Banking Preparation Time. In an effort to assist teachers and principals in identifying what constitutes “banked time”, these guidelines shall be followed: - For teachers to be able to “bank” preparation time, teachers should consult with their principal in advance of logging preparation time that may be missed; - As the Education Statutes and Regulations of Ontario indicate, teachers have a professional obligation to attend certain meetings. These may include, but are not limited to: meetings with parents, IPRCs, IEP review meetings, meetings with administrators as part of the TPA process, etc. In scheduling these meetings, principals shall endeavor to offer teachers several options – before school, after school, at lunch, or during the teacher’s preparation time. - If a teacher chooses to meet during his/her preparation and planning time, it is understood that they are not eligible to bank this time;
Banking Preparation Time. In an effort to assist teachers and principals in identifying what constitutes “banked time”, these guidelines shall be followed: - For teachers to be able to “bank” preparation time, teachers should consult with their principal in advance of logging preparation time that may be missed; - As the Education Statutes and Regulations of Ontario indicate, teachers have a professional obligation to attend certain meetings. These may include, but are not limited to: meetings with parents, IPRCs, IEP review meetings, meetings with administrators as part of the TPA process, etc. In scheduling these meetings, principals shall endeavor to offer teachers several options – before school, after school, at lunch, or during the teacher’s preparation time. If a teacher chooses to meet during his/her preparation and planning time, it is understood that they are not eligible to bank this time; - If the principal asks a teacher to give up their preparation time to attend a meeting or perform some other duty, and if the teacher agrees, then that preparation time is to be banked; - To keep track of banked preparation time, teachers are to use the tracking form found in Appendix “H”. The Principal’s initials indicate acknowledgement that the missed time is to be banked.
