Morris School District
MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Morristown, New Jersey 07960

Policy
File Code: 4121
Monitored:
Mandated:
Other Reasons X
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS

The Superintendent shall make provision to employ the services of substitute teachers in order to maintain the effective operation of the educational program.

The Board of Education shall approve potential substitute personnel and the positions in which they may substitute. The employment of a substitute teacher prior to approval by the Board of Education is authorized only when such employment is required to maintain continuity in the educational program. Retroactive approval shall be asked from the Board of Education at the next regular meeting.

Teacher substitutes must have at least a valid substitute teaching certificate issued by the County Superintendent, and preferably hold a degree.

Any substitute teacher shall be entitled only to the wages approved by the Board of Education on a per diem basis, and to no other benefits.

Persons employed as aides may not perform as substitutes for professional employees unless they are Board of Education-approved substitute teachers.

The Superintendent shall recruit, screen and recommend to the Board of Education candidates for employment as instructional substitutes. He/she shall:
  1. Develop procedures for the assignment of substitutes;
  2. Develop methods of evaluating substitute teachers and recommend the retention on the Board of Education's approved substitute list of those substitutes who have performed their duties satisfactorily.
  3. Prepare a written statement for distribution to all approved substitutes informing them of the pay rate, status as employees, schedule of work and such other matters as will enable each to perform his/her duties to the best of his/her ability.

Date: April 14, 1986
June 10, 2002, First Reading
July 29, 2002, Approved

Legal References:
N.J.S.A. 18A:6-7.1 through -7.5 Criminal history record; employee in regular contact with pupils; grounds for disqualification from employment; exception …
N.J.S.A. 18A:16-1.1 May appoint temporary officers and employees
N.J.S.A. 18A:27-4 Power of boards of education to make rules governing employment of teacher, etc.; employment thereunder
N.J.S.A. 18A:29-16 Emergency certificates; day-by-day basis substitute
N.J.A.C. 6:11-4.5 County substitute certificate
N.J.A.C. 6:29-2.3 Testing for tuberculosis infection
N.J.A.C. 6:29-7.1 et seq. School Employee Physical Examinations
8 U.S.C.A. 1100 et seq. - Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Sayreville Education Ass'n v. Sayreville Bd. of Ed., App. Div., unreported decision (docket no. A-4899-82T2, decided April 12, 1984)
Lammers v. Bd. of Ed. of Borough of Point Pleasant, Ocean County, S/B (June 5, 1991)

Cross References:
4111 Recruitment, selection and hiring
4112.2 Certification
4112.4 Employee health

Key Words
Substitute Teachers
 

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