Substitute Teachers
3.21
Each building principal will have the authority to employ as many substitute
teachers as may be necessary to take the place of teachers who are temporarily
absent. Periodically he/she will submit to the superintendent a list of qualified
substitutes for approval.
The school system will employ as substitute teachers, to the extent possible,
persons who meet the requirements for teacher appointments and will assign teachers
substitute teaching on the basis of their areas of competence.
When the supply of potential substitutes in a particular subject area is too
limited to meet school department needs, there will be active recruitment for
substitutes in those areas. All substitute teachers will be expected to provide
educational services, rather than assume merely a student-supervisory role. They will
be provided with as much support as possible by building administrators and
teachers.
The school committee will set the daily rate of pay for substitute teachers,
including extended-term substitutes. The latter will be granted such additional
benefits as approved by the school committee.
First Reading: 10/17/00 deferred
Second Reading: 1117/1000
Adoption Date: 11/7/00
Pay
Pay Rates as of December 15, 2015 (approved by School Committee)
With
Certification With Bachelor's
Without Bachelor's
No Certification
Days 1-30 $80
$70
$60
Days 31 + $90
$80
$70
Accumulation of days continues from one year to next.
Long-term substitutes in one position shall be compensated at the regular rate (as above)
for the first 30 days. On the 31st day of the assignment, the substitute shall receive
$115/day without certification and $135 per day with certification. Substitutes will be
granted one sick day per month during the long-term assignment. Substitute teachers are
bi-monthly paid on Thursday. Checks will be mailed to home addresses unless instructed
to do otherwise. Questions related to pay issues should be addressed to the Central Office
508-376-7000.