Substitute MOU Update

REA and the District have signed the Substitute MOU, which will now go to the Board for approval. This will hopefully take place at the October 26 Board Meeting. Among the highlights of the MOU:

• The District will honor TOSA schedules and will not assign them to sub on days that conflict with their duties, such as district-level meetings and trainings.
• The District will work proactively with members to ensure meetings and trainings that cannot be rescheduled are protected.
• TOSAs will only be asked to sub at their respective assigned levels. For example, a K-5 academics curriculum TOSA would only be asked to sub in K-5 classrooms.
• District Level TOSAs assigned to sub in Middle Schools will be informed of a substitute assignment no later than 8:00 pm the night before.
• District Level TOSAs assigned to sub at other levels must be informed at least one hour before the report time for the assigned job.
• Building based subs will be utilized first.
• No member will be assigned to sub more than two days in a week, but may volunteer to do so.
• Members assigned to sub more than four hours will receive additional substitute pay for a full day.
• No member can be asked to sub during their prep time.
• Members teaching additional classes (or partial classes) or taking on additional caseloads (SLPs, SpEd teachers, etc.) as the result of unfilled FTE will be compensated for the additional students in their classes and/or caseload. This pay will be equivalent to the FTE they are covering and will be pro-rated for partial caseload or partial classes.
• Members will not be held accountable for job performance shortfalls during weeks in which they were assigned sub duties.
• Adequate substitute materials will be provided for any substituting member; members will leave detailed notes for the absent teacher.
• Long term sub assignments will not be filled by TOSAs on an ongoing basis.
• Building specific positions will not be required to sub outside their respective buildings.

 
REA intends to hold a Zoom meeting with members in order to thoroughly discuss and answer questions about the MOU in the next two weeks.
 
REA is currently in negotiations and hope to conclude the In-Person MOU soon.
 
-REA Bargaining Team