Welcome To Our Team of Substitute Teachers !!

Substitution provides an excellent opportunity to introduce yourself, to get to know our school communities, and to gain valuable teaching experience. 

Please read all the information carefully, and bookmark this site so you can to refer to it again in the future.

Here are some of the expectations you should be striving to meet:

• Arrive early enough to be in your assigned classroom with all required materials before the class begins, and respect the school’s schedule.

• Upon your first visit to each school, familiarize yourself with their emergency procedures (evacuation and/or lock-down) and know where to find the plan in the classroom where you are teaching. 

• Take attendance and follow the teacher’s lesson plan if one has been provided.

• Be equipped with a variety of appropriate options in the event no plan is provided.

• Dress for the weather in case your assignment requires you to be outside for any instruction or supervision.

• Provide favorable learning situations and use effective classroom management strategies. 

• Leave the class and materials in place and in good condition, and provide adequate written feedback for the teacher you replaced.

• Present and conduct yourself professionally, treat students, staff and other teachers with respect.

• Be available and willing to seek and accept assignments on short notice.

• Answer and/or return phone calls, and reach out with an explanation in the event of a cancellation. (It is unacceptable to drop assignments on a whim and cancellations will be monitored.)

The list of substitute teachers will be updated periodically based on a variety of factors. Remaining active as a substitute will be contingent upon meeting the needs and expectations of the Board and our school communities.  

Your substitution profile may be closed if you do not maintain sufficient availability, if you repeatedly cancel accepted replacements, or if there is a pattern of schools removing you from their list of eligible substitutes.

If you know you will not be available for substitution for an extended period of time, inform Human Resources by sending an e-mail to dispatchHR@lbpsb.qc.ca.  

If you become available again and wish to request reactivation, send an updated CV and recent professional teaching references by e-mail to hr-recruitment@lbpsb.qc.ca

Scolago Automated System

The automated system for absences & replacements is available 24/7 online at https://scolago.com/en-US and via mobile app. Extensive technical assistance and self-help tools are available directly from Scolago online. For questions related specifically to LBPSB, please consult the following documents/pages: 

• Scolago - Instructions for LBPSB Substitutes with accounts migrated from Aesop (Aug-2021) (version 2.0)

• Scolago - Instructions for NEW or RETURNING LBPSB Substitutes (version 1.0)

• Scolago - Instructions for LBPSB Adult Education substitutes (version 1.0)

• FAQ

If you have questions about Scolago or substitution with LBSPB which are not addressed by any of the above, send them by e-mail to dispatchHR@lbpsb.qc.ca

Other useful links

It is advisable to learn the locations of our schools. Click here for the LBPSB map 

When starting out, it is a good idea to share your CV with the schools closest to you to introduce yourself and let them know you are a new substitute teacher in their area. If you are a third year student in a qualifying program and have completed a field experience with us, be sure to advise your cooperating teacher(s) and school secretary that you are now available to substitute.

(If/when these documents/pages are updated, the latest version will be available at the same link):    

• LBPSB Website   

• Academic Calendars  

•  PTU - Pearson Teachers' Union

• Teacher status types (youth sector)    

• Employee information site  

Transcripts - Special note to new graduates  
Once final transcripts are available (stating that your diploma has been granted), request an official copy to be e-mailed to the attention of Dawn Heitner at dheitner@lbpsb.qc.ca 

When you receive your brevet/license, send a scan or a photo of it by e-mail to Dawn Heitner at dheitner@lbpsb.qc.ca and upload a copy to your Scolago profile under Education.

PAYROLL

• The School Secretary should be your first point of contact if you have a question about the pay for a specific day or assignment. The first time you work at any given school, the Secretary will need to know your employee number in order to find your file in the payroll system.

• Substitution is paid based on minutes of classroom instruction and student supervision. These can vary from absence to absence, especially at the secondary level. Pay close attention to the absence notes for details that may be important.

• The pay cycle is bi-weekly. Substitutes are paid 2 weeks in arrears. For example: Pay issued May 29 2025 covers minutes/hours of occasional substitute teaching from May 4th 2025 - May 17th 2025.

Remuneration:

Current pay grid for occasional substitution in the youth sector (effective April 1, 2025) - prorated to actual minutes worked:

• LQ (Legally Qualified) teachers): $61.60

• NLQ (Non-Legally Qualified) teachers): $52.79

***As of the 141st work day of the 2025/26 school year that pay rates are as follows (prorated to actual minutes worked):

• LQ: $63.14

• NLQ: $54.11

***As of the 141st work day of the 2026/27 school year that pay rates are as follows (prorated to actual minutes worked):

• LQ $65.35

• NLQ $56.01

**This remuneration corresponds to an assigned 60 minute substitution period and adjusted proportionally to the duration of the workload of the teacher being replaced.

Casual supply teachers (substitutes) are not entitled to any benefit except for those specifically prescribed in the collective agreement

 If a full-time, part-time or replacement teacher is absent for more than 10 consecutive working days, the board shall pay the  the casual supply teacher(substitute) replacing the teacher during the 10 days, the salary he/she would receive if he/she were full-time, part-time or replacement teacher.The salary he/she will receive will be based on the step established by the board and shall be paid at the rate of 1/200 of the applicable annual salary for each day worked. The salary will be payable from the first day of substitution and the substitute teacher must provide documents used to determine his/her salary.

Online salary statements and other LBPSB Systems & E-mail  

Click here for detailed instructions about accessing online salary statements (and other systems)

Your 9-digit employee number is the default password to access the following systems, as well as WIFI at our schools and centres: 

· SSO (“Single-Sign-On system”) https://sso.lbpsb.qc.ca/ 

· Fusion https://fusion.lbpsb.qc.ca/login 

· E-mail https://www.google.com/gmail/ 

Password changes must be carried out through the SSO, which will update the password for Fusion, e-mail, and WIFI at the same time. (This will NOT change the password for web salary statements and tax slips.)

If you do not know your username, please send an e-mail to dispatchHR@lbpsb.qc.ca to request your lbpearson.ca e-mail address. The username is the text before the @ in the e-mail address.

Contacting Human Resources

• Head Office Tel: 514 422 3000  

• Click on this link to access the contact details for various individuals in the HR department: HR Directory

• Scolago absence/replacement platform: dispatchHR@lbpsb.qc.ca  or Clarisse Acho Tinda x31108  c.achotinda@lbpsb.qc.ca

• HR for substitute teachers in the youth sector: Leslie Batten x31112  lbatten@lbpsb.qc.ca  

• HR for substitute teachers in continuing education: Katie Arless x31140 karless@lbpsb.qc.ca 

• Payroll for substitute teachers in the youth sector:  Debra Gandey x31123 debra.gandey@lbpsb.qc.ca  (Please contact the school Secretary first in case of a discrepancy in pay for substitution!)