Common use of Planning and Preparation Time Clause in Contracts

Planning and Preparation Time. ‌ A. Every teacher at the secondary schools shall be granted per day planning and preparation time equal to a class period. B. Every teacher at the elementary schools shall be guaranteed planning and preparation time equaling two hundred (200) minutes per week. Provided however, if any elementary art, elementary music, or physical education teacher is absent and no substitute is assigned, the regular classroom teacher shall provide such instruction and that teacher’s allocated planning and preparation time for that day be reduced by that amount of time. When requested or required by the building principal, the teacher whose planning and preparation time is reduced shall be paid in accordance with Article 10. C. No teacher shall be required to attend student assemblies or other similar functions that are held during his/her planning and preparation times. D. Planning and preparation time shall not be interrupted by any meetings other than cooperative planning meetings. However, planning and preparation time may be used for parent conferences and meetings with principals on an infrequent basis determined by necessity. E. No planning period shall be less than 25 continuous minutes and there shall be at least one planning period per day.

Planning and Preparation Time. ‌ A. Every teacher at the secondary schools shall be granted per day planning and preparation time equal to a class period. B. Every teacher at the elementary schools shall be guaranteed planning and preparation time equaling two hundred (200) minutes per week. Provided however, if any elementary art, elementary music, or physical education teacher is absent and no substitute is assigned, the regular classroom teacher shall provide such instruction and that teacher’s allocated planning and preparation time for that day be reduced by that amount of time. When requested or required by the building principal, the teacher whose planning and preparation time is reduced shall be paid in accordance with Article 1010.02. C. No teacher shall be required to attend student assemblies or other similar functions that are held during his/her planning and preparation times. D. Planning and preparation time shall not be interrupted by any meetings other than cooperative planning meetings. However, planning and preparation time may be used for parent conferences and meetings with principals on an infrequent basis determined by necessity. E. No planning period shall be less than 25 continuous minutes and there shall be at least one planning period per day.

Planning and Preparation Time. ‌ A. Every teacher at the secondary schools shall be granted per day planning and preparation time equal to a class period. B. Every teacher at the elementary schools shall be guaranteed planning and preparation time equaling two hundred (200) minutes per week. Provided however, if any elementary art, elementary music, or physical education teacher is absent and no substitute is assigned, the regular classroom teacher shall provide such instruction and that teacher’s allocated planning and preparation time for that day be reduced by that amount of time. When requested or required by the building principal, the teacher whose planning and preparation time is reduced shall be paid in accordance with Article 10. C. No teacher shall be required to attend student assemblies or other similar functions that are held during his/her planning and preparation times. D. Planning and preparation time shall not be interrupted by any meetings other than cooperative planning meetings. However, planning and preparation time may be used for parent conferences and meetings with principals on an infrequent basis determined by necessity. E. No planning period shall be less than 25 continuous minutes and there shall be at least one planning period per day.