Province strikes tentative deal with nonunionized principals, VPs

The Ontario government says it has reached a tentative agreement with the associations representing school boards and the associations representing principals and vice-principals.

The deal relates the employment terms and conditions for the thousands of principals and vice-principals in publicly funded schools, and who are not unionized.

The memorandum of settlement is between the Ontario government, the associations representing principals and vice-principals (Ontario Principals’ Council, Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario and Association des directions et directions adjointes des écoles franco-ontariennes) and the four associations representing school boards (Ontario Public School Boards’ Association, Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association, Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholiques and Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario).

The settlement covers four years from 2023 to 2027. Over the next several weeks, all parties will be undergoing their separate approval processes with respect to the tentative settlement.

There are approximately 8,000 full-time equivalent principals and vice-principals across Ontario, and most are members of one of three voluntary associations. Principals and vice-principals in Ontario are not unionized.

The Ontario government has reached central agreements with all nine of its education labour partners, namely teacher federations and education workers.

With files from the Canadian Press