Common use of Planning and Preparation Time Clause in Contracts

Planning and Preparation Time. 10:6.1 Each employee shall receive a minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes per week of planning and preparation time within the student day. Such time should be in increments of 45 consecutive minutes. In the event of an abbreviated student day or emergencies (as defined in this agreement), every attempt will be made to equitably distribute planning time within that day. 10:6.1.1 Throughout the school year, employees and building administrators shall use the Interest- Based Decision Process to discuss the feasibility of restructuring employees’ duties and responsibilities so that planning time might increase. 10:6.2 Employees shall not lose their planning and preparation, except in an emergency as defined in the Definitions section of this collaborative agreement. 10:6.3 Employees shall not normally be required to collect money for community drives, student pictures, or student insurance. This provision does not apply to collection of envelopes without regard to content. Employees shall be responsible for collecting and transmitting money to be used for educational purposes such as field trips and fund-raising activities. All money collected should be deposited in accordance with District and State of Delaware regulations. 10:6.4 Within the confines of the total school program, the building principal shall attempt to assign employees on District-designated teaching teams to the same planning and preparation time. In addition, the building principal at his/her discretion shall make reasonable effort in scheduling planning and preparation time to accommodate unique program or teaching needs. 10:6.5 With respect to teaching preparation, when a departmentalized schedule is used, the building principal shall make reasonable effort in meeting program needs, to limit the number of preparations so as not to be unduly burdensome to the teacher. 10:6.6 When an employee is assigned to more than one (1) building reasonable effort shall be made to limit the number of buildings so as not to be unduly burdensome to teachers while still meeting program needs of the District. 10:6.7 All teachers shall maintain up-to-date lesson plans. No teacher shall be required to submit daily or weekly lesson plans, but such plans that shall be made available to the administrator upon request. In the event a teacher is absent, instructional plans for three (3) days in advance must be available for substitute teachers. 10:6.8 A teacher shall have four (4) full workdays to turn in grades from the date specified by the building administrator. If no date is specified by the building administrator, then grades will be due to the building administrator four (4) full work days from the close of the last day of the marking period and interim report period. It is understood that planning/preparation time on these four days will be used for the analysis of student data. End of the year grades are excluded from the provisions of this article. 10:6.9 The Board and the Association agree that the pupil/teacher ratio is an important part of an effective educational program and problems arising from this ratio may be discussed in a collaborative process. Refer to Article 3 and Appendix F. 10:6.10 All employees will receive four (4) half days during the course of the year for the purpose of fulfilling professional responsibilities which shall be performed in the building. Examples of professional activities include data entry; curriculum development; classroom planning; meeting district, state, or federal mandates; or other professionally related activities, as determined by the teacher, and approved by the Principal. Such days shall be collaboratively set by the District and the Association during the calendar discussion, and will occur between the first student day and the last student day, with preference to scheduling them in conjunction with the interim reporting window for each marking period. Principals may monitor these functions and may require a record of the employees’ activities. Should weather contingency days be exhausted prior to the use of one or more of these days, the remaining days will be converted to make-up days/hours in lieu of lost contingency time.

Planning and Preparation Time. 10:6.1 Each employee shall receive a minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes per week of planning and preparation time within the student day. Such time should be in increments of 45 consecutive minutes. In the event of an abbreviated student day or emergencies (as defined in this agreement), every attempt will be made to equitably distribute planning time within that day. 10:6.1.1 Throughout the school year, employees and building administrators shall use the Interest- Based Decision Process to discuss the feasibility of restructuring employees’ duties and responsibilities so that planning time might increase. 10:6.2 Employees shall not lose their planning and preparation, except in an emergency as defined in the Definitions section of this collaborative agreement. 10:6.3 Employees shall not normally be required to collect money for community drives, student pictures, or student insurance. This provision does not apply to collection of envelopes without regard to content. Employees shall be responsible for collecting and transmitting money to be used for educational purposes such as field trips and fund-raising activities. All money collected should be deposited in accordance with District and State of Delaware regulations. 10:6.4 Within the confines of the total school program, the building principal shall attempt to assign employees on District-designated teaching teams to the same planning and preparation time. In addition, the building principal at his/her their discretion shall make reasonable effort in scheduling planning and preparation time to accommodate unique program or teaching needs. 10:6.5 With respect to teaching preparation, when a departmentalized schedule is used, the building principal shall make reasonable effort in meeting program needs, to limit the number of preparations so as not to be unduly burdensome to the teacher. 10:6.6 When an employee is assigned to more than one (1) building reasonable effort shall be made to limit the number of buildings so as not to be unduly burdensome to teachers while still meeting program needs of the District. 10:6.7 All teachers shall maintain up-to-date lesson plans. No teacher shall be required to submit daily or weekly lesson plans, but such plans that shall be made available to the administrator upon request. In the event a teacher is absent, instructional plans for three (3) days in advance must be available for substitute teachers. 10:6.8 A teacher shall have four (4) full workdays to turn in grades from the date specified by the building administrator. For Elementary, this is after interims and semesters; for secondary, this is at the end of the marking periods. If no date is specified by the building administrator, then grades will be due to the building administrator four (4) full work days workdays from the close of the last day of the marking period and interim report period. It is understood that planning/preparation time on these four days will be used for the analysis of student data. End of the year grades are excluded from the provisions of this article. 10:6.9 The Board and the Association agree that the pupil/teacher ratio is an important part of an effective educational program and problems arising from this ratio may be discussed in a collaborative process. Refer to Article 3 and Appendix F.C. 10:6.10 All employees will receive four (4) half days during the course of the year for the purpose of fulfilling professional responsibilities which shall be performed in the building. Examples of professional activities include data entry; curriculum development; classroom planning; meeting district, state, or federal mandates; or other professionally related activities, as determined by the teacher, and approved by the Principal. Such days shall be collaboratively set by the District and the Association during the calendar discussion, and will occur between the first student day and the last student day, with preference to scheduling them in conjunction with the interim reporting window for each marking period. Principals may monitor these functions and may require a record of the employees’ activities. Should weather contingency days be exhausted prior to the use of one or more of these days, the remaining days will be converted to make-up days/hours in lieu of lost contingency time.

Planning and Preparation Time. 10:6.1 Each employee shall receive a minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes per week of planning and preparation time within the student day. Such time should be in increments of 45 consecutive minutes. In the event of an abbreviated student day or emergencies (as defined in this agreement), every attempt will be made to equitably distribute planning time within that day. 10:6.1.1 Throughout the school year, employees and building administrators shall use the Interest- Based Decision Process to discuss the feasibility of restructuring employees’ duties and responsibilities so that planning time might increase. 10:6.2 Employees shall not lose their planning and preparation, except in an emergency as defined in the Definitions section of this collaborative agreement. 10:6.3 Employees shall not normally be required to collect money for community drives, student pictures, or student insurance. This provision does not apply to collection of envelopes without regard to content. Employees shall be responsible for collecting and transmitting money to be used for educational purposes such as field trips and fund-raising activities. All money collected should be deposited in accordance with District and State of Delaware regulations. 10:6.4 Within the confines of the total school program, the building principal shall attempt to assign employees on District-designated teaching teams to the same planning and preparation time. In addition, the building principal at his/her discretion shall make reasonable effort in scheduling planning and preparation time to accommodate unique program or teaching needs. 10:6.5 With respect to teaching preparation, when a departmentalized schedule is used, the building principal shall make reasonable effort in meeting program needs, to limit the number of preparations so as not to be unduly burdensome to the teacher. 10:6.6 When an employee is assigned to more than one (1) building reasonable effort shall be made to limit the number of buildings so as not to be unduly burdensome to teachers while still meeting program needs of the District. 10:6.7 All teachers shall maintain up-to-date lesson plans. No teacher shall be required to submit daily or weekly lesson plans, but such plans that shall be made available to the administrator upon request. In the event a teacher is absent, instructional plans for three (3) days in advance must be available for substitute teachers. 10:6.8 A teacher shall have four (4) full workdays to turn in grades from the date specified by the building administrator. If no date is specified by the building administrator, then grades will be due to the building administrator four (4) full work days workdays from the close of the last day of the marking period and interim report period. It is understood that planning/preparation time on these four days will be used for the analysis of student data. End of the year grades are excluded from the provisions of this article. 10:6.9 The Board and the Association agree that the pupil/teacher ratio is an important part of an effective educational program and problems arising from this ratio may be discussed in a collaborative process. Refer to Article 3 and Appendix F.C. 10:6.10 All employees will receive four (4) half days during the course of the year for the purpose of fulfilling professional responsibilities which shall be performed in the building. Examples of professional activities include data entry; curriculum development; classroom planning; meeting district, state, or federal mandates; or other professionally related activities, as determined by the teacher, and approved by the Principal. Such days shall be collaboratively set by the District and the Association during the calendar discussion, and will occur between the first student day and the last student day, with preference to scheduling them in conjunction with the interim reporting window for each marking period. Principals may monitor these functions and may require a record of the employees’ activities. Should weather contingency days be exhausted prior to the use of one or more of these days, the remaining days will be converted to make-up days/hours in lieu of lost contingency time.