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PREPARATION/CONFERENCE PERIODS. A. High School Teachers During any year in which Huron High School elects not to follow the block schedule, each High School instructor shall have a minimum of forty-five (45) minutes/day of preparation/conference time. During any year in which Huron High School elects to follow the block schedule, the following procedures will govern the class schedule and teachers’ preparation/conference periods: 1. The High School shall retain the scheduled eight (8) class period day for three (3) non-block days per week (currently Monday, Thursday, and Friday). 2. On these non-block days, teachers will be scheduled one (1) forty-five (45) minute period as a daily planning period in addition to their daily duty-free lunch period. 3. The High School classes on block days (currently Tuesday and Wednesday) of each week shall be scheduled for a period which is twice the length of the same period occurring on non-block days. This is currently ninety (90) minutes. 4. During these two (2) block days teachers will be scheduled only four (4) of their regularly assigned class periods per day. These four (4) periods will be scheduled in such a manner to allow every teacher to have a “double- block” of time for each of that teacher’s regularly scheduled eight (8) class periods, including the planning time period. Each teacher, therefore, shall be scheduled a minimum of one (1) ninety

PREPARATION/CONFERENCE PERIODS. A. High School Teachers During any year in which Huron High School elects not to follow the block schedule, each High School instructor shall have a minimum of forty-five (45) minutes/day of preparation/conference time. During any year in which Huron High School elects to follow the block schedule, the following procedures will govern the class schedule and teachers’ preparation/conference periods: 1. The High School shall retain the scheduled eight (8) class period day for three (3) non-block days per week (currently Monday, Thursday, and Friday). 2. On these non-block days, teachers will be scheduled one (1) forty-five (45) minute period as a daily planning period in addition to their daily duty-free lunch period. 3. The High School classes on block days (currently Tuesday and Wednesday) of each week shall be scheduled for a period which is twice the length of the same period occurring on non-block days. This is currently ninety (90) minutes. 4. During these two (2) block days teachers will be scheduled only four (4) of their regularly assigned class periods per day. These four (4) periods will be scheduled in such a manner to allow every teacher to have a “double- double-block” of time for each of that teacher’s regularly scheduled eight (8) class periods, including the planning time period. Each teacher, therefore, shall be scheduled a minimum of one (1) ninetyninety (90) minute preparation/conference period during the block scheduled days. If possible, teachers shall be assigned a non-teaching/supervision duty on the day they are not scheduled a preparation/conference period. 5. High school teachers may request that the High School Principal schedule a particular class in order to allow that class to meet daily as opposed to the block periods of time. The High School Principal will decide if a class can be scheduled in this manner. B. Every teacher grades pre-K through four (4) shall have a minimum of two hundred (200) minutes of preparation/conference time per week. One hundred eighty (180) minutes of the two hundred (200) minutes shall be scheduled during the student day in no less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes slots, exclusive of student travel time. This provision does not apply to traveling teachers. C. Every teacher grades five (5) through twelve (12) shall have a preparation/conference time equal to one class period, that is no less than forty (40) consecutive minutes per day.