Common use of Planning/Preparation Period Clause in Contracts

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. (2) Elementary teachers may use the time during which their students are in special classes such as art, music, or physical education as planning/preparation/conference periods except for those unusual circumstances when a teacher is assigned to supervise students during such time. Teachers who are assigned supervision during special area shall receive compensatory time. (3) When an employee does not receive his/her regular planning time as a result of a site administrator directing the employee to substitute for another employee’s assigned classroom duties or to be involved in an activity that is not related to the delivery of instruction, the employee shall receive compensatory time in accordance with Section 7.04 or the loss of planning time shall otherwise be provided for by the site administrator. Directing teachers to substitute for another employee’s classroom duties shall be used only on an emergency basis; substituting for another employee’s assigned classroom shall be done on a rotational basis when possible. Record of such substitutions shall be documented and maintained at the site level.

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. (2) Elementary teachers may use the time during which their students are in special classes such as art, music, or physical education as planning/preparation/conference periods except for those unusual circumstances when a teacher is assigned to supervise students during such time. Teachers who are assigned supervision during special area shall receive compensatory time. (3) When an employee does not receive his/her regular planning time as a result of a site administrator directing the employee to substitute for another employee’s assigned classroom duties or to be involved in an activity that is not related to the delivery of instruction, the employee shall receive compensatory time in accordance with Section 7.04 or the loss of planning time shall otherwise be provided for by the site administrator. Directing teachers to substitute for another employee’s classroom duties shall be used only on an emergency basis; substituting for another employee’s assigned classroom shall be done on a rotational basis when possible. Record of such substitutions shall be documented and maintained at the site level.

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. (2) Elementary teachers may use the time during which their students are in special classes such as art, music, or physical education as planning/preparation/conference periods except for those unusual circumstances when a teacher is assigned to supervise students during such time. Teachers who are assigned supervision during special area shall receive compensatory time. (3) When an employee does not receive his/her regular planning time as a result of a site administrator directing the employee to substitute for another employee’s assigned classroom duties or to be involved in an activity that is not related to the delivery of instruction, the employee shall receive compensatory time in accordance with Section 7.04 or the loss of planning time shall otherwise be provided for by the site administrator. Directing teachers to substitute for another employee’s classroom duties shall be used only on an emergency basis; substituting for another employee’s assigned classroom shall be done on a rotational basis when possible. Record of such substitutions shall be documented and maintained at the site level.Section