Prior to the introduction of the supervision and substitution scheme in 2002, supervision was carried out on a voluntary basis in schools under local arrangements between the school authorities and the teachers. An agreement was reached between the managerial authorities of second level schools, my Department and the teachers' unions for the provision of funding for supervision and substitution duties in post-primary schools in 2002 and a circular to this effect was issued in July 2002. The agreed scheme for payment of supervision and substitution duties was implemented in full in the 2002-03 school year and has been in operation since then.
Under the terms of the agreement, permanent, temporary wholetime and eligible part-time teachers who served in a voluntary secondary or community/comprehensive school during the 2001-02 school year were eligible to claim payment for that school year. There is no provision for payment for supervision duties performed on a voluntary basis to staff in any other category of employment in second level schools during the 2001-02 school year.
