Covering Classes, Elementary. Whenever a substitute is not available for a classroom teacher and an employee is asked by an administrator/designee to cover the class or class period of another employee during their planning time or workday, the covering employee will be compensated at the professional rate unless the building administrator provides an alternate plan to restore said reduced time. Time paid will be prorated to the nearest quarter of an hour for time so worked. Whenever a substitute is not available for a classroom teacher and an employee is asked by an administrator/designee to take into their classroom some or all students of another employee when that employee is absent from the building, the covering employee shall be paid at the professional rate, prorated to the nearest quarter of an hour for time so worked. The District will exhaust all other options prior to combining classes. This provision is not intended to apply to situations when an employee voluntarily covers a class as a favor for a colleague.
