Planning and Preparation Time. (1) The Board shall provide full-time teachers with at least one hundred and sixty (160) minutes per week for professional purposes exclusive of lunch and recess. The foregoing shall be increased as follows: ▪ one hundred and eighty (180) minutes per week effective September 1, 2006; ▪ one hundred and ninety (190) minutes effective September 1, 2007; and ▪ two hundred (200) minutes per week effective June 30, 2008. A teacher who teaches on a part time basis shall have planning and preparation time pro-rated on the basis of the percentage of time worked. For the 2007/2008 school year only, planning and preparation time may be averaged over a two (2) week period with one hundred and eighty (180) minutes being the minimum amount in either week. (2) The minimum planning and preparation time block shall be twenty (20) minutes for all teachers. (3) In order to assist with the reporting process, two (2) Professional Activity Days will be made available each year for the purpose of elementary teachers’ planning and preparation time. This clause shall not be effective after June 30, 2008. (4) When organizing FSL/Planning Time teachers’ timetables, principals shall: (a) give FSL/Planning Time teacher a reasonable time to travel between classes; and (b) not schedule FSL/Planning Time teacher preparation time during opening exercises. (5) The Board shall provide each teacher with one-half (1/2) day (150 minutes) per school year of release time for planning and preparation time. By October 15th each year, the principal, in consultation with the staff, shall develop a plan to implement the foregoing and a copy of said plan shall be provided to the Association Representatives. This clause shall not be effective after June 30, 2008. (6) Teachers will log missed planning and preparation time in accordance with the protocol developed by the parties.
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