Common use of Planning Periods Clause in Contracts

Planning Periods. Teachers in secondary schools shall receive not less than 225 minutes of unassigned planning time on a weekly basis and shall be scheduled for one unassigned planning period per day of not less than forty-five (45) consecutive minutes. Neither this provision, nor 8.8 below will apply during times when the normal school schedule must be adjusted during emergencies; or in cases when an individual teacher has requested in writing to teach more than the usual number of periods for teachers in that subject in that school, or in the case of a teacher who volunteers for other school activities during the scheduled unassigned planning period. a. When scheduled early dismissal days for professional development in secondary schools is school based professional development, HCPS will provide forty-five (45) minutes of block planning time during the course of the duty day. b. When scheduled early dismissal days for professional development in secondary schools involves content specific professional development that requires travel to other locations, Harford County Public Schools agrees to reduce the maximum number of monthly meetings by one meeting, in accordance with 8.6(A) paragraph 1 to accommodate forty-five (45) minutes of block planning time for that month. Content specific professional development days as described in this paragraph will not exceed more than fifty percent (50%) of the total scheduled early dismissal days within the school year for secondary schools.

Planning Periods. Teachers in secondary schools shall receive not less than 225 minutes of unassigned planning time on a weekly basis and shall be scheduled for one unassigned planning period per day of not less than forty-five (45) consecutive minutes. Neither this provision, nor 8.8 below will apply during times when the normal school schedule must be adjusted during emergencies; or in cases when an individual teacher has requested in writing to teach more than the usual number of periods for teachers in that subject in that school, or in the case of a teacher who volunteers for other school activities during the scheduled unassigned planning period. a. When scheduled early dismissal days for professional development in secondary schools is school based professional development, HCPS will provide forty-five (45) minutes of block planning time during the course of the duty day. b. When scheduled early dismissal days for professional development in secondary schools involves content specific professional development that requires travel to other locations, Harford County Public Schools agrees to reduce the maximum number of monthly meetings by one meeting, in accordance with 8.6(A) paragraph 1 to accommodate forty-forty- five (45) minutes of block planning time for that month. Content specific professional development days as described in this paragraph will not exceed more than fifty percent (50%) of the total scheduled early dismissal days within the school year for secondary schools.