Secondary Daily Preparation. 1. Secondary teachers should not be required, except on their own option, to teach more than two (2) academic disciplines in any given semester, nor have more than three (3) daily preparations. No secondary teacher should have more than one (1) duty period per day beyond the normal teaching load.
2. Tenured secondary teachers may volunteer to teach one additional class beyond the contractual limit of five (5). Non-tenured secondary teachers shall not be eligible to teach an additional class. No teacher can be assigned an additional class beyond the contractual limit. Tenured secondary teachers choosing to teach an extra class shall receive a salary increase equivalent to 1/6th of their annual contract salary.
3. Secondary teachers should not be required to teach two (2) subjects in one class period except under circumstances where class load is such as to require cancellation of offerings if courses are not consolidated.