As a substitute teacher, you are eligible to receive benefits according to very specific rules and the type of position you have been assigned.
| Credit Union
All substitute teachers are eligible to join one of our credit unions. |
| Health Benefits
Health and dental benefits are available, after working an average of 20 hours a week for one month. Substitutes become eligible the first day of the following month and will have 60 days to complete all necessary paperwork to receive health benefits. |
| Boston Teachers Union
Substitute teachers who work 60 days or more in a given school year are considered bargaining union members of the BTU. The BTU is the exclusive bargaining unit that negotiates the collective bargaining agreement, enforces the agreement, and promotes the general welfare of its membership. BTU dues and agency fees will be automatically deducted from each paycheck. |
Per Diem substitute teachers are those teachers who work day-to-day assignments to fill positions on an interim basis.
Per Diem Annual Bonus: Per Diem substitute teachers are eligible to receive, subject to budgetary restrictions:
Long-Term substitute teachers are teachers who are assigned to fill a position anticipated to be vacant for more than 20 consecutive workdays but less than a full school year or teachers actually serving continuously for more than 20 consecutive workdays in the same assignment.
Compensation: A long-term substitute teacher will receive a higher rate of pay after 10 consecutive workdays and again after 25 consecutive workdays.
Contract obligation: A long-term substitute teacher shall be granted a provisional teacher contract on or before December 1st if the assignment in which he/she is serving becomes vacant for the remainder of the school year.
Sick Days: one sick day for every 20 days worked. Sick time is cumulative from year to year provided that the substitute remains a BTU member, and sick time shall carry over upon becoming teachers or paraprofessionals.
Professional Development: able to participate in professional days sponsored by the school and shall be compensated accordingly. The substitute teacher will also be required to attend the eighteen hours of professional development required of teachers. This time is scheduled beyond the school day and compensated accordingly.
Cluster substitute teachers are those teachers who are assigned to one of the nine Cluster Offices in the BPS for a full year, rotating among schools within the Cluster. Daily assignments to specific schools are made by the responsible Cluster Leader. The Cluster substitute is paid at a higher rate than per diem substitutes.
Health Benefits: Health and dental benefits are available.
Sick Days: one sick day for every 20 days worked. Sick time is cumulative from year to year provided that the substitute remains a BTU member, and sick time shall carry over upon becoming teachers or paraprofessionals.
Health and Welfare Benefits:
Cluster substitutes shall be included in the Paraprofessional Health and Welfare Fund benefit for dental insurance, eye care and legal services.
Professional Development: able to participate in professional days sponsored by the school and shall be compensated accordingly. The substitute teacher will also be required to attend the eighteen hours of professional development required of teachers. This time is scheduled beyond the school day and compensated accordingly.
Bereavement: Cluster substitute teachers shall be granted paid bereavement leave as follows:
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