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Originally Posted by mykalberta
For any teachers, how does it work in Canada if you want to take a 3 week vacation during the school year?
I had assumed one of the drawbacks of being a teacher is you had to take vacation time when the kids took it. So no last minute trips to the Caribbean but the job makes up for it with 8 weeks of vacation during the summer instead of 3-4 as in the private sector.
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Vacation in the private sector starts at two weeks for your first five years
after you put in your first full year (by law, I know some jobs offer more vacation time). When I graduated university in 2000 I didn't have much leverage in my field to negotiate anything better and worked for five years with just two weeks off each year, and I had to work 12 months before I was eligible for my first day off. Teachers get more time off than that in their first year. It's a gravy job. Reasonable pay, three months off/year, short days.
Teachers can swing even more time off if they want. I know a teacher in Calgary who works four years at 80% pay, then takes the fifth year off also at 80% pay. On top of the three months/year she already gets off.
Teachers in Calgary can also take time off during the year whenever they want as long as they pay a sub to cover their day. I'd be curious to know what that nets out to for them to take a day off.