Summer pay is not simple, especially this year. While the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) recommends checking your pay statement every month to ensure that your salary and deductions are correct, it is particularly important following the October 2025 labour action.
A teacher’s annual salary is based on years of experience (as set out in the collective agreement) and years of education (as determined by the Teacher Qualifications Service). Teachers are paid according to the Education Act, which provides that teachers receive 1/200 of their annual salary for each day worked (with a few variations). Teachers are not paid for vacation periods or holidays (such as summer). School division calendars determine which days teachers are expected to work, and teachers are paid for only those days.
Following fall 2025’s labour action, which lasted 16 workdays, no provincewide process was set for how school boards should manage the strike’s impact on teachers’ pay. This resulted in school divisions using various methods to calculate pay, including teachers’ summer payments. To help members better understand what their summer pay may look like, the ATA is offering a “Summer Pay ‘Check’” webinar. Members will learn more about the rules for calculating pay, how various school divisions have approached the financial implications of the strike on teacher pay and
how members can use the ATA’s strike impact calculator to confirm whether the proper deductions have been made to their July and August pay.
Members can register for one of the following sessions:
Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 7 p.m.
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