5610 Substitutes
SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYMENT
The board authorizes the employment of a certificated substitute in the absence of a certificated staff member. In addition, the district may use a substitute in place of a regularly contracted staff member when:
- Enrollment uncertainties exist at the beginning of a school year; or
- Resignations of regular staff do not allow sufficient time for the district to employ an immediate replacement.
On either of the latter occasions the district shall employ a contracted staff person within a reasonable time.
The superintendent shall be responsible for establishing procedures by which teachers request substitutes and by which substitute teachers are assigned, employed and compensated.
Substitute teachers who have served for 20 full consecutive working days in the same assignment shall, from the 21st day of service on, be paid according to the regular salary schedule of certificated staff.
The board authorizes the employment of a spouse of an officer as a substitute teacher when the superintendent deems that there is a shortage of substitute teachers in the district.
Retired teachers or administrators may work up to one thousand forty (1040) hours per school year.
If the superintendent reasonably anticipates that the list of qualified, willing substitutes will be exhausted, emergency substitute certification may be sought from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for persons not fully qualified for a teaching or substitute certificate. Substitutes holding emergency certification may only be assigned work when the district has exhausted or reasonably anticipates it will exhaust its list of certificated substitutes who are willing to serve. Substitutes who have any form of regular certificate (not emergency) will be given priority of assignment before any substitute with an emergency certificate.
The board authorizes the employment of a classified substitute in the absence of a classified staff member when a program will be adversely affected by the regular staff member's absence and when a substitute can perform the duties in a reasonable manner. A classified substitute employee’s eligibility to purchase retirement service credit will be determine according to RCW 41.35 and retirement system rules. Substitute classified employee means a classified employee who is employed by the district exclusively as a substitute for an absent employee. The superintendent is authorized to establish procedures relating to the use of substitute classified staff.
By October 1 of each year, the District will report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction: 1) The number of substitute teachers hired per school year; 2) the number of substitute teachers hired under the expedited certification process for out of state teachers; 3) the full daily compensation rate per substitute teacher; and 4) the reason for hiring the substitute teacher.
Cross References: Board Policy 1610 Conflicts of Interest
Board Policy 5001 Hiring of Retired School Employees
Board Policy 5612 Temporary Administrators
Legal References: Chapter 28A.300, RCW Superintendent of Public Instruction
RCW 28A.330.240 Employment Contracts
RCW 28A.400.300 Hiring and discharging employees —Written leave policies — Seniority and leave benefits of employees transferring between school districts and other educational employers
RCW 28A.405.900 Certain certificated employees exempt from chapter provisions
RCW 28A.410.010 Certification—Duty of professional educator standards board—Rules—Record check—Lapsed certificates—Superintendent of Public Instruction as administrator
RCW 41.32.570 Postretirement employment—Reduction or Suspension of pension payments
Chapter 41.35 RCW Washington school employee’s retirement system
RCW 42.23.030(9) Interest in contracts prohibited — Exceptions
WAC 180-79A-231 Limited certificates
Management 2016 July Issue
Resources 2011 August Issue
Policy News, June 2008 Substitute Employment
Policy News, August 2001 Legislature Authorizes “Retire-Rehire”
Adoption Date: 4.90
Stanwood-Camano School District
Revised: 12.10.96; 5.20.03; 06.07.22