Planning Periods. A. All regular kindergarten, R through 5 elementary teachers, and the Special Education teacher of an elementary self contained Emotionally Handicapped or Pre-school class shall have a planning period whenever teachers in the fields of art, music or physical education take over the class. The above teachers shall have such additional planning time as is required to provide the total amount of planning time set forth in the following schedule during all five (5) day school weeks. The remaining personnel on the following schedule shall have the amounts of planning time set forth on said schedule during all five (5) day school weeks. Teachers shall continue to be aware of and prepared for their responsibility for continuity of program in the areas of art, music, and physical education. The teacher has the option to use planning time for either a pre-planned in-service program, parent conferences or for classroom activities. Regular kindergarten, R through 5 elementary teachers, and the Special Education teacher of an elementary self-contained Emotionally Handicapped or Pre-school class: 200 minutes per week, and 250 minutes per week effective September 1, 2008. Art, Music, Physical Education, Reading, Speech and Hearing, Library, and School Counselors: 250 minutes per week. For Special Education teachers other than teachers of elementary self-contained Emotionally Handicapped classes and Pre-School class: 120 minutes and 150 minutes effective September 1, 2009. Effective September 1, 2022, an additional fifty (50) minutes per week will be designated as common planning time for all teachers at the same grade level to communicate, collaborate, engage in professional development, and/or to engage in student achievement data review as a Professional Learning Community (PLC). Administration shall retain discretion to determine if the fifty (50) minutes of PLC time is utilized.
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