Time Study Committee. The Board and Association acknowledge the value of collaborative and individual planning time and its impact on student growth. The Board, Association, and Time Study Committee will continue to assess competing obligations of the time and build a calendar to maximize the effectiveness of meeting those obligations. At the elementary level, the collaborative time for grade-level teachers will include a 45-minute Professional Learning Team (PLT) meeting, not to exceed three times a week. The Board and Association recognize that teachers have individual and collaborative planning time, all of which are ancillary to the direct instruction of students. While not specifically mentioned in this agreement, this activity constitutes a term and condition of employment. Thus, before implementing any changes in elementary grade-level or middle-school teacher planning time, the Board commits to explain to the association leadership the reason for such changes and commits to bargaining the impact of such changes on those teachers affected. Due to scheduling needs, individual planning time for elementary student services and specials teachers must remain flexible and may be adjusted to maintain full-time status and meet district needs. Consequently, this planning time will vary. Plan time will be allotted for student services and specials teachers. The Time Study Committee shall consist of representatives from both elementary schools, including administration, general education, student services, and specials teachers. A PLT calendar will be created by the Time Study Committee and shared with staff ahead of the first PLT. The committee will consider the following guidelines when constructing the calendar: ● Every reasonable effort will be made to limit the number of facilitated PLTs per week to two. Grade-level teams will have agency over the 3rd PLT unless there is a need to address Federal, State, or Board mandates. When possible, grade-level teams will be responsible for collaborative instructional planning on the remaining days. ● When possible, priorities outside of instructional planning (including but not limited to Data Day, Lab Classroom, etc.) will be limited to two times per month. ● PLTs will begin meeting no sooner than the 3rd week of student attendance. ● Every reasonable effort will be made to avoid scheduling PLTs during the weeks of parent-teacher conferences and report cards. ● Every reasonable effort will be made to provide all elementary teachers at l...
