Common use of Internal Substitute Pay Clause in Contracts

Internal Substitute Pay. 1. The Board recognizes that upon occasion a certificated staff member may be required to waive his/her planning/counseling period to assume the responsibility of teaching or supervising students of another teacher in lieu of a substitute teacher or monitor. A certificated staff member may also be required to take charge of a group of students in addition to his/her regular assignment in lieu of a substitute teacher or monitor. 2. Such service shall be required by the principal or his/her assistant after reasonable effort has been made to obtain a substitute. Such requested assistance shall be made on a rotation basis throughout the staff related to availability. It is understood that any request by an administrator to a teacher to substitute for another teacher is subject to payment under the provisions herein. 3. It shall be the responsibility of the certificated staff member to report such service for payment on the proper form to the building principal, who shall submit such forms to the Board offices. 4. A regular teacher supervising a student teacher should not be consistently required to assume the duties of substitution for an absent teacher. 5. For the purpose of this item, a period equals 60 minutes. Payment will be prorated on a per minute basis at the rate of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) per hour. 6. Teachers on field trips do not qualify for internal substitute pay.