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455 Policy: Reserve Teacher Pay Scale

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455 Policy: Reserve Teacher Pay Scale

I. SHORT TERM 

A. Reserve teachers shall be paid according to the following schedule:

1. $200.00 per day                                                                                                                                

For reserve teachers holding only a limited short call substitute license

2. $205.00 per day

For reserve teachers who are fully licensed or hold a lifetime short-call substitute license, or a formerly licensed teacher who now holds a short-call substitute license

3. $210.00 per day

For reserve teachers who were previously employed as a teacher for at least one (1) full year in Richfield Public Schools

B. Reserve teachers teaching four and a half hours or less will be paid according to the following schedule:

1. $110.00 per assignment                                                                                                                                       

For reserve teachers holding only a limited short call substitute license

2. $115.00 per assignment                                                                                                                                  

For reserve teachers who are fully licensed or hold a lifetime short-call substitute license, or a formerly licensed teacher who now holds a short-call substitute license

3. $120.00 per assignment

For reserve teachers who were previously employed as a teacher for at least one full year in Richfield Public Schools

4. Reserve teachers accepting two partial-day assignments will receive the regular daily rate identified in Part A above unless the combination of assignments results in greater than 8 hours of assigned work

C. Friday Incentive Pay – Reserve teachers who accept full day Friday work assignments during the school year will be paid according to the following schedule:

1. $210.00 per day

For reserve teachers holding only a limited short call substitute license

2. $215.00 per day                                                                                                                                          

For reserve teachers who are fully licensed or hold a lifetime short-call substitute license, or a formerly licensed teacher who now holds a short-call substitute license

3. $220.00 per day

For reserve teachers who were previously employed as a teacher for at least one full year in Richfield Public Schools

D.   Friday Incentive Pay – Reserve teachers who accept Friday teaching assignments that are four and a half hours or less will be paid according to the following schedule:

1. $115.00 per assignment

For reserve teachers holding only a limited short call substitute license

2. $120.00 per assignment                                                                                                                       

For reserve teachers who are fully licensed or hold a lifetime short-call substitute license, or a formerly licensed teacher who now holds a short-call substitute license

3. $125.00 per assignment

For reserve teachers who were previously employed as a teacher for at least one full year in Richfield Public Schools

II. LONG TERM

If the period of substitution is for more than twenty (20) continuous days for the same teacher, the reserve teacher shall be paid at a daily rate equivalent to the first step on the teachers' salary schedule for their educational lane category divided by 190 days. 

III. PREMIER RESERVE TEACHERS – ANNUAL SCHEDULE

Reserve teachers who are assigned and agree to follow an assigned annual calendar as identified by the District for casual daily substitute assignments during the school year will receive the following compensation and benefit eligibility:

A. $225.00 per assigned day (prorated if only working part of a day)

B. $15.00 per assigned day end of year incentive payment for successful completion of the full scheduled annual calendar

C. Eligibility to participate in district medical benefits at their own expense

IV. PAID TIME OFF

Reserve teachers will accrue one (1) hour of earned sick and safe time (ESST) for every 30 hours worked per Minn. Stat. §181.9446.

 

Legal References:

Minn. Stat. §181.9446

 

RATIFIED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: November 21, 1960

REAFFIRMED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION:  January 22, 2002

REVISED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: September 6, 1961; June 2, 1965; October 21, 1968; November 1, 1974; May 15, 1978; February 19, 1980; July 21, 1986; September 8, 1987; August 6, 1990; July 6, 1992; August 7, 1995; March 1, 1999; August 21, 2006: July 16, 2012; March 17, 2014; January 20, 2015; October 16, 2017; September 7, 2021; October 18, 2021; December 18, 2023; September 3, 2024