Elementary Prep Periods Sample Clauses

Elementary Prep Periods. Elementary bargaining unit members shall use as conference and preparation time those periods when their students are receiving instruction from bargaining unit specialists (elementary physical education, music, and computers) and when their students are at recess. The Board shall maintain vocal music and physical education elementary programs; provided, however, the Board may, after consultation with the Association, reduce or eliminate such programs for financial reasons only. The Board shall use its best efforts to hire substitutes for the bargaining unit specialists. Elementary bargaining unit members shall have 55 minutes per day as conference and preparation time as scheduled by the Board to replace such time lost by the elimination of the elementary music and art specialist programs. Such time shall be scheduled in no less than fifteen (15) minute blocks of time per day.