3120.04 - EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTES
The Board of Education recognizes the need to procure the services of substitutes in order to continue the operation of the schools as a result of the absence of regular personnel.
Substitute personnel are subject to a criminal history record check. See Policy 3121.
The Superintendent shall employ substitutes for assignment as services are required to replace temporarily-absent regular staff members and fill new positions. Such assignment of substitutes may be terminated when their services are no longer required. A substitute, however, who is employed directly by the District for 150 days or more during a school year of not less than 180 days, except under circumstances identified in statute, shall be given, during the balance of that year as well as during the succeeding school year, the first opportunity to accept or reject a contract for which the person is certified and qualified, provided that all other District teachers have been reemployed in accordance with the negotiated, collectively-bargained agreement.
Substitutes must possess a valid Michigan professional certificate and a permit, if substitute teaching in a subject for which s/he is not certified, except under the following circumstances:
The Superintendent may employ noncertificated, nonendorsed substitutes to teach, in grades 9-12, a course in computer science, foreign language, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, robotics, or any other course approved by the State Board, providing they meet all of the conditions established by law and by the Superintendent.
The Superintendent may also employ a substitute without a valid teaching certificate if the person has at least sixty (60) semester hours of college credit or an associate degree from a college or university or community college. The sixty (60) semester hours do not need to be from the same college, university or community college.
The Superintendent may employ noncertificated, substitutes to teach in an industrial technology education program or career and technical education program providing they meet all of the conditions established by law and by the Superintendent.
In order to retain well-qualified substitutes for service in this District, the Board will offer competitive compensation at a rate set annually by the Board.
A substitute, employed directly by the District in one (1) specific teaching position, shall, after sixty (60) consecutive days in that assignment, be paid a salary not less than the minimum salary on the current salary schedule and granted the privileges provided regular staff.
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