Common use of Planning/Conference Time Clause in Contracts

Planning/Conference Time. 3.6.1 All full-time elementary employees shall be provided instructional planning time of two hundred eighty (280) minutes per instructional week within the standard student day as scheduled by the building site council. At least one hundred eighty (180) minutes will be scheduled in a thirty (30) minute or longer block of time. No planning period will be less than thirty (30) minutes in length, with the exception of recess. All schools are permitted to use one hundred (100) minutes of recess time toward the total amount of planning time. Building site councils are encouraged to create longer blocks of planning time by combining specialist time with lunch/recess and/or through other creative scheduling. Instructional planning time will be provided on a pro rata basis for less than full-time employees. The time that an employee’s students are with a subject area specialist(s) or at recess will be available for the employee’s instructional planning time. Data team meeting time shall not be taken out of the 280 minutes of planning time above. Secondary classroom teachers’ planning time will be equivalent to a class period or prorated portion of a class period if the teacher is part-time. Planning time is for the employee to prepare, plan, and confer with students, parents/guardians, administration, or staff. Regularly scheduled meetings shall not be mandated during planning time. With the exception of class coverage and emergency situations, planning time will be at the discretion of the teacher.

Planning/Conference Time. 3.6.1 All full-time full‐time elementary employees shall be provided instructional planning time of two hundred eighty (280) minutes per instructional week within the standard student day as scheduled by the building site council. At least one hundred eighty (180) minutes will be scheduled in a thirty (30) minute or longer block of time. No planning period will be less than thirty (30) minutes in length, with the exception of recess. All schools are permitted to use one hundred (100) minutes of recess time toward the total amount of planning time. Building site councils are encouraged to create longer blocks of planning time by combining specialist time with lunch/recess and/or through other creative scheduling. Instructional planning time will be provided on a pro rata basis for less than full-time full‐time employees. The time that an employee’s students are with a subject area specialist(s) or at recess will be available for the employee’s instructional planning time. Data team meeting time shall not be taken out of the 280 minutes of planning time above. Secondary classroom teachers’ planning time will be equivalent to a class period or prorated portion of a class period if the teacher is part-time. Planning time is for the employee to prepare, plan, and confer with students, parents/guardians, administration, or staff. Regularly scheduled meetings shall not be mandated during planning time. With the exception of class coverage and emergency situations, planning time will be at the discretion of the teacherpart‐time.

Planning/Conference Time. 3.6.1 All full-time full‐time elementary employees shall be provided instructional planning time of two hundred eighty (280) minutes per instructional week within the standard student day as scheduled by the building site council. At least one hundred eighty (180) minutes will be scheduled in a thirty (30) minute or longer block of time. No planning period will be less than thirty (30) minutes in length, with the exception of recess. All schools are permitted to use one hundred (100) minutes of recess time toward the total amount of planning time. Building site councils are encouraged to create longer blocks of planning time by combining specialist time with lunch/recess and/or through other creative scheduling. Instructional planning time will be provided on a pro rata basis for less than full-time full‐time employees. The time that an employee’s students are with a subject area specialist(s) or at recess will be available for the employee’s instructional planning time. Data team meeting time shall not be taken out of the 280 minutes of planning time above. Secondary classroom teachers’ planning time will be equivalent to a class period or prorated portion of a class period if the teacher is part-timepart‐time. Planning time is for the employee to prepare, plan, and confer with students, parents/guardians, administration, or staff. Regularly scheduled meetings shall not be mandated during planning time. With the exception of class coverage and emergency situations, planning time will be at the discretion of the teacher.