Absences and substitutes. Teachers will not accrue sick leave related to Academy work and will not be allowed to use sick leave, personal necessity, or other types of leave to cover an absence from Academy classes. If a teacher is unable to teach a scheduled Academy class for any reason, s/he will not receive payment for that class. A contract teacher who works on an hourly basis to provide substitute teaching for an Academy teacher will receive the Academy Teaching Rate.
Absences and substitutes. A. An absence shall mean the failure of a Faculty member to meet his scheduled assignments.
B. A Faculty member shall report any absence promptly and directly to the office of the appropriate Academic Administrator or director and to the office of the facility administrator at the facility where he teaches or provides services. Except in cases of emergency this report shall be made before the occurrence of the absence.
C. A full-time Faculty member shall be charged a half (1/2) day’s absence if he fails to meet one half (1/2) or less of his scheduled assignments for the day. He shall be charged a full day’s absence if the absence exceeds one half (1/2) of his scheduled assignments for the day.
D. All Faculty members shall be responsible for signing in and out on attendance forms provided for that purpose by the Employer and available in the office of each facility administrator. All Faculty members shall report to the central office of the facility for messages.
E. The appropriate Academic Administrator shall be responsible for providing a qualified substitute for any Faculty member who is absent, provided the Faculty member gives the appropriate Academic Administrator adequate notice of his absence. The appropriate Academic Administrator shall give priority to part-time bargaining unit members when securing a qualified substitute for an absent Faculty member.
F. The appropriate Academic Administrator or director shall be responsible for maintaining a substitute availability list and for distributing the list to all Faculty members in his department or area. Substitutes shall be taken from this list. The appropriate Academic Administrator shall appoint substitutes in the case of extended absences of a Faculty member.
G. All substitutes shall report to the Faculty administrator who shall verify the substitution and shall initiate the procedure for compensation on forms provided by the Employer.
H. Part-time Faculty members or full-time Faculty members working in an overload capacity who are absent shall have their part-time or overload compensation reduced by an amount equal to the total hours absent times their part-time or overload rates. However, a full-time Faculty member shall be allowed to use up to five (5) days of his credited sick leave for his own illness, accident, or hospitalization, as defined in Article XXX, Leaves, during the Faculty member’s employment in an overload capacity during the Summer Semester. The Faculty member shall not be allowe...
Absences and substitutes
