Common use of SUBSTITUTE UNAVAILABILITY Clause in Contracts

SUBSTITUTE UNAVAILABILITY. If the substitute dispatch office is unable to provide a 37 substitute for an employee absence, then the certificated employee and long- 38 term substitutes on the contractual rate covering the class for that employee shall 39 be paid as follows: 40 i. Pay for lost planning time: Teachers covering classes during their 41 planning time shall be paid the extra duty rate for each hour of class time 42 coverage. If an employee absence requires coverage for one half (1/2) 43 day or more, the building administrator must call immediately for a 1 substitute. An employee covering a class less than thirty (30) minutes 2 shall qualify for one-half (1/2) hour of compensation. An employee must 3 cover a class for a minimum of thirty-one (31) minutes to qualify for one 4 (1) hour of compensation. 5 ii. Elementary PE and Music and Librarians: PE/Music/Librarian teachers 6 who substitute instead of providing planning time may be compensated 7 for lost planning time (Section 4.4, paragraph B.i). PE/Music/Librarian 8 teachers are not expected to make up missed sections and are therefore 9 not compensated when they substitute instead of providing planning time. 10 The classroom teacher is compensated for the missed planning time 11 (Section 4.4, paragraph B.i).

SUBSTITUTE UNAVAILABILITY. If the substitute dispatch office is unable to provide a 37 substitute for an employee absence, then the certificated employee and long- long-term 38 term substitutes on the contractual rate covering the class for that employee shall be 39 be paid as follows: 40 i. 1. Pay for lost planning time: Teachers covering classes during their planning 41 planning time shall be paid the extra duty rate for each hour of class time 42 coverage. If 42 an employee absence requires coverage for one half (1/2) 43 day or more, the 43 building administrator must call immediately for a 1 substitute. An employee 1 covering a class less than thirty (30) minutes 2 shall qualify for one-half (1/2) 2 hour of compensation. An employee must 3 cover a class for a minimum of thirty-thirty- 3 one (31) minutes to qualify for one 4 (1) hour of compensation. 5 ii4 2. Elementary PE and Music and Librarians: PE/Music/Librarian teachers 6 who 5 substitute instead of providing planning time may be compensated 7 for lost 6 planning time (Section 4.44A.5, paragraph B.iB.1). PE/Music/Librarian 8 teachers are 7 not expected to make up missed sections and are therefore 9 not compensated 8 when they substitute instead of providing planning time. 10 The classroom teacher 9 is compensated for the missed planning time 11 (Section 4.44A.5, paragraph B.iB.1). 10 3. Make up time: Non-supervisory certificated staff may claim up to five hours of 11 time (at the extra duty rate on the salary schedule) for time required outside 12 their regular work hours for work that must be ‘made up’ as a result of their 13 ‘substituting’ and therefore inability to perform their regular duties. An extra 14 duty claim is to be submitted for the extra hours worked outside the school day.