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:
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement