MED, follow the guide !
This guide is meant for cegep teachers placed on availability (MED)
This guide was done to facilitate the understanding of the articles in the FNEEQ(CSN) collective agreement 2005-2010 on the rights of teachers placed on availability (MED*) (5-4.00) It defines the role of the Placement Office (Bureau de placement) and the Parity Placement Committee, the concept of zone, sector, and outside the zone situations. It presents the two major causes that create MED situations: drop of student enrolment and program closure.
Also, it proposes a set of important administrative forms and sample letters relating to MED's situations. Finally, salary and benefits, moving expenses, recycling, relocation, are discussed. Do not hesitate to consult your local union!
Dépôt légal : 2008
Table of Contents
Placed on Availability (MED) ? Follow the Guide!
How Are You Placed on Availability ?
What is the Placement Office (Bureau de Placement) ?
What is the Parity Placement Committee ?
Zones, Sectors, Outside the Zone
Two Examples of Placement on Availability :
The General Case: A Drop in Enrolment in Your Discipline
Program Closure
The Form
Hiring Priorities
Order of Priority for a Full-time Load in Regular Teaching 5-4.17 b)
Order of Priority for a Full-time Load in Continuing Education 5-4.17 d)
Order of Priority for Summer Courses 5-4.17 e)
If You Refuse a Post or Teaching Load that Is Offered to You
If You Are Not Relocated
Salary and Other Benefits
The Right to Return
Moving Expenses
Retraining
A Secondary School Teaching Post
Other Situations
Some Important Dates
Sample Letter 1: Request to Maintain Availability
Sample Letter 2: Request for Retraining
Sample Letter 3: Request for Renunciation of Salary Protection
Sample Letter 4: Exercise of the Right to Return
* MED” is the French-language acronym (for mis en disponibilité) that is commonly used in both French and English colleges to describe a tenured (permanent) teacher who is placed on availability.