Preparation and Planning Periods. A. All teachers shall have, in addition to their lunch period, an average of at least one preparation period per day.
Preparation and Planning Periods. 1. All middle and high school teachers shall have, in addition to their lunch period, an average of at least one individual and/or collaborative preparation period per day. A maximum of two (2) collaborative planning periods may be scheduled during each four•day rotation while the four-day rotation schedule is in effect for the purposes of scheduling Professional Learning Communities (PLC) that are teacher-led with support from specialists and administrators, as needed, requiring a flexible agenda created by teachers and aligned with school and district goals. Over three four-day rotations, a maximum of five collaborative periods may be scheduled. If the administrators of the High School determine that 9th grade teachers must attend team meetings; and if said team meetings are held during a teacher's preparation period; then the 9th grade teachers affected shall be scheduled with another 9th grade teacher for one duty period and shall not be required to attend to that duty for the period of time that the planning period was used for a team meeting and shall use such time as a planning period or portion thereof.
Preparation and Planning Periods. 1. All teachers shall have at least one (1) preparation period per day. This may be altered if a rotating schedule is in use. During this period, teachers may not be assigned to any other duties except in the case of an emergency, defined as an unexpected or unavoidable occurrence.
Preparation and Planning Periods. 1. All school teachers shall have, in addition to their duty-free lunch, one preparation period per day. However, if a teacher is assigned two periods of instruction or less per day at the secondary level or 100 minutes or less per day at the elementary level, the teacher is not entitled to a preparation period.
Preparation and Planning Periods. The elementary classroom teacher will be allowed to leave his/her classroom during the time that a special subject area teacher is instructing his/her class. This time shall be used, either within or outside the classroom, for preparation and planning, or at teacher's discretion, for other school related activities. The Administration will use its best efforts to schedule planning time for elementary classroom teachers and specialists of at least twenty (20) continuous minutes daily, exclusive of the duty-free lunch period.
