Elementary Preparation. 31 a. In the elementary school, limited preparation time may be arranged at 32 individual school sites through staffing patterns that (1) are 33 educationally justifiable; (2) do not reduce total instruction time for 34 students; (3) are developed jointly by the affected teaching staff and 35 the site manager; and (4) are approved by the appropriate 36 assistant/deputy superintendent. 37 38 b. At the elementary teacher's discretion, library time may be used as a 39 preparation period when a credentialed librarian is scheduled to work 40 with the entire class. 41
Elementary Preparation. Elementary teachers shall have as preparation time those recess periods when their class is at recess and supervised by playground personnel of at least one hour and forty minutes per normal week. Elementary teachers, including kindergarten, shall have as preparation time those periods when the class is receiving music or P.E. instruction by a special teacher for an average in a building per teacher of at least one hundred twenty (120) minutes per week in addition to the supervised playground described above, for a total of two hundred and twenty (220) minutes per normal week. Every reasonable effort will be made to insure that each teacher gets his/her scheduled preparation time.
Elementary Preparation. 10 a. In the elementary school, limited preparation time may be arranged at 11 individual school sites through staffing patterns that (1) are educationally 12 justifiable; (2) do not reduce total instruction time for students; (3) are 13 developed jointly by the affected teaching staff and the site manager; and (4) 14 are approved by the appropriate assistant/deputy superintendent. 15
16 b. At the elementary teacher's discretion, library time may be used as a 17 preparation period when a credentialed librarian is scheduled to work with the 18 entire class.
20 c. A school is not precluded from identifying additional opportunities for 21 preparation time, especially for teachers of grades four and five, if the school's 22 regularly scheduled, general funded, certificated staffing permits. 23
24 d. Teachers in Grades 1-5 shall receive a designated preparation time of 40 25 minutes on dates identified by the District. Thursday shall be the scheduled 26 preparation day which shall remain the same for all affected schools within 27 the District. The dates shall be identified prior to the start of the new school 28 year. The instructional minutes for Grades 1 through 5 must be consistent with 29 the instructional minutes identified by the District for the particular grade 30 level. Preparation periods shall normally be scheduled 35 times a year; but 31 may be less in some years due to the placement of school holidays on the 32 approved calendar. Scheduled preparation days shall not be changed due to 33 conflicts on the calendar, such as Back-to-School Night, Open House and 34 Parent Conferences.
36 e. Except in cases of emergencies, no meetings shall be scheduled by the site 37 administrator during the scheduled preparation period. However, this does not 38 preclude a teacher from scheduling and participating in meetings of their 39 choice during this time.
41 f. No waivers shall be accepted or approved to modify the 40-minute preparation 42 period for teachers.
44 g. The designated 40-minute preparation period is part of the teachers’ regular 45 workday.
Elementary Preparation. CTP who function as regular classroom teachers on the elementary level shall not be required to remain with their class while instruction is being conducted by a specialist, hired for such purposes.
Elementary Preparation. 1. On early release days that involve reduced instruction time, all preparation and planning time shall be reduced proportionately to the reduction in instructional time.
2. Unless prevented by emergency conditions, all 1.0 elementary teachers will have 55 duty free (non-directed) minutes per day for preparation and planning. Planning time minutes will be contiguous when possible.
3. With the exception of early release days for PLCs, any elementary teacher whose planning time is adversely affected by early-release/late arrival days will be compensated for time thus lost through one of the two following means:
a. Release time equal to the time lost or:
b. Compensation for time lost at per diem. The teacher and principal will work together to establish suitable quid pro quo time release time. If release 58 time is the option chosen, the time exchange will be documented between five days prior and five days following the lost planning time using a form that is mutually agreed upon by the District and the Association. If it is not possible to determine a suitable time exchange, then compensation will be provided at the per diem rate of pay.
4. Planning and preparation time will be free of other assigned duties.
Elementary Preparation. 6.4.1 Elementary K-5 teachers shall have a minimum of 220 minutes of preparation time per week during the student instructional day. Such time will consist of at least five (5) scheduled preparation blocks. Four
Elementary Preparation. 6.4.1 Elementary K-5 teachers shall have a minimum of 220 minutes of preparation time per week during the student instructional day. Such time will consist of at least five (5) scheduled preparation blocks. Four (4) of them will be forty-five (45) minute blocks and one (1) block will be no less than forty (40) minutes on one day released for Professional Collaboration Time. No more than one day each week can have a double block, and it cannot be on a PCT day.
6.4.2 In addition to the planning time provided for elementary teachers and in exchange for the following additional preparation time, the District may increase the class sizes limits in Article 6 Section 6.6.3 for grades 1 and 2 by one (1) student and in grade 3 by two (2) students before overage compensation begins.
Elementary Preparation. 26 a. In the elementary school, limited preparation time may be arranged at 27 individual school sites through staffing patterns that (1) are 28 educationally justifiable; (2) do not reduce total instruction time for 29 students; (3) are developed jointly by the affected teaching staff and the 30 site manager; and (4) are approved by the appropriate assistant/deputy
33 b. At the elementary teacher's discretion, library time may be used as a 34 preparation period when a credentialed librarian is scheduled to work 35 with the entire class.
37 c. A school is not precluded from identifying additional opportunities for 38 preparation time, especially for teachers of grades four and five, if the 39 school's regularly scheduled, general funded, certificated staffing 40 permits.
42 d. Teachers in Grades 1-5 shall receive a designated preparation time of
Elementary Preparation. 15 a. In the elementary school, limited preparation time may be arranged at 16 individual school sites through staffing patterns that (1) are educationally 17 justifiable; (2) do not reduce total instruction time for students; (3) are 18 developed jointly by the affected teaching staff and the site manager; and (4) 19 are approved by the appropriate assistant/deputy superintendent. 20
21 b. At the elementary teacher's discretion, library time may be used as a 22 preparation period when a credentialed librarian is scheduled to work with the 23 entire class.
25 c. A school is not precluded from identifying additional opportunities for 26 preparation time, especially for teachers of grades four and five, if the school's 27 regularly scheduled, general funded, certificated staffing permits. 28
29 d. Teachers in Grades 1-5 shall receive a designated preparation time of 40 30 minutes on dates identified by the District. Thursday shall be the scheduled 31 preparation day which shall remain the same for all affected schools within 32 the District. The dates shall be identified prior to the start of the new school
Elementary Preparation a. Elementary professional employees shall, in addition to their duty-free lunch, have daily preparation time equivalent to the length of a regularly scheduled class period (no less than forty-two (42) minutes). Preparation time will include time between the start of the teacher day and the beginning of classroom/homeroom responsibilities.
b. Every effort will be made to equalize the total preparation time during the student day (Art, Music, Computer, Physical Education, and Library instruction) as long as no additional staffing is needed.
