Common use of Planning Time Clause in Contracts

Planning Time. A. Bargaining unit members in the elementary schools (all-day every-day kindergarten and grades 1-5) shall have at least two hundred forty (240) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty-minute periods. B. Each full-time half-day kindergarten teacher shall have a morning and afternoon break either in the form of planning time, a duty-free recess period (covered by certified personnel), or a break given by the principal or educational assistant. Half time kindergarten teachers shall have a morning or afternoon break according to their schedule. C. All teachers in grades 6 through 12 shall have one scheduled planning period in each school day. D. Teachers in grades 6-8 will have at least 50 minutes of planning time daily and will have at least two hundred fifty (250) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutes. E. Teachers in grades 9-12 will have an average of 281 minutes per week of individual planning time with each daily planning period equal to the length of the regular class period. F. Planning time will be prorated for part-time teachers. G. Planning periods use shall be limited to matters such as conferences between teachers and students or parents of students, teachers’ cooperative planning, teachers’ preparation and planning for instruction, meetings with administrators, meetings with mentors or mentees, or other duties relating to teaching responsibilities. H. If, during the school year, the District concludes that under emergency circumstances a planning period cannot be included in the schedule of a bargaining unit member at the high school during the regular school day, the District shall inform the high school WOEA Negotiating Team Representative of such circumstances. The teacher’s compensation shall be calculated by prorating the actual minutes of additional instructional time plus planning based on the teacher’s current column and step on Salary Schedule A. I. Teachers who, at the request of the Administration voluntarily accept a teaching assignment occasionally in place of a planning period, shall be paid at the Schedule C hourly rate for each such planning period that the teacher gives up for such other assignment. In each such case, the teacher who accepts the assignment will be given a written record of the additional services rendered, such written record to be provided to the teacher as soon as practical after the services are rendered.

Planning Time. A. Bargaining unit members 1. The Board agrees to provide full-time teachers at the middle school planning time equivalent to two (2) regular student periods within a normal student day. The scheduling of this plan time at the middle school will include one (1) period each day of personal plan time. Additionally, each middle school teacher will participate in team planning as follows: ● 1 period per week of documented team time based upon a team-generated agenda. ● 1 period per week for PLT meetings using the District’s agenda provided. ● 3 periods per week are devoted to personal planning or team planning. 2. The Board agrees to provide full-time teachers at the preschool and elementary schools (all-day every-day kindergarten and grades 1-5) shall have at least two hundred forty (240200) minutes per week within a normal student day. Teachers who teach at both the elementary and middle school levels will be provided plan time that reflects the percentage of planning time their assignment is at each week during level. This will be fixed and established when each teacher’s assignment is established. 3. As used herein, the normal student day in blocks shall be deemed to include the period of at least thirty-minute periods. B. Each full-time half-day kindergarten teacher shall have a morning and afternoon break either from the scheduled arrival of students in the form morning until the dismissal of students in the afternoon, exclusive of the lunch period. Transition time shall not be included in the computation of planning time, provided transition time includes only the time between scheduled classes. 4. The number of minutes references the amount of time available for planning if students were to be in attendance five (5) days per week in a full (regular) schedule each day thereof. If the student day is reduced below three hundred seventy-five (375) minutes at the middle school or three hundred fifty-five (355) minutes at the elementary school, excluding the lunch period, the amount of planning time shall be proportionately reduced. Such planning time shall not be applicable if the Board shall determine it is necessary to discontinue or reduce the number of physical education, art, or music classes available for students, or in the event of an emergency. a. For full-time Preschool teachers planning time shall include the period of time between the morning and afternoon sessions, exclusive of the 30-minute duty-free recess lunch period and the 10-minute dismissal supervisory responsibilities. b. Both parties agree to renew the Memorandum of Understanding from May 21, 2007 for the duration of this contract (covered by certified personnelAppendix E-1). 6. Counselors, or Psychologists, Nurses, Social Workers, Preschool Parent Facilitators, Speech Pathologists, Learning Behavior Specialists, IEP Specialists and BCBA(s) and any similar newly created position, shall submit a break given monthly planning schedule to their building principal and immediate supervisor, which designates tentative duty-free lunch periods and planning times. The first monthly planning schedule shall be submitted by the principal or educational assistant. Half time kindergarten teachers shall have a morning or afternoon break according to their scheduleend of the second week of school with the consecutive monthly planning schedules being submitted on the 1st of every month. C. All teachers 7. Teachers who are required to travel between buildings for instructional purposes shall receive twenty-five (25) minutes to travel. This time is not included in grades 6 through 12 shall have one scheduled the teacher's planning time and/or duty-free lunch. 8. The Board acknowledges that such planning time is most efficacious if available in reasonable blocks of time (no less than fifteen (15) minutes) and is professionally self-directed by the teacher, i.e., the teacher is allowed to independently determine precise professional activities to be pursued. The Association acknowledges that there may be occasions when some or all of a planning period in each school day. D. Teachers in grades 6-8 will have at least 50 minutes of planning time daily need to be devoted to student staffings and will have at least two hundred fifty (250) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutes. E. Teachers in grades 9-12 will have an average of 281 minutes per week of individual planning time with each daily planning period equal to the length of the regular class period. F. Planning time will be prorated for part-time teachers. G. Planning periods use shall be limited to matters such as conferences between teachers and students or parents of students, teachers’ cooperative planning, teachers’ preparation and planning for instructionIEP conferences, meetings with administrators, meetings with mentors or menteesother teachers, or parents, and/or students, and other duties relating to teaching responsibilitiescomparable activities. H. If, during the school year, the District concludes that under emergency circumstances a planning period cannot be included in the schedule of a bargaining unit member at the high school during the regular school day, the District shall inform the high school WOEA Negotiating Team Representative of such circumstances9. The teacher’s compensation Any part-time teacher shall be calculated by prorating the actual minutes of additional instructional guaranteed a minimum pro-rated planning time plus planning based on the teacher’s current column and step on Salary Schedule A. I. Teachers who, at the request of the Administration voluntarily accept a teaching assignment occasionally in place of a planning period, shall be paid at the Schedule C hourly rate for each such planning period that the teacher gives up for such other assignment. In each such case, the teacher who accepts the assignment will be given a written record of the additional services rendered, such written record to be provided proportionate to the teacher as soon as practical after the services are renderedtime spent teaching or supervising students.

Planning Time. A. Bargaining unit members in the elementary schools (all-day every-day kindergarten and grades 1-5) shall have at least two hundred forty (240) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty-minute periods. B. Each full-full time half-day kindergarten teacher shall have a morning and afternoon break either in the form of planning time, a duty-free recess period (covered by certified personnel), or a break given by the principal or educational assistant. Half time kindergarten teachers shall have a morning or afternoon break according to their schedule. C. All teachers in grades 6 7 through 12 shall have one scheduled planning period in each school day. D. Teachers For the 2017-2018 school year, teachers in grades 6-8 grade 6 will have at least 50 fifty (50) minutes of planning time daily and = 250 minutes per week. Teachers in grade 6 (including all teachers who teach in grade 6 for at least fifty (50) minutes per day) will have at least two hundred fifty (250) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutes, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. E. Teachers in grades 7-8 (who teach grade 6 for less than fifty (50) minutes per day) will have at least 50 minutes of planning time daily. F. Teachers in grades 9-12 will have an average of 281 minutes per week of individual planning time with each daily planning period equal to the length of the regular class period. F. G. Planning time will be prorated for part-time teachers. G. H. Planning periods use shall be limited to matters such as conferences between teachers and students or parents of students, teachers’ cooperative planning, teachers’ preparation and planning for instruction, meetings with administrators, meetings with mentors or mentees, or other duties relating to teaching responsibilities. H. I. If, during the school year, the District concludes that under emergency circumstances a planning period cannot be included in the schedule of a bargaining unit member at the high school during the regular school day, the District shall inform the high school WOEA Negotiating Team Representative of such circumstances. The teacher’s compensation shall be calculated by prorating the actual minutes of additional instructional time plus planning based on the teacher’s current column and step on Salary Schedule A. I. J. Teachers who, at the request of the Administration voluntarily accept a teaching assignment occasionally in place of a planning period, shall be paid at the Schedule C hourly rate for each such planning period that the teacher gives up for such other assignment. In each such case, the teacher who accepts the assignment will be given a written record of the additional services rendered, such written record to be provided to the teacher as soon as practical after the services are rendered.

Planning Time. A. Bargaining unit members in the elementary schools (all-day every-day kindergarten and grades 1-5) shall have at least two hundred forty (240) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty-minute periods. B. Each full-full time half-day kindergarten teacher shall have a morning and afternoon break either in the form of planning time, a duty-free recess period (covered by certified personnel), or a break given by the principal or educational assistant. Half time kindergarten teachers shall have a morning or afternoon break according to their schedule. C. All teachers in grades 6 through 12 shall have one scheduled planning period in each school day. D. Teachers in grades Grades 6-8 will have at least 50 minutes of planning time daily and will have at least two hundred fifty (250) = 250 minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutesper week. E. Teachers in grades 9-12 will have an average of 281 minutes per week of individual planning time with each daily planning period equal to the length of the regular class period. F. Planning time will be prorated for part-time teachers. G. Planning periods use shall be limited to matters such as conferences between teachers and students or parents of students, teachers’ cooperative planning, teachers’ preparation and planning for instruction, teacher-requested meetings with administrators, meetings with mentors or mentees, or other duties relating to teaching responsibilities. H. If, during the school year, the District concludes that under emergency circumstances a planning period cannot be included in the schedule of a bargaining unit member at the high school during the regular school day, the District shall inform the high school WOEA Negotiating Team Representative of such circumstances. The teacher’s compensation shall be calculated by prorating the actual minutes of additional instructional time plus planning based on the teacher’s current column and step on Salary Schedule A. I. Teachers who, at the request of the Administration voluntarily accept a teaching assignment occasionally in place of a planning period, shall be paid at the Schedule C hourly rate for each such planning period that the teacher gives up for such other assignment. In each such case, the teacher who accepts the assignment will be given a written record of the additional services rendered, such written record to be provided to the teacher as soon as practical after the services are rendered.

Planning Time. A. Bargaining unit members in Classroom instructional planning time shall be provided for each classroom teacher within the elementary schools seven and one-half (all-day every-day kindergarten and 7.5) hour workday. Such time shall be time equal to one (1) classroom period (or 45 minutes) for grades 1-5) shall have at least two hundred forty (240) 6 through 12, average of 225 minutes of planning time each week weekly. Professional activities during planning time shall be scheduled at the individual’s discretion. In the event of a building decision to modify the daily schedule, the building administrator shall attempt to distribute the loss of planning time equitably. If student enrollment and class offerings cause an employee to teach a class (on a regular basis, not as a substitute) during his or her planning period, the employee shall be given a supplemental contract for an additional proportionate amount of the employee’s annual salary (e.g. 1/5th more for teaching an additional period if a full-time FTE would teach 5 periods). Elementary classroom teachers will be provided an average of 225 minutes of planning time weekly, an average of 150 minutes of planning time weekly within the school day in blocks of at least thirty-minute periods. B. Each full-not less than 30 continuous minutes. Passing time, including the time half-day kindergarten teacher shall have a morning and afternoon break either in to go pick up the form students, will be scheduled outside of planning time. The additional planning time shall be provided prior to morning WAC time. Employees who travel between buildings shall also have the appropriate amount of planning time. Such time might not be continuous, a dutybut in at least 30-free recess period (covered by certified personnel), or a break given by the principal or educational assistantminute time segments. Half time kindergarten teachers Itinerant employees shall have a morning or afternoon break according to their schedule. C. All teachers in grades 6 through 12 shall have one scheduled planning period in each school day. D. Teachers in grades 6-8 will have at least 50 minutes travel time allowed, exclusive of planning time daily and will have at least two hundred fifty (250) minutes of planning time each week during the student day in blocks of at least or their thirty (30) minutes. E. Teachers in grades 9-12 minute lunch time. No more than ten (10) mandatory meetings per year will have an average of 281 minutes per week of be held during the individual planning time with each daily in this section. When feasible, two working days' advance notice of said required meetings will be given. Non-classroom certificated employees shall have an equivalent amount of weekly planning period equal to time within their 7.5-hour workdays, although the length scheduling of such time shall be within the discretion of the regular class periodemployee. F. Planning time will be prorated for part-time teachers. G. Planning periods use shall be limited to matters such as conferences between teachers and students or parents of students, teachers’ cooperative planning, teachers’ preparation and planning for instruction, meetings with administrators, meetings with mentors or mentees, or other duties relating to teaching responsibilities. H. If, during the school year, the District concludes that under emergency circumstances a planning period cannot be included in the schedule of a bargaining unit member at the high school during the regular school day, the District shall inform the high school WOEA Negotiating Team Representative of such circumstances. The teacher’s compensation shall be calculated by prorating the actual minutes of additional instructional time plus planning based on the teacher’s current column and step on Salary Schedule A. I. Teachers who, at the request of the Administration voluntarily accept a teaching assignment occasionally in place of a planning period, shall be paid at the Schedule C hourly rate for each such planning period that the teacher gives up for such other assignment. In each such case, the teacher who accepts the assignment will be given a written record of the additional services rendered, such written record to be provided to the teacher as soon as practical after the services are rendered.