Early Release Wednesdays. On Wednesdays, student instruction time shall be shortened by twenty-five (25) minutes in the morning and by twenty-five (25) minutes in the afternoon, thereby resulting in the student attendance day ending fifty (50) minutes earlier than on other days of the week. On Wednesdays, both the morning and afternoon kindergarten classes shall be shortened by twenty- five (25) minutes each. Unless it is mutually agreed otherwise, Wednesday meetings shall begin twenty (20) minutes after the Wednesday dismissal time for students. Commencing with the 2016-17 school year, the Wednesday schedule will be as follows: Activity Schedule Meeting Times Per Year Description of Activity Building Meeting followed by Team Meeting First Wednesday In-Session Each Month and the Last Wednesday In-Session of the School Year 11-12 40 minutes: Principal-led staff meeting to address school/district business 30 minutes: Team Meeting1 (teams create and work on SMART goals, curriculum mapping, writing common assessments, reviewing student data, planning for differentiated instruction, group/individual student problem-solving, team business) • Team establishes agenda • Agenda/minutes shared with administrators • Administrators may add agenda items and participate in meetings o If feasible, the agenda item(s) will be added to the meeting and , if not, will be added to the next scheduled meeting unless another time is mutually agreed upon 10 minutes: PREA meeting District-Directed Meeting followed by Team Meeting Third In-Session Wednesday Each Month* 10-11 45 minutes: Professional development or meetings focused on Strategic Plan initiatives. May be led by teacher leaders, principals, or other District personnel. Staff will not travel for this session. One session during the school year will be allocated to QIT’s District Goal. 1 For purposes of this entire Wednesday Schedule, the term “Team Meeting” for elementary schools refers to “grade level team” and for the middle school it refers to one of two options which are (1) “Building Department Meeting”* (either whole department or smaller teams) or
Early Release Wednesdays. For so long as the District continues its current practice of scheduled early release Wednesdays, the District will collaborate with and consider input from employees on how this time will be utilized.
Early Release Wednesdays. 1. On Early Release Wednesdays, Elementary Schools will release students one hour early.
Early Release Wednesdays. The normal cycle of monthly meetings and activities on early release Wednesdays will be mutually agreed between PREA and the Board with recommendations addressed at the Staff Development Committee meetings. Unless it is mutually agreed otherwise, none of the foregoing meetings shall begin until twenty (20) minutes after the Wednesday dismissal time for students. Since some teachers serve on multiple committees, it is understood that there will need to be some flexibility in scheduling the foregoing meetings and activities. Commencing with the 2012-2013 school year, the normal cycle of monthly meetings and activities is set forth below, showing the schedule for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Wednesdays of each month: Week 1: Building Faculty Meetings Week 2: Middle Schools -- Rotate Building Department/District Department Meetings Elementary Schools – Grade-Level Meetings Directed by the Team or Grade- Level Problem-Solving based on need Week 3: Rotate District-Directed Staff Development/QIT-Directed Staff Development Week 4: Rotate Building Faculty Meetings/Teacher-Directed Collaboration Activities Week 5: Self-Directed Activities Building faculty meetings shall consist of a thirty (30) minute business meeting and sixty (60) minutes of staff development.
Early Release Wednesdays. 38.3.1 The District shall ensure that building-based SESPA employees who work a schedule that results in them being on site during Early Release Wednesdays shall have the opportunity to attend a classified staff meeting once per month, during an Early Release Wednesday, or at another time during their assigned hours. The purpose of classified staff meetings shall be to facilitate communication of system-wide impacts of new or ongoing initiatives, as well as ensure that building staff are aware of building-level issues and priorities, and the impact on their work.
Early Release Wednesdays. During the months of September through May one Wednesday early release per month will be designated by the District as teacher work time which may be used to prepare for parent-teacher conferences, work on Career Development Plans, or address other issues at the discretion of the teacher.
Early Release Wednesdays. For so long as the District continues its current practice of scheduled early release Wednesdays, the District will collaborate with and consider input from employees on how this time will be utilized. Each July/August, or prior to the development of the professional development topics for the following year, the district will invite PTEA selected representatives (one per school, plus an additional representative of special education) to give input into the district-wide professional development planning process for the upcoming school year.
Early Release Wednesdays. For the remainder of the 2021-22 school year, three (3) out of four (4) Wednesdays will be free of district and building administrator established commitments, including meetings and PLCs.
Early Release Wednesdays. In order to promote a cohesive learning environment, improve instruction and improve student learning, students will be dismissed one (1) hour and fifty (50) minutes early each Wednesday during the regular school year. During this time, certificated staff will participate in the following:
Early Release Wednesdays. Will follow the collective bargaining agreement and the scheduled time for administratively directed days will be consistent across the district.
