Common use of – EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

– EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. A. It is the policy of the Board of Education to employ a substitute teacher whenever a teacher must be absent for a half-day or longer. Such substitutes will normally be persons competent in the area(s) for which the regular teacher is responsible. To provide for situations when persons with the appropriate competencies are unobtainable, arrangements will be made in advance to enable other substitutes to supervise the classes. B. The responsibility of the teacher when a substitute is required is to notify the person designated by the administration to obtain substitutes for that school or department. C. The Board also recognizes, however, that emergency situations other than fiscal ones may arise when it may not be feasible to carry out the above policy. In such a case the Board reserves the right to assign teachers to coverage when required by the situation, subject to the provisions set out below. D. The following procedures shall prevail with regard to the use of regularly-employed members of the teaching staff at the middle and high school levels for the purpose of coverage of classes during the regular school day. The procedures shall also apply to teachers in the elementary schools if said teachers are required to cover for an absent teacher during their scheduled preparation time or lunch period. E. In the event a class period cannot be covered when a teacher is absent or unavailable and a per diem substitute teacher is not available for coverage, regularly employed members of the teaching staff who have expressed interest in writing in volunteering for such coverage assignments will be first requested to cover the affected class. F. The rate of pay for such coverage shall be $28.00 per hour, with that value to be pro-rated for class periods that are less than one hour or more than one hour, rounded up (e.g. compensation for a 45 minute period would be $21.00; for a one and one-half hour period, $42.00). G. Except as provided above, no regularly-employed member of the teaching staff will be required to oversee a coverage assignment, even if that individual has previously expressed interest in writing in volunteering for such assignments. If no regularly-employed member of the teaching staff is available to cover such classes on a voluntary basis, such assignments shall be made on a rotating basis among teachers available during the applicable class period. Teachers so assigned shall receive the payment set out in paragraph F above.

– EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. A. It is the policy of the Board of Education to employ a substitute teacher whenever a teacher must be absent for a half-day or longer. Such substitutes will normally be persons competent in the area(s) for which the regular teacher is responsible. To provide for situations when persons with the appropriate competencies are unobtainable, arrangements will be made in advance to enable other substitutes to supervise the classes. B. The responsibility of the teacher when a substitute is required is to notify the person designated by the administration to obtain substitutes for that school or department. C. The Board also recognizes, however, that emergency situations other than fiscal ones may arise when it may not be feasible to carry out the above policy. In such a case the Board reserves the right to assign teachers to coverage when required by the situation, subject to the provisions set out below. D. The following procedures shall prevail with regard to the use of regularly-employed members of the teaching staff at the middle and high school levels for the purpose of coverage of classes during the regular school day. The procedures shall also apply to teachers in the elementary schools if said teachers are required to cover for an absent teacher during their scheduled preparation time or lunch period. E. In the event a class period cannot be covered when a teacher is absent or unavailable and a per diem substitute teacher is not available for coverage, regularly employed members of the teaching staff who have expressed interest in writing in volunteering for such coverage assignments will be first requested to cover the affected class. F. The rate of pay for such coverage shall be $28.00 per hour, with that value to be pro-pro- rated for class periods that are less than one hour or more than one hour, rounded up (e.g. compensation for a 45 minute period would be $21.00; for a one and one-half hour period, $42.00). G. Except as provided above, no regularly-employed member of the teaching staff will be required to oversee a coverage assignment, even if that individual has previously expressed interest in writing in volunteering for such assignments. If no regularly-employed member of the teaching staff is available to cover such classes on a voluntary basis, such assignments shall be made on a rotating basis among teachers available during the applicable class period. Teachers so assigned shall receive the payment set out in paragraph F above.

– EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. A. It is the policy of the Board of Education to employ a substitute teacher whenever a teacher must be absent for a half-day or longer. Such substitutes will normally be persons competent in the area(s) for which the regular teacher is responsible. To provide for situations when persons with the appropriate competencies are unobtainable, arrangements will be made in advance to enable other substitutes to supervise the classes. B. The responsibility of the teacher when a substitute is required is to notify the person designated by the administration to obtain substitutes for that school or department. C. The Board also recognizes, however, that emergency situations other than fiscal ones may arise when it may not be feasible to carry out the above policy. In such a case the Board reserves the right to assign teachers to coverage when required by the situation, subject to the provisions set out belowabove. D. The following procedures shall prevail with regard to the use of regularly-employed members of the teaching staff at the middle and high school levels for the purpose of coverage of classes during the regular school day. The procedures shall also apply to teachers in the elementary schools if said teachers are required to cover for an absent teacher during their scheduled preparation time or lunch period. E. In the event a class period cannot be covered when a teacher is absent or unavailable and a per diem substitute teacher is not available for coverage, regularly employed members of the teaching staff who have expressed interest in writing in volunteering for such coverage assignments will be first requested to cover the affected class. F. The rate of pay for such coverage shall be $26.00 per hour in 2001-02, $27.00 per hour in 2002-03, and $28.00 per hourhour in 2003-04, with that value to be pro-rated for class periods that are less than one hour or more than one hour, rounded up (e.g. compensation for a 45 minute period would be $21.0020.00 in 2001-03 and $21.00 in 2003-04; for a one and one-half hour period, $42.0039.00 in 2001-02, $41.00 in 2002-03 and $42.00 in 2003-04). G. Except as provided abovebelow, no regularly-employed member of the teaching staff will be required to oversee a coverage assignment, even if that individual has previously expressed interest in writing in volunteering for such assignments. If no regularly-employed member of the teaching staff is available to cover such classes on a voluntary basis, such assignments shall be made on a rotating basis among teachers available during the applicable class period. Teachers so assigned shall receive the payment set out in paragraph F above.