Common use of Planning Periods Clause in Contracts

Planning Periods. A. All regular kindergarten, R through 5 elementary teachers, and the Special Education teacher of an elementary self contained Emotionally Handicapped or Pre-school class shall have a planning period whenever teachers in the fields of art, music or physical education take over the class. The above teachers shall have such additional planning time as is required to provide the total amount of planning time set forth in the following schedule during all five (5) day school weeks. The remaining personnel on the following schedule shall have the amounts of planning time set forth on said schedule during all five (5) day school weeks. Teachers shall continue to be aware of and prepared for their responsibility for continuity of program in the areas of art, music, and physical education. The teacher has the option to use planning time for either a pre-planned in-service program, parent conferences or for classroom activities. Regular kindergarten, R through 5 elementary teachers, and the Special Education teacher of an elementary self-contained Emotionally Handicapped or Pre-school class: 200 minutes per week, and 250 minutes per week effective September 1, 2008. Art, Music, Physical Education, Reading, Speech and Hearing, Library, and School Counselors: 250 minutes per week. For Special Education teachers other than teachers of elementary self-contained Emotionally Handicapped classes and Pre-School class: 120 minutes and 150 minutes effective September 1, 2009. Effective September 1, 2022, an additional fifty (50) minutes per week will be designated as common planning time for all teachers at the same grade level to communicate, collaborate, engage in professional development, and/or to engage in student achievement data review as a Professional Learning Community (PLC). Administration shall retain discretion to determine if the fifty (50) minutes of PLC time is utilized. B. When teachers in Art, Music, and Physical Education are absent from work, the Administration agrees that it will use its best efforts to replace them with specialist substitute teachers. In order to improve their compliance with this paragraph the Administration will keep a separate, updated and current list of specialist substitute teachers of Art, Music and Physical Education. C. Secondary teachers in English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Science, Music, Art, Physical Education, Library, Guidance, Reading, Business, Special Education, Technology Education and Home Economics-General will have one planning period equal in length to the length of the instruction period per pupil school day. D. During school days or weeks which are shortened due to holidays, vacations, inclement weather, or emergencies which necessitate school closings, planning periods scheduled for the time during which school is not in session shall be lost and not made up.