Planning Time. All classroom teachers (including art, music, and PE) shall be granted and utilize no less than 275 minutes of teacher-directed, non-student contact time per week for the purpose of planning for instruction. A regular daily schedule will include a minimum of 50 total minutes plan time. The recommendation to adjust the schedule to provide for the most consecutive minutes of planning time possible shall be made by a representative body of the building. Part-time teachers shall have their planning time pro-rated. Library Media specialists who teach a regular schedule shall be provided planning time consistent with this section. Planning time may include team work/planning sessions and will be collaborative in nature, with no more than two per month directed by administration. In the absence of a teacher, every effort will be made to hire a substitute. In the event a substitute cannot be found, teachers may be asked to forego their planning period.
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Samples: Teacher Agreement, Teacher Agreement, Teacher Agreement
