Scheduled Planning and Conference Time. The Parties recognize the importance and value of planning and conference time. The Employer will make every effort to encumber no more planning and conference time than is necessary over the course of a normal workweek. All full-time Employees shall receive paid planning and conference time, either scheduled by the Employer or scheduled by the Employee using flexibility within their normal workday. To the extent provided in this Section, all full-time Employees working in classroom assignments except school counselors, librarians, psychologists, social workers, ACC and high school cooperative education Employees, parent facilitators, regional vocational coordinators, instructional coaches, interventionists, teacher leaders, and certificated school nurses shall receive scheduled released time from their regular teaching duties for planning and conferences except in (a) emergency situations, (b) when another school activity is held during the Employee's scheduled released time, or (c) on days when a shortened school day is established by the Employer. Full-time Employees whose planning and conference time is not scheduled by the Employer (i.e. student services and specialists defined in the exceptions above) shall have flexibility within their normal workday to provide for such activities.
Scheduled Planning and Conference Time. To the extent provided in this Section, all full-time Employees except guidance counselors, librarians, psychologists, social workers, ACC and high school cooperative education Employees, parent facilitators, regional vocational coordinators, and certificated school nurses shall receive scheduled released time from their regular teaching duties for planning and conferences except in (a) emergency situations, (b) when another school activity is held during the Employee's scheduled released time, or (c) on days when a shortened school day is established by the Employer. It is agreed that such full-time Employees who are exempt from receiving scheduled planning and conference time have flexibility within their normal workday to provide for such activities.
Scheduled Planning and Conference Time. To the extent provided in this Section, all full-time Employees except guidance counselors, learning center Employees, librarians, psychologists, social workers, AVC and high school cooperative education Employees, parent facilitators, regional vocational coordinators, certificated school nurses, and the Employee-Coordinator of WECEP Program shall receive scheduled released time from their regular teaching duties for planning and conferences except in (a) emergency situations, (b) when another school activity is held during the Employee's scheduled released time, or (c) on days when a shortened school day is established by the Employer. It is agreed that such full-time Employees who are exempt from receiving scheduled planning and conference time have flexibility within their normal workday to provide for such activities.
