Directives on the Compensation for Substitute Teaching and Special Tasks at Cantonal Schools - Compensations
Statutory Text (4 Provisions)
**1. Cantonal Educators Receive the Following Compensation for Duties and Responsibilities Beyond Their Professional Mandate:**
a) Subject Head at the Herisau Vocational Training Center: Depending on the workload and the extent of responsibility, the flat-rate compensation for the Subject Head ranges from CHF 1,200 to CHF 4,800 per year, paid in twelve monthly installments.
b) Supervision of Matura Theses
1. Individual Thesis: CHF 775;
2. Group Thesis (two persons): CHF 1,025, with an additional CHF 250 for each additional person.
1. Teachers with homeroom teacher functions in the first two years of the specialized secondary school, the vocational business school, and the gymnasium (high school) shall have one lesson credited to their workload.
2. Teachers with homeroom teacher functions in the basic vocational education, the bridge offer, the last two years of the gymnasium (high school), and in the third year of the specialized secondary school and the vocational business school shall have one-third of a lesson credited to their workload.
1. Teachers are obligated, as part of their professional duties, to undertake short-term substitutions without additional compensation to prevent unforeseen school closures. A full-time workload requires a maximum of ten additional lessons per school year, while this obligation is proportionally reduced for part-time positions.
2. Substitutions lasting less than one month are compensated based on the number of lessons delivered. The following rates apply
a) For a teaching obligation of 23 weekly lessons: 80 percent of the regular salary;
b) For a teaching obligation of 25 weekly lessons or more: 85 percent of the regular salary.
3. For substitutions lasting at least one month, the regular salary must be paid for the entire duration of the substitution.
1. These instructions shall enter into force on August 1, 2009.