Common use of Planning and Preparation Time Clause in Contracts

Planning and Preparation Time. 1. Pre-K through 5 Teachers. Insofar as practicable and provided there are enough special subject teachers employed by the Board, the Board will attempt to schedule one (1) planning period per day for full-time pre-K-5 teachers. Said pre- K-5 teachers shall use for their planning period the periods during which their classes receive instruction from music, art, foreign language, or physical education special subject teachers, unless from time to time they are asked by the special subject teachers to stay in the classroom to assist them. Such planning periods at the pre-K-5 level, including common planning time, shall be used for preparation time and other instructional responsibilities. It is understood that reasonable administrative requests/needs to meet will be honored. Regular classroom teachers at elementary grades 2-5 shall be released from two (2) periods of foreign language instruction each full week, thereby providing an additional fifty (50) minutes of planning time per week. First grade classroom teachers shall have an additional forty-five (45) minutes of planning time each full week, and during such additional planning time, instruction shall be provided by a certified teacher.