Elementary Planning. 29 1. Each full time employee will have a minimum of 200 minutes per 5 day week for 30 planning time. This planning time shall be scheduled within the student day in 31 blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes per day. 32
33 2. On ACT days, planning time will be provided to all employees and shall be 34 scheduled within the student day in blocks of not less than twenty-five (25) 35 minutes per day. 200 minutes of planning time for the week, per Article 21 36 Section E.1 shall remain. 37
38 3. On other reduced schedule days (including, but not limited to, conference days, 39 late starts, non-ACT early release), site teams will develop adjusted schedules. 40 41 42 43 44
Elementary Planning. The normal weekly teaching load in the elementary school will be consistent to meet the state mandated hours of instruction and shall include unassigned preparation time equivalent to 50 minutes per day plus one (1) 40 minute duty free lunch periods per day. This planning time will be scheduled so elementary teachers will have a planning time every day where efficient scheduling allows. It is the intention of the administration to schedule unassigned preparation time in blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes, whenever possible. It is understood that from time to time a school may schedule special activities or field trips that continue through the time that would normally be a teacher instructional planning period. The school administration will make every effort to ensure some period of relief during this time provided that student supervision is not jeopardized. The administration will also schedule in such a way that no teacher planning period is affected more than two times a trimester.
Elementary Planning. 1. Elementary practitioners shall receive at least one (1) daily unencumbered forty
Elementary Planning. Elementary teachers with full-time assignments (including specialists) shall have two-hundred (200) minutes per five (5) day regular workweek of scheduled plan time, with a minimum of forty (40) continuous minutes for uninterrupted planning within the instructional day and thirty (30) minutes duty-free recesses each regular workday, except in cases of emergency. Each
Elementary Planning. The Committee and the Association are committed to provide individual and common planning time for teachers, and therefore:
Elementary Planning. 1. Elementary practitioners shall receive at least one (1) daily unencumbered forty (40) minute preparation period during the student day. This preparation/planning time will take place when students are instructed in areas including, but not limited to, music, art and physical education. If scheduling and/or staffing anomalies dictate that the above is not possible, practitioners shall receive preparation/planning time as follows:
a. Two hundred (200) minutes of planning time every five (5) days and distributed over at least four (4) of the five (5) days;
b. This preparation time shall be distributed in increments of no less than forty (40) consecutive minutes.
2. When an elementary class is scheduled for direct instruction from a library media specialist, with no other classes or groups of students present at the same time, the classroom teacher may use such time for preparation as described above.
Elementary Planning. 26 1. Each elementary employee will have a minimum of 200 minutes per week for 27 planning time. This planning time shall be scheduled within the student day in 28 blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes per day.
29 2. Based on the student population within each school, each elementary school 30 library will receive the following resources: 00 000-000 students – 1 hour of additional educational assistant time per day 32 600 students and above – 2 hours of additional educational assistant time per day 33 This additional time shall be used to support the functions of the library and shall 34 include but not be limited to: 35 shelving books 36 assisting students with library services 37 maintaining library service operations during designated times 38 general organization based on library needs
Elementary Planning. Each full time employee will have a minimum of 200 minutes per 5 day week for 33 planning time. This planning time shall be scheduled within the student day in 34 blocks of not less than forty (40) minutes per day. 35
Elementary Planning. Preparation Time
Elementary Planning. The Board will provide all elementary school teachers a minimum of 225 minutes per week within the students' day for planning. In all elementary schools, the minimum time shall be scheduled for each teacher in blocks of not less than 30 minutes (when possible) per day and shall be free from student responsibility within that time during the student day. Effort will be made to provide equitable distribution of this planning time throughout the week in keeping with the desires of the staff of individual schools.
