Substitute Teachers
HR 9.0
Long-term substitute teacher needs will be filled, wherever practical, by teachers with at least a Bachelor’s degree, teacher certification and prior related experience.
Purpose:
To ensure the continuity of the quality of instruction.
Commentary/Procedural Points:
Employment is based on the hiring procedures outlined in The Child and Youth Protection section of the archdiocesan website: https://www.archbalt.org/child-and-youth-protection/employee-procedures/
All substitute teachers who are employed by the school undergo a criminal background check at the expense of the employer.
A short-term substitute is a person who substitutes less than fifteen (15) consecutive school days for one teacher. Salary is based on the local school substitute rate. This rate should be at least the minimum wage rate.
A long-term substitute is a person who substitutes for fifteen (15) or more consecutive school days for one teacher. A long-term substitute’s salary is based on the annual salary scale.
Wages paid to a substitute teacher are subject to the withholding of Federal and State income taxes per regulations of the Internal Revenue Service and the Comptroller of the Treasury of the State of Maryland.
A substitute teacher, working 25 hours per week, whose assignment lasts six months or more, will be eligible for all benefits.
References:
VIRTUS Protecting God’s Children Online Maltreatment Awareness Session 3.2_Baltimore
August 4, 2022