Elementary Teacher Workload Sample Clauses

Elementary Teacher Workload. 1. The School Committee will endeavor, whenever possible, subject to scheduling and available personnel, to provide a fifteen (15) minute recess period every other day in the elementary schools when each teacher will not be assigned any duty. 2. The Committee will provide each elementary teacher at least a thirty (30) minute preparation period in addition to their twenty (20) minute duty-free lunch on days when there is no preparation period afforded under the terms of Section 10.1.3 of this Article. The preparation period shall not include any supervisory responsibilities. Elementary teachers shall be guaranteed not less than a total of 220 minutes per week in preparation time. This time shall be exclusive of time before and after school. No elementary teacher shall have as part of their regular schedule an assignment that requires him or her to supervise two classrooms for the purpose of providing preparation time.