2026-27 Job Share Application Information for Teachers

In our recent local bargaining round, the district agreed to a 1-year trial of job shares in secondary for the 2026-2027 school year with some restrictions:

• Only 1 job share team per school will be allowed.
• Job shares can only be on a 40/60 basis (2 days a week and 3 days a week).
• Teachers are responsible to find their own job share partner
• The job share team must apply to Employee Services by March 15 in order to be considered for approval.

The application must include a proposal for the following:

• The schedule/timetable of each partner, and
• The percentage of assignment applicable to each partner, and
• The division of responsibilities
  1. The method of planning between the partners to ensure continuity of instruction and consistency in the classroom, and
  2. The method of communicating to students and parents about instructional planning and student evaluation

Applications will be considered based on their commitment to collaborative practice, and operational and educational needs including consideration of programs and student needs and their job share team’s proposal.

Once a job share is approved, it must be fulfilled for the school year.

If one teacher is absent, the other teacher has the “first right of refusal” to TTOC for those days.  Each job share partner may TTOC on their off days.

Expectations of the job share team are:

1. If a staff meeting is on a non-working day, the teacher is expected to update themselves on the relevant information from the staff meeting.
2. Both partners will attend parent/teacher conferences.

If you have questions regarding this job share trial, please contact Carmen@vsta.ca

In Solidarity,
Carmen, Carl, and John