annual Calendar
As many teachers are from elsewhere, the LCSD annual calendar provides the potential for teachers to combine benefit days off with two long weekends in October and May, a four-day long weekend in February and a five-day extra long weekend in November!
Bursaries
A bursary for tuition fees, to a maximum of $800.00 per year, shall be granted for university classes or courses related to the current teaching assignment. *
Recruitment and Retention Grants
Bursaries are available for certain areas of need in our school division. Please search for more details in the Employment section of our website.
Retirement Flexibility
New teachers to our division have the ability to choose between the Alberta or Saskatchewan retirement plans.
Laptops
All teachers working for LCSD are provided a new high quality laptop!
Smartboards
All LCSD teachers have Smartboards in their classroom (or access to these technologies if they are not a classroom teacher) and cutting edge educational technology!
Professional Learning Center
Teachers have a special space to learn, experiment with new technologies, learn via face to face or video- conferencing and receive support from our Coordinator of Learning Resources in the beautiful new LCSD Professional Learning Center!
*Subject to conditions of AP 450, LINC.
