Common use of Planning Time and Lesson Plans Clause in Contracts

Planning Time and Lesson Plans. A. All full-time bargaining unit members shall have a minimum of 200 minutes per week planning time during the instructional day. Planning time shall be in blocks of at least 30 minutes and there shall be no less than one planning period per day. All other bargaining unit members shall have their planning time pro-rated. The instructional day shall be defined as the time between the students' arrival and dismissal. B. Daily lesson plan books shall be kept weekly in advance by the teachers in either a paper or electronic form and submitted weekly to the Principal. Bargaining unit members shall have lesson plans or substitute folders prepared for substitute teachers. C. Members shall attend, unless excused from work, regularly-scheduled building meetings, not to exceed thirty (30) minutes in length and no more than nine (9) times an academic year. The meetings shall begin immediately before the start of the teacher day or immediately after the end of the teacher day. Teachers by majority vote by building, at the start of the school year, shall decide whether the meetings shall be before the school day or after the school day.