
A substitute is a person paid on a day-to-day basis in the place of an absent employee or in a vacant position. A substitute does not receive benefits.
Determination of amount of substitute pay is made by Human Resources only.
*Non-Certified Substitute | $58.00 | Current AL Substitute Teacher license |
*Retired Teacher, Non Current Teaching Certificate Substitute | $75.00 | Retired Certified Teacher with an expired certificate; Valid Substitute License required |
*Certified Substitute | $90.00 | Current AL Teacher certificate |
*CATEGORY II | $120.00 | Current AL Teacher certificate & teaching in-field |
*CATEGORY IV - Leadership / Administrator | $250.00 | Current AL Leadership certificate serving as Principal, Assistant Principal or other Supervisor |
If serving for the same teacher for more than twenty (20) consecutive days, beginning on the twenty-first (21st) day an additional ten dollars ($10.00) per day will be paid. This additional $10.00 is not retroactive to the first day. The school bookkeeper must notify payroll of the date of increase.
Substitutes for classified employees will be paid at the appropriate Federal Minimum Wage except former employees who are retired clerks, secretaries, registrars or bookkeepers who substitute at a school or central office, shall receive a rate pay equal to $2.00 over the Federal Minimum Wage then in effect. Classified substitutes are used most frequently in the following positions: Bus Drivers, Bus Aides, CNP Assistants, Custodians, Clerks, and Classroom Aides. Classified substitutes are required to have a sub card.
Long Term: Classified substitutes for school-based bookkeepers, secretaries, registrars, clerks or central office clerks who serve in the same substitute position for more than twenty(20) consecutive work days will be paid an hourly rate of $2.75 over the appropriate Federal Minimum Wage in effect at the time beginning on the twenty-first (21st) day and ending on the date that particular substitute assignment ends. They will be assigned directly by the Human Resources office. Other classified substitutes who serve in the same substitute position for more than twenty (20) consecutive work days will be paid $1.25 over the appropriate Federal Minimum Wage in effect at the time beginning on the twenty-first (21st) day and ending on the date that particular substitute assignment ends. Other classified substitutes include CNP assistants, custodians, and bus aides. Substitute Bus Drivers who serve in the same substitute position for more than twenty (20) consecutive work days will be paid $5.00 a day at the time beginning on the twenty-first (21st) working day and ending on the date that particular substitute assignment ends. Long-term assignments are not retroactive to the first work day.