Common use of Preparation Time Clause in Contracts

Preparation Time. In order to increase teaching effectiveness, the administration will schedule preparation time to be used for the purpose of research, planning, study preparation, grading, preparing for parent and student conferences and other professional activities. The length of the planning time and the scheduling may be modified to accommodate the educational schedules of the attendance center. For all staff a minimum of 250 minutes of plan time per week will be scheduled and principals will make every good faith effort to schedule 50 consecutive minutes of plan time each day and twenty minutes of duty free recess in applicable buildings. Preparation time may be used for personal use with permission of the building principal.