Common use of Planning and Preparation Time Clause in Contracts

Planning and Preparation Time. 1. Planning and preparation time is time during the work day for instructional planning and preparation for the individual member's professional assignment. The member and the Department Director shall determine and schedule the amount of time necessary for prep time. NWRESD will annually review with all Administrators the contractual requirements associated with prep time. Labor-Management committee will include prep time as an agenda item at least two times per school- year for review of any concerns raised by members. 2. Members, either individually for those with unique assignments, or in groups of members with like assignments, will meet with direct supervisor to establish appropriate preparation time. The administration will initiate and schedule the meetings required in this paragraph. The meetings will take place by the end of September of each year and also after a schedule change or reassignment. Any member who is not able to resolve to his/her satisfaction the scheduling of preparation time may appeal the matter to the Chief Human Resources Officer, who will meet with the supervisor and employee to hear and resolve the matter. Unless the member and supervisor agree to a different schedule, a full-time member will have a minimum of 300 minutes per five-day week of prep time during the regular eight-hour day. Reasonable efforts will be made to schedule prep time in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutes. 3. Scheduled preparation time will, except in unusual or emergency situations, not be scheduled by the supervisor for meetings or other duties, except with the member's agreement. A member may make a request to the supervisor for release time or other assistance if the member feels that IEP/IFSP preparation or required meetings are unreasonably infringing on preparation time or causing excessive meetings outside the workday. 4. If a member believes that the workload assigned is unreasonable or unmanageable, or cannot be accomplished during the work day, the member may request a meeting with the supervisor to try to resolve the issue. If resolution is not reached through this meeting, the member may request a meeting with the Chief Human Resources Officer. The member has the right to Association representation for these meetings.

Planning and Preparation Time. 1. Planning and preparation time is time during the work day for instructional planning and preparation for the individual member's professional assignment. The member and the Department Director shall determine and schedule the amount of time necessary for prep time. NWRESD will annually review with all Administrators the contractual requirements associated with prep time. Labor-Management committee will include prep time as an agenda item at least two times per school- school-year for review of any concerns raised by members. 2. Members, either individually for those with unique assignments, or in groups of members with like assignments, will meet with direct supervisor to establish appropriate preparation time. The administration will initiate and schedule the meetings required in this paragraph. The meetings will take place by the end of September of each year and also after a schedule change or reassignment. Any member who is not able to resolve to his/her satisfaction the scheduling of preparation time may appeal the matter to the Chief Human Resources Officer, who will meet with the supervisor and employee to hear and resolve the matter. Unless the member and supervisor agree to a different schedule, a full-time member will have a minimum of 300 minutes per five-day week of prep time during the regular eight-hour day. Reasonable efforts will be made to schedule prep time in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutes. 3. Scheduled preparation time will, except in unusual or emergency situations, not be scheduled by the supervisor for meetings or other duties, except with the member's agreement. A member may make a request to the supervisor for release time or other assistance if the member feels that IEP/IFSP preparation or required meetings are unreasonably infringing on preparation time or causing excessive meetings outside the workday. 4. If a member believes that the workload assigned is unreasonable or unmanageable, or cannot be accomplished during the work day, the member may request a meeting with the supervisor to try to resolve the issue. If resolution is not reached through this meeting, the member may request a meeting with the Chief Human Resources Officer. The member has the right to Association representation for these meetings.

Planning and Preparation Time. 1. Planning and preparation time is time during the work day for instructional planning and preparation for the individual member's professional assignment. The member and the Department Director shall determine and schedule the amount of time necessary for prep time. NWRESD will annually review with all Administrators the contractual requirements associated with prep time. Labor-/Management committee will include prep time as an agenda item at least two times per school- year for review of any concerns raised by members. 2. Members, either individually for those with unique assignments, or in groups of members with like assignments, will meet with the direct supervisor to establish appropriate preparation time. The administration will initiate and schedule the meetings required in this paragraph. The meetings will take place by the end of September of each year and also after a schedule change or reassignment. Any member who is not able to resolve to his/her their satisfaction the scheduling of preparation time may appeal the matter to the Chief Human Resources Officer, who will meet with the supervisor and employee to hear and resolve the matter. Unless the member and supervisor agree to a different schedule, a full-time member will have a minimum of 300 minutes per five-day week of prep time during the regular eight-hour day. Reasonable efforts will be made to schedule prep time in blocks of at least thirty (30) minutes. For staff who work in ECSE and teach classes at early childhood centers, reasonable efforts will be made to not include the 15 minutes before a class begins and 15 minutes after a class ends as prep/planning time because of duty assignments related to the supervision of and assistance with students who are arriving/departing via parent or bus transportation. 3. Scheduled preparation time will, except in unusual or emergency situations, not be scheduled by the supervisor for meetings or other duties, except with the member's agreement. A member may make a request to the supervisor for release time or other assistance if the member feels that IEP/IFSP preparation or required meetings are unreasonably infringing on preparation time or causing excessive meetings outside the workday. 4. If a member believes that the workload assigned is unreasonable or unmanageable, or cannot be accomplished during the work day, the member may request a meeting with the supervisor to try to resolve the issue. If resolution is not reached through this meeting, the member may request a meeting with the Chief Human Resources Officer. The member has the right to Association representation for these meetings. 5. If a member is asked to teach a class for an absent member, they will be additionally compensated for time spent teaching the class at the hourly substitute rate. In the event a member is on an extended leave, reasonable efforts will be made to get a long term substitute for the position. When a member is asked to substitute for a colleague’s class on a long term basis, which is defined for the purposes of this article as two weeks or greater, then the member will be additionally paid for actual time spent teaching the class at the long-term hourly substitute rate. The rate of pay for the long term substitute assignment will begin on the first day of the long term assignment.