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PART - TIME  AND  SUBSTITUTE
PROFESSIONAL  STAFF  EMPLOYMENT

Substitute  Teachers

The Board will establish the daily pay rate for substitute teachers.

The Superintendent will screen all applicants for substitute positions and recommend substitute teachers to the Board for approval.  The Superintendent will establish regulations to ensure that all substitutes used in the schools are on the Board-approved substitute list.

Substitute teachers employed by the District shall be certificated as substitute or regular teachers under Arizona statutes.  They shall be compensated at the current rate per day, as approved by the Governing Board.  They shall be assigned to instructional areas as necessary and as deemed appropriate.

A substitute teacher who has retired from this school district shall be compensated at the current retired teacher substitute rate of daily pay as approved by the Governing Board.

Any substitute teacher, who serves as a substitute in the same position for twenty (20) consecutive teaching days, shall be compensated at the current long-term substitute rate per day from the twenty-first (21st) day through the last day of assignment in that position.

Substitute  Professional
Staff  Members

The Superintendent may employ, when conditions warrant, temporary or part-time personnel on a per diem or time card basis.  This authority is subject to the following conditions:

A.  Continued employment of any such person shall be subject to confirmation and approval by the Board at its next official meeting.

B.  The employee shall be hired on a per diem basis and shall be compensated in accordance with the requirements and limitations of existing contracts that cover similar positions or employees.

C.  In addition to the conditions set forth above, the temporary assignment of a person to a supervisory or administrative position shall be preceded by notification to the Board.  The Superintendent will detail the circumstances that created the need for the part-time employment.

Adopted:  March 9, 2017

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
15-502
15-503
A.A.C.
R7-2-603