Covering Classes. Employees shall not be required to substitute for absent employees. Where substitutes cannot be obtained for an absent employee, temporary coverage will be worked out mutually by the principal and the affected employee. The principal shall establish a list of volunteers and shall rotate requests for coverage among those who volunteer. Where said lists have not been established, teachers shall not be subject to disciplinary action for refusal to cover classes. Employees who volunteer to increase their normal work load by covering the class of an absent employee when no substitute is available shall have their hourly rate increase by twenty-five ($25) dollars during the period spent covering a class (rounded to the nearest half hour). Employees who volunteer to increase their normal work load by accepting a portion of the students assigned to an absent employee in order to cover a class when no substitute is available shall have their daily rate increased by twenty- five ($25) dollars on those days when they accept a portion of the students assigned to an absent employee. Classes will be proportioned as equally as possible. In elementary schools where sufficient volunteers are available, classes shall be divided equally among at least four (4) employees. When volunteers substitute by covering other classes, they are responsible to provide adequate planning for their own classes for the following school day.
Covering Classes. The District will comply with all provisions of Florida Statutes, Section 1012.37 which states, “A district school board may appoint education paraprofessionals to assist members of the instructional staff in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. An educational paraprofessional shall not be required to hold a teaching certificate. An education paraprofessional, while rendering services under the supervision of a certified teacher, shall be accorded the same protection of laws as that accorded the certified teacher. Paid education paraprofessionals employed by a district school board shall be entitled to the same rights as those accorded non-instructional employees of the district school board.” The parties agree that the collective bargaining agreement shall be consistent with any future changes in the statute. An education paraprofessional shall not be utilized for in-classroom teaching or supervisory responsibilities over a classroom of students except in those most extreme circumstances. In the event that an emergency arises that requires an education paraprofessional to cover a class for more than a few minutes, the principal must provide a memorandum to the Office of School Performance & Accountability, after the fact, which justifies the classroom coverage. The memorandum must also include the total time period that the education paraprofessional was in the classroom without a teacher, the name of the education paraprofessional, and the regularly assigned teacher.
Covering Classes. The Board will comply with all provisions of Florida Statute 1012.37 which states, “A district school board may appoint education paraprofessionals to assist members of the instructional staff in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. An educational paraprofessional shall not be required to hold a teaching certificate. An education paraprofessional, while rendering services under the supervision of a certified teacher, shall be accorded the same protection of laws as that accorded the certified teacher. Paid education paraprofessionals employed by a district school board shall be entitled to the same rights as those accorded non-instructional employees of the district school board.” The parties agree that the collective bargaining agreement shall be consistent with any future changes in the statute.
Covering Classes. An employee who has a regular class load shall not be required to cover an absent employee’s class in addition to his/her own class.
Covering Classes. Staff members who cover all or some students of another class or their own students outside of their regular schedule will only do so voluntarily.
a. A staff member covering all or some students of another class as a favor for a colleague will not beeligible for additional pay.
Covering Classes. A. When required by the Principal or the Principal’s designee to substitute, administer, or monitor a test during a teacher’s planning/conference period, the rate of reimbursement will be $15.00 per period.
B. When required by the principal or the Principal’s designee to cover another teacher’s class in addition to their regular, the rate of reimbursement shall be $30.00 for a half day and $60.00 for a full day. In the event the time covered is less than 1⁄2 day the reimbursement shall be $10.00 per hour.
Covering Classes. Section 12.8.1 Whenever an employee is asked to cover classes by an administrator in an emergency because no substitute is available and if the employee loses planning time, the employee shall be compensated at his or her hourly rate for the missed planning time.
Section 12.8.2 Each building’s leadership team and principal will create a plan for the predictable and equitable assignments of specialists and other staff to cover unfilled teacher absences. At the elementary level, specialists will include librarians, music and PE teachers. The plan is to be created by October 1 of each year. In situations where there is no one else available, teachers may be pulled from professional development trainings in District to cover unfilled teacher positions at their own buildings. Use of teachers in their first or second year of teaching to cover unfilled teacher absences will be minimized to the extent possible.
Section 12.8.3 To address the impact of elementary P.E., Music and Librarian specialists needing to realign lesson plans for classes that are cancelled when they are required to serve as a substitute, such specialists will be compensated based on the following:
Covering Classes. When a unit member is needed in an emergency to cover another unit member’s class, or when a sufficient number of substitute teachers is not available, a unit member may agree to cover a class during his/her scheduled planning time only. Unit members will be paid eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per occurrence, limited to two unit members. When a unit member in an elementary school absorbs students from another classroom due to a lack of coverage for the day, the unit member will be compensated $50.00 for that day. If multiple teachers share the students, the $50.00 is divided among the teachers. The Board and the Association agree that principals are responsible for securing class coverage by a unit member. Opportunities for substituting will be offered on a rotating basis to unit members who have offered to be on a list for this purpose. The following priority sequence will be observed in each instance: 1. Volunteers holding appropriate certification 2. Volunteers not holding appropriate certification 3. A unit member will be selected.
Covering Classes. The District shall make provision for coverage whenever a certificated employee is absent. Whenever a regular substitute is not available, the building principal shall seek volunteers to cover the class. If no volunteers are forthcoming, the principal may assign regular employees on a rotational basis. Payment for covering classes shall be at per diem rate of the teacher's salary.
Covering Classes. Employees who give up a preparation period at the request of the Principal or other administrator to cover the class of another employee who is absent, shall be compensated at the hourly rate (Section 7.05 herein) per each preparation period or portion thereof given up. Covering classes shall be considered voluntary, provided the Principal or other administrator may require it in emergency or extenuating circumstances.
