Common use of Internal Substitution Clause in Contracts

Internal Substitution. Internal substitution is discouraged for all but emergency situations. In an effort to deal with those emergency situations, each building principal will, at the beginning of every year, compile a list of those teachers who would volunteer to do internal substitution and when each would be available to substitute. In those situations where it is necessary to utilize an internal substitute, those teachers who have volunteered would be asked to substitute on a rotating basis. If there is no regular substitute or volunteer available, the principal or his/her designee may assign a teacher to substitute. This involuntary assignment shall also be administered on a rotating basis among all available teachers. No teacher shall be required to perform involuntary substitutions more than three (3) times each school year. Any teacher who substitutes shall be compensated at the negotiated internal substitution rate. A teacher will not monitor another teacher’s class while his/her class is in session.