Elementary Preparation Time. The Board shall provide a minimum of 180 minutes per five-day week of preparation time for each elementary teacher. Special circumstances that alter this schedule will not exceed two (2) times per year, per teacher. Preparation time for part-time elementary teachers shall be pro-rated on the basis of this allotment. 30 minute lunches, recesses and before and after school time shall not count as part of this time.
Elementary Preparation Time. [a] All elementary educators, including special education teachers, will receive the equivalent of thirty-six (36) minutes per day of preparation time during the contract day (with the exception of first week of school). Teachers are expected to use this time in direct preparation for their classroom teaching. The principal with input from the JSSC, will determine how to structure the preparation program for their school. The preparation schedule may be modified for special activities when agreed upon by the JSSC. [b] By mutual agreement of the contract negotiating teams, an elementary preparation time committee may be convened to evaluate and recommend changes to the Elementary Prep Time Program. Such committee will be made up of an equal number of educators, classified employees, and administrators. This committee will make recommendations to the negotiation teams about how future funding can best be used to promote high quality instruction within the preparation time program.
Elementary Preparation Time. A 1.0 FTE shall be provided a minimum of three hundred (300) minutes per week of preparation time during the student contact day. Daily preparation time shall be provided in uninterrupted blocks of fifty (50) minutes. Such time shall not include student transitioning.
Elementary Preparation Time. The Board agrees to provide a weekly minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes of preparation and conference time for all elementary teachers. Planning time for classroom teachers (including kindergarten) will be scheduled in segments of at least twenty-five (25) minutes each day whenever possible, but will be guaranteed at least 25 minutes each day 4 days a week, unless the teacher agrees otherwise. Planning time for special teachers (art, music, physical education, media, Spanish, ESL, etc.) will be scheduled to provide a minimum of three (3) twenty-five (25) minute segments. Remaining planning time will be scheduled in segments of not less than fifteen (15) minutes. The District will make an effort to limit the number of sections per week for specials teachers to fifty (50).
Elementary Preparation Time. 1. The viable options for providing preparation time should be developed at each school site through a shared decision-making process and within existing financial parameters. The District will share the appropriate sections of each elementary school’s budget with the other elementary schools, to assist them in determining the best use of their available resources.
Elementary Preparation Time. All elementary classroom employees shall have a minimum of 160 minutes of preparation time each week (excluding the half-hour before and after school, the regularly scheduled recess times and duty-free lunch period). The time made available while an employee’s students are in a program taught by a specialist may be used to meet the 160-minute requirement for preparation time. Preparation time K-5 will be equitable.
Elementary Preparation Time. 17.8.1. Each primary grade elementary classroom teacher grades TK-2, shall be provided a minimum of one hundred (100) minutes preparation time during the school week.
Elementary Preparation Time. Elementary teachers will, through the employment of art, music and physical education teachers and librarians, have a minimum of two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes of preparation time per week during the student day. Each elementary teacher will have a minimum of forty-five (45) minutes of individual preparation time during the student day scheduled as a single block of time whenever possible. Each elementary special area teacher will have a minimum of forty-five (45) minutes of individual preparation time to be scheduled as a single block of time whenever possible. Where scheduling does not support a full forty-five (45) minute single block, planning time in partial blocks of no less than fifteen (15) minutes in length will be used.
Elementary Preparation Time. 1. A. Elementary professional employees shall not be required to remain in the classroom while special subject professional employees are providing instruction.
Elementary Preparation Time. The Parties note the government’s intention, conditional upon the approval by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council, to fund additional preparation time for elementary teachers as follows:
