INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION TIME. 4.091 Individual Preparation Period A “preparation period” is defined as the time during the work day when a member of the Bargaining Unit shall be released from instruction or student contact and be free from other responsibilities, including meetings, except for teacher initiated meetings, in order that such time may be used for teacher-directed preparation for instruction. Each full time Bargaining Unit member shall receive an average of two hundred twenty- five minutes per week of preparation time within a range of two hundred to two hundred fifty minutes per week in any particular week and a minimum of one preparation period per day. Each preparation period shall consist of a minimum of 30-minute blocks of time at each level. Other released time beyond two hundred twenty-five minutes per week may be used at the District’s discretion for additional preparation time and/or non-teaching assignments (NTA). Preparation time for Bargaining Unit members hired less than full-time shall be prorated. The parties agree to a joint schedule review process for the purpose of minimizing the scheduling of the preparation period outside the student day. To facilitate the review process, the District will provide the Association with elementary teacher schedules no later than 48 hours before the first teacher work day, to allow the Association to review the schedules and to suggest changes in advance of the first student day. In the event that the District declines to make the suggested changes, it will inform the Association of the reason for its decision. On any day when an Employee’s preparation period is scheduled outside the student day, the Employee shall not have any Non-Teaching Assignment such as recess duty, dismissal, hall duty or any similar assignment.
INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION TIME. 4.091 Individual Preparation Period A “preparation period” is defined as the time during the work day when a member of the Bargaining Unit shall be released from instruction or student contact and be free from other responsibilities, including meetings, except for teacher initiated meetings, in order that such time may be used for teacher-directed preparation for instruction. Each full time Bargaining Unit member shall receive an average of two hundred twenty- five minutes per week of preparation time within a range of two hundred to two hundred fifty minutes per week in any particular week and a minimum of one preparation period per day. Each preparation period shall consist of a minimum of 30-minute blocks of time at each level. Other released time beyond two hundred twenty-five minutes per week may be used at the District’s discretion for additional preparation time and/or non-teaching assignments (NTA). Preparation time for Bargaining Unit members hired less than full-time shall be prorated.
INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION TIME. The District and Association recognize that preparation time is vital. Each staff member shall have at least 250 minutes and not more than 320 minutes of preparation time each week not to include the time before and after school, or the duty-free lunch period. Part-time staff will receive a pro rata amount of the 250 minutes per week. Except for emergencies, as determined by the building principal, staff will not be required to perform tasks which infringe upon preparation time. The District and Association recognize that assemblies, parent- teacher conferences, and/or state-mandated testing schedules may impact staff preparation time. Scheduling adjustments will be made at the building level (with the goal of maintaining equitable planning time for all staff in the building). At the elementary level, preparation time shall consist of recess time, and time that the classroom teacher’s students are with a specialist. Elementary (K-5, Special Education, and Title I) classroom teachers will have a minimum of a 35-minute block of time each day; building specialists (library media, music, health and fitness teachers) will have a 30-minute block of time each day. District and building scheduling decisions will be made by building principals with teachers providing input. Based upon a seven period day, each middle school teacher will have one (1) period per day for planning. In order to meet the intent of the contract to provide at least 250 minutes per week, an additional 4.5 days release time per year will be allotted to each teacher for the purpose of team planning. Team members will be released at the same time, with the team deciding how to utilize this release time. Team leaders shall turn in planning schedule to the principal by the second week of each semester. The planning days will be taken in either .5 or
INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION TIME. Each teacher shall receive a minimum of thirty (30) consecutive minutes of individual teacher preparation time per day. The thirty (30) minutes of individual teacher preparation time shall be during the regular student day, but not during the teacher’s thirty (30) minute, duty-free lunch period.
INDIVIDUAL PREPARATION TIME. 4.091 Individual Preparation Period A “preparation period” is defined as the time during the work day when a member of the Bargaining Unit shall be released from instruction or student contact and be free from other responsibilities, including meetings, except for teacher initiated meetings, in order that such time may be used for teacher-directed preparation for instruction. Each full time Bargaining Unit member shall receive an average of two hundred twenty- five minutes per week of preparation time within a range of two hundred to two hundred fifty minutes per week in any particular week and a minimum of one preparation period per day. Each preparation period shall consist of a minimum of 30-minute blocks of time at each level. Other released time beyond two hundred twenty-five minutes per week may be used at the District’s discretion for additional preparation time and/or non-teaching assignments (NTA). Preparation time for Bargaining Unit members hired less than full-time shall be prorated. Beginning with the 2018-19 school year, the parties agree to institute a joint schedule review process for the purpose of minimizing the scheduling of the preparation period outside the student day. To facilitate the review process, the District will provide the Association with elementary teacher schedules no later than 48 hours before the first teacher work day, to allow the Association to review the schedules and to suggest changes in advance of the first student
