Common use of Elementary Schedule Clause in Contracts

Elementary Schedule. I. Elementary teachers shall arrive by 8:35 am. Students shall start to arrive in the classroom at 8:40 am. Teachers shall begin teaching at 8:45 am. Teacher dismissal is at 3:25 pm. II. There shall be a 30-minute daily lunch for students and teachers. III. There shall be a 30-minute daily recess for students during which teachers shall have one (1) 30-minute prep, and four (4) CPT/Consult/Plan per week. IV. Teachers shall have five (5) 42-minute prep periods and one (1) 30-minute special during a normal five (5) day work week. V. There shall be one (1) early release planning day per trimester to be used for planning and one (1) floating half-planning day per year. VI. Elementary schools shall be scheduled on a five (5) day cycle (Monday-Friday). VII. Planning periods may be used for a variety of planning activities, including but not limited to, achieving district goals and school level strategic goals, team planning, co-teacher planning, curriculum coordinator planning, data review planning, administrator planning, and curriculum alignment/review planning. VIII. In the event that a teacher must remain with their class for an indoor recess foregoing the teacher’s preparation period, a 30-minute consultation/common plan period will be replaced with a preparation period. IX. It is acknowledged that due to scheduling difficulties or school enrollments, individual teachers may not have a full schedule. For those teachers, office coverage, including but not limited to covering for IEP and 504 meetings, lunch/recess coverage, and classroom coverage, shall be assigned. These coverages will not be eligible for any additional compensation of office coverage. On half days or early release days, teachers shall only receive preparation time if it occurs during the schedule that day. Schedules on early release days will be rotated equitably. Common planning time may be used for a variety of planning activities, including but not limited to, achieving District goals and school level strategic goals, team planning, co-teacher planning, curriculum coordinator planning, data review planning, administrator planning and curriculum alignment/review planning.