Contents
Introduction
This section provides an overview of the Priority Ranking for NWTTA positions, particularly as it relates to staffing activities.
Definitions
- Indigenous Employment Policy: The Cabinet directive that supports the GNWT’s commitment to a competent Public Service that is representative of the population it serves. (See Indigenous Employment Policy.)
- Deputy Head: The Senior Public Service employee of a Government Department, Board, or Agency. For Divisional Education Councils, the Deputy Head is the Director/Superintendent. For the Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Board, the Deputy Head is the Chief Executive Officer.
- Divisional Education Councils (DEC): Represent six (6) of the education jurisdictions within the Northwest Territories.
- Stage One Priority (S1P): Indigenous peoples who are recognized members and descendants of a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit people indigenous to the present boundaries of the Northwest Territories.
- Stage Two Priority (S2P): Indigenous peoples who are recognized members and descendants of a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit people indigenous to areas of Canada, outside of the present boundaries of the Northwest Territories.
- Lay-Off Teachers: NWTTA Staff Members who have received official lay-off notice and have staffing priority.
- Non-NWT Resident Teacher: Non-NWT residents eligible to teach in the NWT.
- NWT Resident Teacher: NWT residents not currently employed by the GNWT and eligible to teach in the NWT.
- Reassignment: A change in assigned duties and responsibilities, possibly including relocation within a school or community, at the discretion of the Deputy Head or designate.
- Resident: Candidates who have lived in the Northwest Territories for one year or more immediately prior to applying for a competition.
- Selection Committee: May include a Divisional Education Council or school manager, a Human Resources Representative, and a representative from the local governing body (i.e., District Education Authority). A technical expert or community representative may be included in an advisory capacity.
- Teachers on Approved Leave: NWTTA Staff Members returning from approved leave under Section 37(3) of the Public Service Act who are entitled to a position upon return.
- Transfer: The relocation of an NWTTA staff member to another community within the Board or another Board. Employees must complete their probationary period to be eligible.
- Transfer Applicants: NWTTA Staff Members employed by the GNWT as indeterminate employees who have successfully completed two years of employment and their probationary period.
Guidelines
- All job advertisements and competition posters shall identify the GNWT as an employer acting under the Indigenous Employment Policy.
- Applicants must identify their eligibility for priority consideration when applying for a Government teaching position.
- Staffing priority on NWTTA competitions is defined by the GNWT Indigenous Employment Policy and the NWTTA Collective Agreement.
Priority Ranking
- Teachers who have received official lay-off notice.
- Stage One Priority (S1P) – Indigenous people who are recognized members and descendants of a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit people indigenous to the present boundaries of the Northwest Territories.
- Stage Two Priority (S2P) – Indigenous people who are recognized members and descendants of a First Nations, Métis, or Inuit people indigenous to areas of Canada, outside of the present boundaries of the Northwest Territories.
- Indeterminate Teachers eligible for Transfer or Promotion and not included in Priorities 2 & 3.
- Term teachers not included in Priorities 2 & 3.
- NWT Resident Teachers not employed by the GNWT or included in Priorities 2 & 3.
- Teachers who are not residents of the NWT and who are not included in Priorities 1-6.
Staffing Priority
- NWTTA Staff Members returning from approved leave are guaranteed a position at the DEC as a legal commitment exists to guarantee them teaching positions upon return. The DEC may directly appoint these teachers to a position.
- Staffing priority will be given to employees on the list of teachers who have received lay-off notice according to their Indigenous Employment Policy status, merit, and length of service.
- Stage One or Stage Two Priority persons residing outside the NWT are granted staffing priority.
- The Selection Committee may verify staffing priority by requesting proof such as health, treaty, Métis, or beneficiary cards, or confirmation of NWT residency.
- If the Selection Committee verifies one candidate’s priority status, they must do so for all similar candidates.
- Transfer Applicants will NOT be considered for vacancies after May 15 of each year, unless prior approval is granted by the Deputy Head of the potentially affected school board.
- Promotion Applicants can be considered for vacancies after May 15.
- Term NWT Resident Teachers who obtained their term position through competition may be appointed to an indeterminate position without competition. However, term teachers hired after the start of the school year cannot be extended if a higher-priority applicant exists.