Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 4/19/2018 - 6:30 PM
Category: Report of the Committee on Accountability, Finance, and Personnel
Type: Action
Subject: 7. Action on a District-Wide Assessment of Substitute Teachers
Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
Goal 3
Effective and Efficient Operations
Policy: Admin Policy 6.22 - Leaves and Absences: Staff
Attachments Assessment of Substitute Teachers.pdf
Assessment Presentation.pdf
File Attachment:
Assessment of Substitute Teachers.pdf
Assessment Presentation.pdf
Background: In November 2017, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors adopted Resolution 1718R-007 regarding a district-wide assessment of substitute teachers.

The attached report details the output of this work reviewing MPS systems, available absence and substitute teacher data and a review of applicable literature.
Fiscal Impact Statement: No Fiscal Impact
Implementation and Assessment Plan
Recommendation: Your Committee recommends that the Board

1. Direct the Administration and the OAE to examine the impacts of the following changes:

- Changing maximum lifetime sick leave accrual
- Changing maximum yearly sick leave accrual
- Incentivizing attendance for all non-administrative school staff
- Requiring 5 working days notice for miscellaneous leave
- Creating a system to monitor advance posting of absences

2. Direct the Administration and the OAE to return with its final recommendations no later than the June 2018 Board cycle; and

3. Direct the Office of Accountability and Efficiency to assemble with a delegation of substitute teachers on the recommendation.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Jacqueline M. Mann, Ph.D. - Board Clerk/Chief Officer