ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — Many of the substitute teachers who work for the Alamance Burlington School System will be getting bonuses this year.
The school system said substitute teachers, “Have been vital in serving our students as we move out of the COVID-19 response in our schools and the continued vacancies in many of our classroom teaching positions.”
ABSS said they have looked at opportunities to express appreciation to substitute teachers.
"We really couldn't have operated these first few days of school or are these 58 days of school without them. We appreciate everything that they've been doing and a lot of them are our full-time subs for the most part and covering these classes in addition to these teachers who are also getting a bonus that was agreed upon earlier to give our teachers a $2000 bonus this year as retention just in time for the holidays," said Les Atkins, ABSS spokesperson.
Eligible substitute teachers will receive a retention bonus of $500 if they meet the following criteria:
- Substitute teachers that have fulfilled at least 30 full-day substitute teaching requests between September 1, 2022, and November 30, 2022, will receive a one-time retention bonus of $500.
- Eligible substitutes must continue to be employed as a substitute with ABSS as of December 16, 2022.
- The substitute teaching requests must be documented in our substitute teacher management system, Frontline, and the ABSS payroll system.
The bonuses will be paid to teachers on Dec 16 and will impact 102 substitutes in total.
The money is coming from a fund balance and will total $55,000.
The vote passed Tuesday unanimously.
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