Secondary Preparation Periods. 12.2.1 All full-time secondary teachers at any District designated middle school shall receive six (6) forty (40) minute preparation periods per week. In addition, such teachers shall receive four (4) forty (40) minute team planning periods per week to meet as teams. Such periods may be used for team planning, parent conferences and/or other professional activities. No non-instructional or administrative duties shall be assigned during team planning time.
Secondary Preparation Periods a. The parties recognize that preparation periods are generally the purview of the teacher. However, the parties also recognize some reasonable (though limited) activities can realistically best occur during the teacher’s preparation period, and naturally may therefore be prompted to occur during the preparation period. Examples include pre- and post-observation meetings for evaluation, teacher participation in IEP/SST/504 meetings held during their preparation period, or short state-mandated trainings for mandated testing at the site that only affect a portion of the teaching staff.
