Four Consecutive Days. Notwithstanding clause 5.1, if a substitute teacher is employed for a period of four or more consecutive days on the same day-to-day assignment, the District shall pay the substitute teacher for such period at a rate in accordance with the applicable rate under the basic salary schedule. This period of consecutive employment in the same day-to-day assignment shall not be considered interrupted or nonconsecutive, if a holiday, teachers’ convention, a professional development day or such other system-regulated break interrupts the substitute teacher’s continuity in the classroom. Effective as of the first of the month following the date of ratification by both parties, notwithstanding clause 5.1, if a Substitute Teacher is employed for a period of two or more consecutive days on the same day-to-day assignment, the District shall place the Substitute Teacher on the Basic Salary Schedule, according to teacher qualifications and experience, on the second and consecutive subsequent days in the same day-to-day assignment. This period of consecutive employment in the same day-to-day assignment shall not be considered interrupted or non- consecutive, if a holiday, Teachers’’ Convention, a Professional Development day or such other system-regulated break interrupts the substitute teacher’s continuity in the classroom.
