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Membership Applications

To apply, you may submit your application and payment online, or complete the attached PDF application form and return it by fax to (902) 477-3517 or by email to nday@staff.nstu.ca.

• Reserve Membership Application Form – PDF for Download
• Reserve Membership Application Form – Apply & Remit Payment Online

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Substitute Teaching in Nova Scotia

Answers to common questions about substitute teaching.

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Classroom Information for Substitute Teachers

Classroom teachers can download, complete, and print the form indicated below for the substitute teacher's records. These forms are provided solely for convenience. No information is collected.

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Substitute Teacher Reports

The forms listed below are to be downloaded, completed, and printed by substitute teachers for submission to the classroom teacher or principal by the end of the workday.

Report to Principal:

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Report to Teacher:

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NSTU Guidebook Excerpt

Section II – By-Laws of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union

Article I – Membership

7. Substitute Teacher Member

1. 1. A teacher or other qualified person who is employed on a day-to-day basis by an education entity as defined by the Education Act to take the place of a regularly employed teacher who is not a Reserve Member will be a Union Member as a Substitute Teacher Member on the day(s) they teach.

   2. These Members pay a per diem Union Membership Fee as fixed from time-to-time by Council.

   3. A Substitute Teacher Member, who can prove employment by an education entity to the satisfaction of the NSTU, shall have rights of Membership that include, but not necessarily be limited to the right to:
      1. benefits as provided through NSTU as bargaining agent;
      2. request legal assistance in instances resulting from problems arising in the performance of duties; and,
      3. access NSTU publications and materials, as assigned, on the NSTU website.

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We welcome your comments and questions regarding these documents.

📞 (902) 477-5621
📞 Toll-Free: 1-800-565-6788
✉️ substitutes@nstu.ca or contractinfo@nstu.ca