Common use of Teacher Coverage Clause in Contracts

Teacher Coverage. a. It is the policy of the Committee that substitutes shall be provided in cases of teacher absence from class. b. In the event that it becomes necessary for a teacher to cover a class, the following shall be observed: 1. During the first week of school in September, the Building Level Administrator of each school shall establish an alphabetical roster of teachers who volunteer to substitute for an absent teacher. In an extreme circumstance, the administrator may ask a teacher to cover for an absent teacher. 2. All teachers listed on the roster of volunteer substitute teachers shall be obligated to accept assignments of the Building Level Administrator during the school year. 3. All assignments from the rosters of volunteer substitute teachers shall be on a rotating basis by alphabetical order. 4. Any teacher who is called upon to substitute shall be paid at the rate of forty-four dollars ($44) per classroom coverage. 5. If a teacher is absent in an elementary school and no per diem substitute is available, the absent teacher’s class shall be distributed among the teachers in the school for the instructional day. The Committee shall pay the teachers who cover the absent teacher’s class at the per diem substitute rate with each teacher covering receiving a fractional share in proportion to the number of pupils added to his/her class. 6. a. Teachers shall be eligible to volunteer for class coverage only during their regular daily preparation period. (1) At the secondary level, a daily teaching assignment may be replaced with class coverage not more than seven (7) times during a school year without compensation. If the teacher is reassigned to classroom coverage from a duty more than seven