School Support | What is paid, what is included, and when approval is needed

Short answer

Lanterna pays for School Support services actually carried out. In general:

• live teaching hours are paid
• a baseline amount of prep / normal follow-up is assumed within the assignment
• extra non-teaching work is only paid if it is included in the scope or separately agreed

Contractual principle

The substitute teacher addendum makes clear that Lanterna pays for:

• substitute teaching services actually carried out
• and, where separately agreed, certain surplus / non-teaching work such as additional assessment-related work or leadership meetings

It also makes clear that Lanterna only pays for work actually carried out and that teachers should not incur extra obligations on Lanterna’s behalf without approval.

Examples of work that may require approval

• additional IA marking or extra rounds of feedback
• leadership meetings
• significant extra reporting
• extra meetings requested by the school
• non-standard oral examination support
• travel / in-person requirements not originally agreed

What to do if the school asks for extra work

1. Do not assume it is automatically paid
2. Capture what has been requested
3. Estimate the additional time needed
4. Send it to schools@lanterna.com before carrying it out

What if you already did the work?

Lanterna will review the context, but the safest rule is still:

if the work is outside scope, get approval first

If in doubt

If you are asking yourself “is this included or is this extra?”, that is usually the moment to email the School Support team before proceeding.