The Wapello Board of Directors recognizes the need for substitute teachers. Substitute teachers shall be licensed to teach in Iowa.
It shall be the responsibility of the building principal to maintain a list of substitute teachers who may be called upon to replace regular contract licensed employees. Individuals whose names do not appear on this list will not be employed as a substitute without specific approval of the superintendent. It shall be the responsibility of the building principal to fill absences with substitute teachers immediately.
Substitutes shall be paid 75% of the per diem salary rate at the B.A. + 0 rate of the current contract schedule. Substitutes employed for ten (10) or more consecutive days in the same position shall be paid on a per diem salary consistent with Step Zero (0) on the BA scale in the Master Contract, retroactive back to the first day.
Legal Reference: Iowa Association of School Boards v. PERB, 400 N.W.2d 571 (Iowa
1987).
Iowa Code §§ 20.1, .4(5), .9 (1993).
281 I.A.C. 12.4.
Cross Reference: 405.1 Licensed Employee Defined
405.2 Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection
405.9 Licensed Employee Probationary Status
406 Licensed Employee Compensation and Benefits
Approved: 6-12-1995
Reviewed: 3-11-1999; 02/14/2008; 10/12/11; 5/3/17; 3/9/22
Revised: 7-11-1996; 11/08/2007
It shall be within the discretion of the Wapello Board of Directors to offer an education program during the summer recess. Licensed employees who volunteer or who are appointed to deliver the summer education program shall be compensated in addition to their regular duties during the school academic year, unless such arrangements are made prior to determining the employee's compensation for the year.
Should the board determine a summer education program is necessary, licensed employees shall be given the opportunity to volunteer for the positions available. If the board determines a course must be offered and no licensed employee volunteers for the position, the board will make the necessary arrangements to fill the position. The board will consider applications from volunteers of current licensed employees in conjunction with other applications.
It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to make a recommendation to the board regarding the need for and the delivery of the summer education program.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 279.8; .68; 280.14 (2015).
Cross Reference: 505.2 Student Promotion – Retention - Acceleration
603.2 Summer School Instruction
Approved: 6-12-1995
Reviewed: 3-11-1999; 02/14/2008; 10/12/11; 5/3/17; 3/9/22
Revised:
The Wapello Board of Directors shall appoint a licensed employee from each school building to serve as the building's truancy officer.
The principal shall notify the truancy officer when a student is truant. The truancy officer shall investigate the cause of a student's truancy and attempt to ensure the student's attendance. The truancy officer may take the student into custody. A student taken into custody shall be placed in the custody of the principal. The truancy officer shall attempt to contact the student's parents when the student is taken into custody.
Approved: 6-12-1995
Reviewed: 3-11-1999; 02/14/2008; 10/12/11; 5/3/17; 3/9/22
Revised:
The Wapello Board of Directors may employ education aides or other instructional support personnel to assist licensed personnel in non-teaching duties, including, but not limited to:
Education aides who hold a teaching certificate shall be compensated at the rate of pay established for their position as an education aide. It shall be the responsibility of the principal to supervise education aides.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 279.8; 280.3, .14 (1993).
670 I.A.C. 3.4(5), .7(1).
281 I.A.C. 12.5(9).
Cross Reference: 411.2 Classified Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection
Approved: 6-12-1995
Reviewed: 3-11-1999; 02/14/2008; 10/12/11; 5/3/17; 3/9/22
Revised: