In this module, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the The Teacher-Substitute Employee Automated System commonly referred to as T-SEAS. T-SEAS is the system used to find substitute teachers and record teacher absences. It sends substitute teacher pay records to DAGS payroll, and it reports leaves for bargaining unit 5 employees to the Time and Attendance System. Contracted teachers and substitute teachers can access it by telephone or online through the SmartFindExpress website.
List the types of absences that are reported to T-SEAS, with respect to the need to find a substitute.
Know what information must be provided to a new teacher regarding T-SEAS.
Know what information must be provided to a new substitute teacher regarding T-SEAS.
Understand that T-SEAS does not maintain leave balances for teachers.
Know what a Reason Code is, which Reason Codes require a Budget Code, and which Budget Codes are monitored by the state office.
Know how to obtain a report of all leaves taken by a teacher during the current school year.
Describe the process for obtaining approval to hire a substitute teacher for a vacant teacher position.
Identify which functions must be done over the T-SEAS telephone system, and which can be done on SmartFindExpress.
Understand what a preferred or priority list is, how to add a substitute to the list, the consequence of removing a substitute from the list, and the reason for keeping a manual list.
Know how to verify a substitute teacher’s job, what data should be reviewed before verifying, and the deadline for verification.
Know what to do if a job should have been canceled, but it was not.