Definition and Utilization of Preparation Periods. The preparation periods referenced above for high school, middle school, elementary school, and traveling teachers shall be reserved for activities which in the opinion of the employee are conducive to the effective delivery of instruction. Unless such preparation periods have been encumbered by a site-based decision of the faculty in a building to include required and scheduled collaborative conversations among that faculty for the purpose of reflection on teaching, data review and analysis, student work and assignment review, and joint planning for teaching, such encumbrance shall be voluntary. In all cases of site-based decisions which encumber any planning periods, such encumbrance shall be limited to 30 minutes per week or one period per week in the case of high school or middle school teachers. Evidence that a consensus decision has been implemented in a building to encumber preparation period time shall be forwarded in writing to the SEA President by the building principal within five (5) work days. An SEA building representative shall sign such notice. Any encumbrance of preparation period time shall be limited in effect to a single school year and may be extended on a yearly basis only by a renewed site-based decision.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
