SUBSTITUTE REQUEST PROCEDURE

Please follow the following instructions and guidelines for substitute coverage:
Call (626) 962-5080 and then extension 800

Leave a detailed clearly stated message including:
Your name
Class you teach
Start and end time for substitute coverage
Your specific work location and room number
Reason you are absent

In order to secure a substitute for the same day, you must call the substitute phone line before 6:00 am. If you do not call before 6:00 am you are personally responsible for your class coverage until you speak with an ROP staff member in the Del Norte Main Office to confirm a substitute has been secured for your class.
General Information

Substitute instructors must be assigned by Personnel.
To obtain substitute coverage you must follow the procedure listed above.

For planned absences due to meetings, conferences, or workshops, please call to arrange for substitute coverage with as much advance notice as possible.
You are responsible for ensuring there are detailed instructions for the substitute instructor. Please place items in an easy to identify folder on the desk in the classroom for planned and unplanned absences.

Each instructor is required to have a substitute folder for unplanned absences which must include the following information:

1. Class list by section
2. Contact person in an emergency (include location of your copies of the emergency forms)
3. Lesson plans with instructions
4. Attendance forms along with instructions
5. Seating chart
6. Special information:
• Dress Code
• Restroom location
• Location of materials
• Equipment non-use
• Emergency procedures
7. Student assigned training sites, if placed in the community (applicable to community classroom and CVE instructional programs only) along with work site addresses, phone numbers and contact persons
8. Bus schedule (if applicable)