Planning Days. The school calendar shall contain ten (10) planning days throughout each school year. Five (5) of these days shall occur at the beginning of the school year. On all planning days, teachers shall have one (1) hour for lunch.
Planning Days. Upon mutual agreement of the Appointing Authority and the teacher, each teacher shall be provided with not less than three (3) planning days without scheduled activity, and with full access to their work site and materials, during each fiscal year.
Planning Days. Teacher Assistants and Exceptional Education Teacher Assistants shall receive three (3) extra workdays in addition to the contract days. The extra days shall be assigned as follows:
Planning Days. There is recognition that SCCC Faculty may need one or more planning days during the summer quarter for each academic year. It is agreed therefore, that SCCC faculty may individually decide how their nine planning days will be assigned for each quarter of the academic year. Planning days must be spread over at least three quarters of the academic year.
Planning Days. In worksites where paraprofessionals/aides are assigned to work planning days, their work day will be the same as teachers. Principals will provide paraprofessionals/aides with no less than five (5) days notice of any required activity to occur on a planning day. Scheduling and duration of lunch periods will be determined after input from the staff.
Planning Days. Professors will be given 5 planning days as part of the 177 day contract year: 3 planning days during fall in-service week to be determined by the administration, 1 planning day during the last two weeks of fall quarter and 1 planning day during the last two weeks of winter quarter. There will be no meetings scheduled by the administration requiring faculty participation during these five planning days, except for new faculty orientation.
Planning Days. Planning time is designed for such activities as curriculum alignment, lesson development, and work around individual goals. These days may also be used to accommodate individual or team planning, or department planning. • Each full-time elementary educator will receive five (5) half-days of release time per year. Full-time elementary educators with a combination class will receive and additional two (2) half-days of release time per year. • Each full-time middle school educator will receive four (4) half-days of release time per year. • Each full-time high school educator will receive two (2) half-days of release time per year. • Any educator who works at more than one level (i.e. middle school/high school) will receive the greater number of half-days per year. Secondary educators in their first three years in a building who teach more than three different preps shall receive two (2) additional half-days of release time per year, provided by a substitute. Planning days requiring a substitute may not be scheduled on Fridays, the day before a vacation or following a vacation. In addition, educators should avoid taking planning days requiring a substitute on Monday morning. Requests for planning days requiring a substitute will not be granted during the first five (5) days and the last five (5) days of a school year. When possible, two educators should jointly schedule half days each to utilize full day subs or educators should schedule full days as planning days. Educators are strongly encouraged to request these planning time substitutes at least three (3) days in advance. Notification for the use of planning days should be forwarded to the building principal for coordinating the overall building schedule. In lieu of utilizing the half days as provided above, employees may choose to be compensated at an hourly rate equivalent to the curriculum rate for planning time conducted outside the workday. Planning Days shall be provided, pro-rated by FTE. Requests for compensation shall be made by the last working day of each month in order to receive compensation in the next pay period.
Planning Days. 6.5.1 A minimum of two (2) planning days shall be scheduled prior to the first student day in the fall. One- half (1/2) of one of these planning days may be used by the administrator for meetings with professional educators. A minimum of (1) full planning day shall be reserved for professional educators to set-up and plan for the beginning of the year. In addition, there shall be one (1) day of professional development scheduled prior to the first student day.
Planning Days. Additional half-days may be requested. For each formal observation beyond three formal observations, the teacher may request a mutually agreed upon professional development activity, which may include release time or additional compensation. Within fifteen (15) days of employment or within fifteen (15) days from the commencement of the school year, whichever is later, each employee shall be given a copy of the evaluation criteria, procedures, and any relevant forms appropriate to the teacher’s position and track in the evaluation cycle. No teacher shall be evaluated by an evaluator who has not been trained in observation, evaluation, the use of the specific instructional framework and rubrics and any relevant state requirements. (RCW 28A.405.120) Each year, the district will provide the assurance to the FEA that all administrators evaluating teachers on the evaluation system have received and completed training specific to the 5D+ Framework in the evaluation processes, including inter-rater reliability training.
Planning Days. Additional half-days may be requested. Each employee within fifteen (15) days of employment or within fifteen (15) days from the commencement of the school year, whichever is later, shall be given a copy of the evaluation criteria, procedures, and any relevant forms or screenshots appropriate to the teacher’s position and track in the evaluation cycle. No teacher shall be evaluated by an evaluator who has not been trained in observation, evaluation, and the use of the specific instructional framework and rubrics contained in this agreement and any relevant state or federal requirements. (RCW 28A.405.120) Each year, the district will provide the assurance to the FEA that all administrators evaluating teachers on the new evaluation system have received and completed training specific to the 5D+ Framework in the evaluation processes, including inter-rater reliability training.
