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Contract Highlights:
Substitute Teachers
- Salary Schedule
- Per Diem Annual Bonus
- Sick Days
- Health and Welfare Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Professional Days
- 18 Hours Professional Development
- Application for Teaching Positions
- Tremont Credit Union
- Bereavment
- Joining the B.T.U.
- Union Dues
- Union Operations
Salary Schedule
| SUBSTITUTES (9/1/07) | ||
| Per Diem | $116.16 | |
(Per diem annual bonus $1,000 after 120 days; $1,500 after 150 days) |
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| Long Term | ||
| After 10 days | $129.23 | |
| After 25 days | $233.82 | |
| Cluster | $141.42 | |
Effective 9/1/07, all substitute teachers who hold an active, Massachusetts teaching license shall receive a differential equal to three percent (3%) of the per diem rate.
Per Diem Annual Bonus
$1,000.00 after working more than 120 days by end of June. If a per diem substitute teacher works even one day as a long-term sub or cluster substitute, they are no longer eligible to receive the per diem bonus.
Sick Days
Long term and cluster substitutes accumulate one sick day for every 20 days worked. Sick time is cumulative from year to year provided that the substitute remains a bargaining unit member, and sick time shall carry over upon becoming teachers or paraprofessionals. Per diem substitutes are not eligible to use sick time.
Cluster substitutes shall be included in the
Paraprofessional Health and Welfare Fund benefit for dental insurance,
eye care and legal services.
Health Insurance
If a substitute works twenty (20) hours per week on a regular basis, he/she may receive health insurance as follows:
- 75% of the total month premiums for the policy selected by the employer including master medical or the equivalent benefits, or;
- 90% of the total monthly premiums for all approved and authorized health maintenance organizations.
Sign up for health insurance at Boston City Hall within thirty (30) days of employment, or at open enrollment in April of each year.
Health insurance is provided to the membership through the city of Boston's Group Insurance Office at (617) 635-4570. Call that number for more information or visit at Boston City Hall, Room 807.
Professional Days
Long term and Cluster substitutes shall participate in professional days along with regular teachers/nurses/paras and shall be compensated therefore.
18 Hours of Professional Development
Long-term and Cluster substitutes will be required to attend the eighteen hours of professional development required of teachers. This time is scheduled beyond the school day and long term and cluster substitutes will be paid for this time.
Application for Teaching Positions
Those substitute teachers who are certified, recommended
as a result of central interview, have a letter of recommendation from
a Boston Public Schools administrator, and who apply for teaching positions,
will be guaranteed up to four (4) interviews. For the central interview,
complete a Boston Public Schools Personnel Bulletin that in the past has
been issued in November or December of each year. The bulletin is called:
"Paraprofessional/Substitute Teacher Applications for Teaching Positions."
Tremont Credit Union
Paras are also eligible to join the Tremont Credit
Union. Offices are located at BTU headquarters and at the Braintree Executive
Park, 150 Grossman Drive, Braintree, MA 02184. Through the Credit Union,
you may authorize payroll deductions for savings and checking, arrange
for a loan, and take care of many other banking needs. For more information,
call 1-781-843-5626.
Bereavement
Cluster substituete teachers will now be granted bereavement, as of 9/1/03
Joining th B.T.U
All of the above benefits have come as a result of collective bargaining between the BTU and the Boston School Committee.
As exclusive bargaining agent, the BTU negotiates the contract, enforces the contract, and promotes the general welfare of the membership.
As a member of the BTU, you'll also belong to the AFT - Massachusetts (AFT - Mass), the Mass. AFL-CIO, and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). You will begin to receive monthly mailings from the BTU, AFT - Mass., and the AFT.
Joining with nearly 7000 others makes us a stronger union, better able to represent all of us. We encourage you to join. If you haven’t already filled out a membership application, please ask your union Building Representative for one.
Union Dues
Union dues and agency fee this school year will be $24.01 per check for
substitutes
Union Operations
Our membership meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 4:00PM at the Union headquarters, Bayside Mall in Dorchester. (On occasion, because of the schedule of events, like the Flower Show, the membership meeting date has to be changed; notice is amply given.)
Each school has Union Building Representatives, elected to serve the staff in the building in dealings with the administration. The Building Representative is also the first line of communications between the building staff and the Union Office. Many questions can be easily and quickly answered at the building level by asking the building representative.
The Union employs six full-time officers and staff to serve the membership. Office hours are 9:00AM - 5:00PM; the office is open all week days including school vacations, but is closed on state, local, and national holidays, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Good Friday. The office number is (617) 288-2000. A taped message, which gives information on current issues, can be heard 24 hours at (617) 288-2463.
The Boston Teachers Union provides a variety of services. We encourage you to take advantage of them.
If you have any questions, please call me, Jenna Fitzgerald Para/Substitute Field Representative.
WHAT HAS THE UNION DONE FOR ME?
Jenna Fitzgerald
1981
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Substitutes were recognized by the Boston Teachers Union in 1981 and represented substitutes on assault cases before any contract ever existed. |
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| 1983 | First signed contract-May, 1983 to December, 1983. Per Diem $45 per day; Long Term Sub $50 per day. Long Term Sub only-health insurance at 75% paid. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984 |
January 1, 1984 signed second contract through August 31, 1986. Years 85-86 Per Diem $56 per day; L.T.S. $60 per day. Assign 45 District Subs (new category). Health Insurance for Long Term Subs and District subs. Grievance procedure. |
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1986-1989 |
Sick Leave - for Long Term and District Subs. Life Insurance Policy $2000. Per Diem $65.23; L.T.S. $72.48; District $72.48. District Subs changed to Zone Subs. |
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1989-1992 |
Per Diem Subs $74.27 (year two); L.T.S. $82.51, up to $149.49. District $82.98. |
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1991-1992 |
To be negotiated (salary) Subs to carry over sick leave upon becoming teachers under contract. All subs eligible for Professional Development. |
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1994-1997 |
Zone Subs changed to "Level Substitute." L.T.S. and Level Subs shall participate in Professional Days and be compensated. 1994-95, 50 Level Subs. '95-96, 60 Level and '96-97, 70 Level Subs. Salary: 1996-97, second year Per Diem, $83.54; L.T., $92,81 to $168.15; Level Subs $92.81. Life Insurance plan $5,000.00 |
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1997-2000 |
Compensation - same as 1996-97: Per Diem $83.54; L.T.S. $92.81 up to $168.15; Level Subs $92.81. No contract because the State Labor Relations Commission precluded the BTU from negotiating a contract for substitute teachers until it was determined which union would represent the bargaining unit. |
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2000-2003 |
Level Subs changed to Cluster Subs. Compensation:
Per Diem Annual Bonus - $1,000.00 after working more than 120 days by end of June. If a per diem substitute teacher works even one day as a long-term sub or cluster substitute, they are no longer eligible to receive the per diem bonus. If the bonus exceeds $100,000, it will be reduced so as not to exceed the $100,000 cap. Sick Days - Long term and cluster substitutes accumulate one sick day for every 20 days worked. Sick time is cumulative from year to year, provided that the substitute remains a bargaining unit member, and sick time shall carry over upon becoming teachers or paraprofessionals. Per diem substitutes are not eligible to use sick time. Health and Welfare - Cluster substitutes shall be included in the Paraprofessional Health and Welfare Fund benefit for dental insurance, eye care and legal services. Health Insurance - If a substitute works 20 hours per week on a regular basis, he/she may receive health insurance as follows: 75% of the total monthly premiums for the policy selected by the employer including master medical or the equivalent benefits, or 90% of the total monthly premiums for all approved and authorized health maintenance organizations. Sign up for health insurance at Boston City Hall within 30 days of employment, or at open enrollment in April of each year. Professional Days - Long term and cluster substitutes shall participate in professional days along with regular teachers/nurses/paras and shall be compensated therefore. 18 Hours of Professional Development - Long term and cluster substitutes will be required to attend the eighteen hours of professional development required of teachers. This time is scheduled beyond the school day and long term and cluster substitutes will be paid for this time. Application for Teaching Positions - Those substitute teachers who are certified, recommended as a result of central interview, have a letter of recommendation from a Boston Public Schools administrator, and who apply for teaching positions, will be guaranteed up to four interviews. For the central interview, complete a Boston Public Schools Personnel Bulletin that in the past has been issued in November or December of each year. The bulletin is called: "Paraprofessional/Substitute Teacher Applications for Teaching Positions."
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2003- 2006 |
Compensation (divide by 7 for hourly rate)
Per Diem Annual Bonus - 2003-2006 - $1,000.00 after working at least 120 days by end of June; and $1,500.00 after working at least 150 days. If a per diem substitute teacher works even one day as a long-term sub or cluster substitute, they are no longer eligible to receive the per diem bonus. If the bonus exceeds $100,000, it will be reduced so as not to exceed the $100,000 cap. Long term pay increased after 25 days instead of 30. |
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2006-2010 |
Compensation : 9/1/06 2% salary increase; 9/1/07 3% salary increase; 9/1/08 3% salary increase; 2/1/09 1% salary increase; 9/1/09 3% salary increase; 2/1/10 1% salary increase. Per Diem Annual Bonus - Remove the $100,000 cap on bonuses. Salary Differential - All substitute teachers who hold an active Mass. Teaching License shall receive a salary differential equal to 3% of the per diem rate. Retired teachers who return to subbing shall not be required to take any test. Health & Welfare benefits for Cluster Substitutes will increase by $150.00 effective 9/1/07. |
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