In re the Claim of Telemaque

*1442Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed October 5, 2015, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was employed as an absent reserve teacher for 20 years when the employer filed disciplinary charges under Education Law § 3020-a for engaging in misconduct, conduct unbecoming and/or prejudicial, insubordination and violating the employer’s rules. Following a lengthy hearing, a Hearing Officer with the Department of Education issued a 49-page decision…