Planning Time. A. Uninterrupted planning time sixty (60) consecutive minutes shall be provided daily within the normal work day for full-time teachers at elementary sites. Planning period adjustments may be made with the approval of the teacher if the adjustment does not decrease the number of minutes allocated for planning time.
Planning Time. All teachers are to be guaranteed an uninterrupted daily block of at least 45 minutes of planning for a traditional schedule or an uninterrupted block of at least 90 minutes every other day for a block schedule. Planning time shall be used primarily for lesson/program planning, parent conferences, student conferences, and conferring with other faculty members. A good faith effort must be made by the principal or designee to ensure equitable scheduling among the faculty for teacher participation and involvement for any accommodation plan meeting (IEP (Individual Education Plan), 504, BIP (Behavior Intervention Plan), etc.) in which the teacher’s planning time and instructional time are disrupted as little as possible.
Planning Time. The teachers’ load in the Rockford Middle Schools, Freshman Center and Rockford Senior High shall consist of 310 minutes. During the workday, each teacher in the Middle Schools, Freshman Center and Senior High shall be entitled to one (1) period of planning time.
Planning Time. Teachers will follow the contractual agreement for planning time in Teacher Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article VI, Section 6.3
Planning Time. All classroom teachers (including art, music, and PE) shall be granted and utilize no less than 275 minutes of teacher-directed, non-student contact time per week for the purpose of planning for instruction. A regular daily schedule will include a minimum of 50 total minutes plan time. The recommendation to adjust the schedule to provide for the most consecutive minutes of planning time possible shall be made by a representative body of the building. Part-time teachers shall have their planning time pro-rated. Library Media specialists who teach a regular schedule shall be provided planning time consistent with this section. Planning time may include team work/planning sessions and will be collaborative in nature, with no more than two per month directed by administration. In the absence of a teacher, every effort will be made to hire a substitute. In the event a substitute cannot be found, teachers may be asked to forego their planning period.
Planning Time. 11-4-1 High school and middle school teachers shall have a minimum of five (5) planning periods per week unless they are compensated for additional instruction or extra duty responsibilities. A planning period shall be equivalent to one (1) regular class period. Elementary school teachers shall have a minimum of forty (40) consecutive minutes of planning time per school day during the student contact time unless they are compensated for additional instruction or extra duty responsibilities. During the planning time teachers shall not be assigned to other duties except for emergencies or conferences. In case of an emergency, or any disrupted schedule, program, or staffing, elementary school teachers can be assigned planning time any time during the contract workday.
Planning Time. All teachers are to be guaranteed an uninterrupted block of at least 45 minutes of planning daily. Planning time shall be used primarily for lesson/program planning, parent conferences, student conferences, and conferring with other faculty members. The principal may have up to two (2) of these 45-minute blocks per week designated for Collaborative Planning, Professional Learning Community (PLC), or Faculty Meetings (one (1) per month). One day shall be used for collaborative planning by grade level or subject area. The second day shall be used for a PLC focused on meeting the educational needs of students or a faculty meeting (up to one (1) meeting per month). Collaborative Planning shall occur weekly except on a rare occasion when the principal may hold two (2) PLCs in one week and the following week shall have no PLC or Faculty Meeting. The remaining three (3) blocks shall be used by the teacher solely for self-directed planning time. Recognizing that curriculum changes are inevitable throughout all areas of instruction, team/common planning may occur and is encouraged in order to meet the needs of the students. Teachers are responsible for the proper utilization of the self-directed portion of planning time.
Planning Time. All teachers shall have a minimum of 215 minutes each week, based on a five day work week. Planning time is defined as time for the personal preparation for direct instruction of students during which the teacher shall not be assigned other duties. Planning time will be designated for every teacher on each building master schedule in minimum units of 20 minutes and considered as part of their teaching time as defined in Article VIII, A. In the event of an emergency or emergency drill, the planning time mentioned above may be reduced during the period of time for which said emergency or emergency drill is declared.
Planning Time. The teacher-directed planning period will be used for teachers to accomplish the individual work and preparation for teaching. Non-core teachers will participate in school directed, job embedded planning and/or professional development unless the subject matter being addressed in the session is solely related to a specific academic content unrelated to their scope of work as determined in advance by the school principal or his/her designee.
Planning Time. A. Except in case of emergency, each teacher will receive a minimum of 290 minutes per six-day cycle during the regularly scheduled workday for preparation and planning related to the instructional program. Teachers will receive at least 270 minutes of this planning time during the student instructional day.
