Common use of INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TIME Clause in Contracts

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TIME. Uninterrupted instructional planning time for classroom teachers shall be equivalent to one class period per day at the secondary level. At the elementary level, a minimum of 225 uninterrupted minutes will be scheduled during the work week with at least a 40- minute uninterrupted block scheduled each day, or as mutually agreed for a given building by the building principal and the majority of the building's teachers, provided the minimum of 225 minutes per week is scheduled. The Association will be notified of any proposed mutually agreed changes. When less than a full week is worked due to scheduled or non-scheduled school closure, vacations, holiday periods, or for other reasons, the daily uninterrupted instructional planning time shall be the same as a normal weekly schedule for the particular days worked. Uninterrupted instructional planning time for personnel other than classroom teachers shall be consistent with past practice. For the purposes of this section “uninterrupted” shall mean that the District will not schedule any required activity during the teacher’s instructional planning time, except for unusual circumstances, such as the only time a parent could meet or an emergency. Principals may ask teachers to cover a class (substitute) during their uninterrupted instructional planning time. The decision to cover a class (substitute) during this instructional planning time shall be voluntary. Teachers who elect to cover a class period during their uninterrupted instructional planning time shall be compensated for their time worked (a class period) at their daily salary rate, pro-rated accordingly.

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TIME. Uninterrupted instructional planning time for classroom teachers shall be equivalent to one class period per day at the secondary level. At the elementary level, a minimum of 225 uninterrupted minutes will be scheduled during the work week with at least a 40- 40-minute uninterrupted block scheduled each day, or as mutually agreed for a given building by the building principal and the majority of the building's ’s teachers, provided the minimum of 225 minutes per week is scheduled. The Association will be notified of any proposed mutually agreed changes. When less than a full week is worked due to scheduled or non-scheduled school closure, vacations, holiday periods, or for other reasons, the daily uninterrupted instructional planning time shall be the same as a normal weekly schedule for the particular days worked. Uninterrupted instructional planning time for personnel other than classroom teachers shall be consistent with past practice. For the purposes of this section “uninterrupted” shall mean that the District will not schedule any required activity during the teacher’s instructional planning time, except for unusual circumstances, such as the only time a parent could meet or an emergency. Principals may ask teachers to cover a class (substitute) during their uninterrupted instructional planning time. The decision to cover a class (substitute) during this instructional planning time shall be voluntary. Teachers who elect to cover a class period during their uninterrupted instructional planning time shall be compensated for their time worked (a class period) at their daily salary rate, pro-rated accordingly.

INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TIME. Uninterrupted instructional planning time for classroom teachers licensed staff shall be equivalent to one class period per day at the secondary level. At the elementary level, a minimum of 225 uninterrupted minutes will be scheduled during the work week with at least a 40- 40-minute uninterrupted block scheduled each day, or as mutually agreed for a given building by the building principal and the majority of the building's teachers’s licensed staff, provided the minimum of 225 minutes per week is scheduled. The Association will be notified of any proposed mutually agreed changes. When less than a full week is worked due to scheduled or non-scheduled school closure, vacations, holiday periods, or for other reasons, the daily uninterrupted instructional planning time shall be the same as a normal weekly schedule for the particular days worked. Uninterrupted instructional planning time for personnel other than classroom teachers licensed staff shall be consistent with past practice. For the purposes of this section “uninterrupted” shall mean that the District will not schedule any required activity during the teacherlicensed staff member’s instructional planning time, except for unusual circumstances, such as the only time a parent could meet or an emergency. Principals may ask teachers licensed staff to cover a class (substitute) during their uninterrupted instructional planning time. The decision to cover a class (substitute) during this instructional planning time shall be voluntary. Teachers Licensed staff who elect to cover a class period during their uninterrupted instructional planning time shall be compensated for their time worked (a class period) at their daily salary rate, pro-rated accordingly.