EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTES, SHORT-TERM CONTRACT, AND PART-TIME STAFF

EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTES, SHORT-TERM CONTRACT, AND PART-TIME STAFF

po3120.04Adopted May 1, 2002Revised March 11, 2025

3120.04 - EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTES, SHORT-TERM CONTRACT, AND PART-TIME STAFF

When it becomes necessary to employ instructional personnel on a temporary basis, such employment is on a limited-time basis for the purpose of filling a vacancy for which a regular employee cannot be found. This employment shall end at the close of the school term, at the end of the fiscal year, or at the time when the temporary task is completed.

  1. Substitute Teachers

    The Board authorizes the employment of State and District certificated substitute teachers pursuant to Florida law. The employment of substitute teachers shall be in accordance with a planned program developed by the District.

    Each school principal is authorized to employ a substitute teacher when an instructional staff member is unable to perform assigned duties. The principal shall obtain substitute teachers from the automated substitute system maintained by the Human Resource Services Office.
     
    1. Substitutes assigned to a position for one (1) to three (3) consecutive days may be assigned other duties during unscheduled class time. Principals will make every effort to provide a duty-free planning period for substitutes assigned to a position for more than three (3) consecutive days.
    2. Compensation of substitute teachers shall be established by the Board.
    3. Substitutes shall be scheduled as needed and shall be paid accordingly for their service.
    4. Each substitute teacher shall file a complete set of fingerprints as required in Policy 3121.01 - Criminal Background and Employment History Checks.
    5. The District may remove a substitute teacher from its approved list of substitute teachers with or without cause. The substitute teacher removed from the approved list shall not have no further recourse against the District.
  2. Short-Term Teachers

    In the absence of a regular teacher, a short-term contract teacher shall be employed when it is known or determined that the regular teacher will be absent for more than thirty (30) but less than ninety (90) consecutive days. To be eligible to be recommended for a contract for the period to be served, the individual selected as the replacement shall have a valid Florida certificate and meet the criteria established by the FLDOE to be considered highly qualified for the assignment.

    A short-term teacher shall be paid on the teacher salary schedule and shall assume the full duties of a regular teacher.
  3. Part-Time Instructional Staff

    The Superintendent is authorized to employ temporary or part-time personnel as needed to teach less than a full school day or less than a full school year.

    Part-time positions for summer programs are handled according to summer program procedures. Other District programs such as after school and migrant tutoring may employ part-time instructors providing they hold appropriate certification.
  4. Temporary Employees

    Temporary employees are persons employed for an approved position requiring a regular daily schedule to which they are temporarily assigned for a period not to exceed one (1) day less than four (4) calendar months.

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