Planning/Preparation Period. (1) All elementary school employees in the District shall have at least five (5) hours per week during the workday for the purpose of planning. Every effort will be made to ensure that at least 4 out of 5 planning periods will be reserved for individual planning time weekly. Site administrators shall make reasonable efforts, consistent with staffing and program needs, to maximize and protect teacher planning time and to provide such employees with at least forty (40) consecutive minutes of duty-free planning time during the workday; a minimum of thirty (30) consecutive minutes of duty-free planning time shall be provided. Site administrators shall provide employees at the same school with equal planning time to the extent possible consistent with program and staffing needs. Activities such as team or department planning related to the delivery of instruction are appropriate activities to be carried out during planning time and are not to be considered “duty”. Planning for secondary teachers is covered in Section 8.02.
Planning/Preparation Period. 10.7 That portion of the regular work day of unit members designated as a planning/preparation period shall be utilized by each unit member in such a manner as to develop and refine instructional effectiveness. The District and the Association agree that planning/preparation time is a duty period and shall be used for professional assignment related work, including, but not limited to, preparation of instructional materials, participation in conferences with the site administrator, other staff members, parents or students, and evaluation of work. Every unit member assigned to sixth, seventh and eighth grade at a Middle School campus shall have a planning/preparation period commensurate with instructional minutes per period, per day, excluding the positions of TOSA, LST, MST, IB Coordinator, Instructional Coach, Counselor and psychologists. Every unit member assigned to a TK-5th grade classroom, including Elementary PE teachers, shall have a minimum of 217 minutes per 10-day period of planning/preparation time excluding the positions of TOSA, LST, IB Coordinator, Instructional Coach, Counselor and psychologists.
Planning/Preparation Period. 10.7 That portion of the regular work day of unit members designated as a planning/preparation period shall be utilized by each unit member in such a manner as to develop and refine instructional effectiveness. The District and the Association agree that planning/preparation time is a duty period and shall be used for professional assignment related work, including, but not limited to, preparation of instructional materials, participation in conferences with the site administrator, other staff members, parents or students, and evaluation of work. Every unit member assigned to sixth, seventh and eighth grade at a Middle School campus shall have a planning/preparation period commensurate with instructional minutes per period, per day, excluding the positions of TOSA, LST, MST, IB Coordinator, Instructional Coach, Counselor and psychologists.
Planning/Preparation Period. 1. Bargaining unit members in grades 6-8 will have a daily preparation/ planning period equivalent in length to a student instructional period.
Planning/Preparation Period. A. Definition A planning/preparation period is understood to be a period of time within the "teaching day" which is provided for teachers to do a number of professional activities. With the consent of the building principal, teachers may meet together to plan team activities, plan individually, counsel students, xxxx papers, attend to school managerial details, talk with parents, etc. The intent of the planning/preparation period should be clear; however, it is team planning or individual planning - all other acceptable professional activities are secondary to it, and should not be continuously or routinely substituted for it. In this matter, building principals must and do have wide discretion to approve various alternatives consistent with the intent of a period of time allotted for professional preparation.
Planning/Preparation Period. (1) All elementary school employees in the District shall have at least five (5) hours per week during the workday for the purpose of planning. Site administrators shall make reasonable efforts, consistent with staffing and program needs, to maximize and protect teacher planning time and to provide such employees with at least forty (40) consecutive minutes of duty-free planning time during the workday; a minimum of thirty (30) consecutive minutes of duty-free planning time shall be provided. Site administrators shall provide employees at the same school with equal planning time to the extent possible consistent with program and staffing needs. Activities such as team or department planning related to the delivery of instruction are appropriate activities to be carried out during planning time and are not to be considered “duty”. Planning for secondary teachers is covered in Section 8.02.
