Unit Planning Clause Samples

Unit Planning of the collective bargaining agreement covering teachers shall be amended to add the following: A “Unit Plan,” also known as a “Curriculum Unit,” means a brief plan, by and for the use of the teacher, describing a related series of lesson plans and shall include: (1) the topic/ theme/duration; (2) essential question(s); (3) standard(s); (4) key student learning objectives; (5) sequence of key learning activities; (6) text(s) and materials to be used; and (7) assess- ment(s). Teachers that are provided with a Curriculum (as defined in this agreement) have a professional responsibility to prepare Unit Plans. No teacher shall be required to prepare a Unit Plan for each curriculum unit, other than the attached, brief, one-page form agreed upon by the UFT and DOE, including teachers of multiple subjects for the same group of students (e.g., elementary school teachers, teachers of self-contained classes), who will include each subject taught on the attached one page form. Teachers shall not be required to prepare a Unit Plan in any format other than the attached form, agreed upon by the UFT and DOE. A principal or supervisor may collect and/or copy a Teacher’s Unit Plan provided that the principal/supervisor either (i) dis- cusses the Unit Plan at the next professional conference (e.g. pre-observation or post-observation conference) pursuant to the observation cycle or as otherwise permitted by the parties’ APPR plan, or (ii) uses the Unit Plan for professional learn- ing (e.g., non-evaluative conferencing with the principal or other administrators) within 20 school days of the collection or copying, absent unforeseen and unusual circumstances.