Planning Time

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Planning Time Floridas K-12 Comprehensive
Reading Program

• Contractual Provisions

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What does the contract say planning time is?

• that time in which teachers may be assigned to
  do one or more of the following
• Plan for classroom activities
• Confer with parents
• Meet with grade-level or subject area team
  members on matters related to curriculum and
  student progress
• Attend and participate in staffings
• Complete Southern Association accreditation
  activities
• Attend administrative meetings related to their
  performance and/or student concerns
• Article VII, Section S-12 Same language since
  1984

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What may teachers not be assigned?

• Substituting
• Staff Development
• Faculty meetings
• Non-instructional duties
• Student supervision, etc.

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Secondary School Planning

• At least one class period of at least 50 minutes
  each day students are in attendance and the
  regular class schedule is in effect. (250
  minutes)
• No guarantee of planning time before or after the
  student day.
• Teachers at alternative schools shall receive 50
  minutes during the teacher workday.
• Article VII, Section S-13

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Elementary School Planning

• No less than 250 minutes each full week of
  student attendance and the regular class schedule
  is in effect.
• A total of 150 minutes of this time shall be
  assigned by the principal during the student day
  in a minimum of 30-minute blocks on a minimum of
  four different student days.
• The remaining 100 minutes may be assigned as
  schedules permit during the week.
• Article VII, Section S-14

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When can teachers plan for specific classroom
activities?

• At least 100 minutes each week students are in
  attendance and the regular class schedule is in
  effect.
• High School
• during the student day
• Elementary School
• before or after the student day
• two 50-minute periods will be scheduled
• Teachers will be informed when planning time is
  scheduled prior to the week it occurs
• Article VII, Section S-15 Re-emphasized in K-12
  Comprehensive Reading Plan MOU

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Exceptions to planning time for specific
classroom activities

• Parent conferences
• Required meetings to implement changes due to
  state or federal mandate. This should be VERY
  rare!
• Voluntary participation in professional
  activities
• Personal activities
• emergencies
• Article VII, Section S-15

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Planning Days

• Teachers get 10 planning days 5 preplanning, 4
  post quarter, and 1 year-end.
• Required Staff Development or lengthy faculty
  meetings shall be kept to a minimum.
• Article VII, Section S-18
• Must be given 24-hour notice for required staff
  development, faculty and/or district meetings
  except in case of emergency.
• Article VII, Section L-4

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Pre-Planning Days

• During 5 days, teachers will be given at least 16
  hours to plan for personal classroom activities
• Principals must schedule in at least 2-hour
  blocks
• May be reduced for
• an emergency, which may include required meetings
  to implement state of federal mandates,
• Voluntary participation in professional
  activities, or
• Personal activities
• Article VII, Section S-19

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Quarter Planning Days

• Principals must give priority to scheduling time
  during the planning day at the end of the each
  quarter for teachers to prepare student report
  cards and plan for classroom activities.
• Staff Development on these days is voluntary.
• Grades due no earlier than end of third workday
  following end of quarters 1 3
• Secondary Quarter 4 Grades
• due no earlier than start of second workday
  following close of grading period
• Deadline of notification for senior grade
  reporting procedures by beginning of 4th quarter
• Elementary Quarter 4 Grades
• Teachers must vote whether or not to send report
  cards home with students
• Article VII, Section S-20

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Protecting Planning Time

• Required staff development shall be reasonable in
  nature, duration, and scope including any
  follow-up activities to protect as much time as
  possible within the teacher workday for adequate
  lesson preparation and other tasks necessary to
  effectively fulfill their teaching
  responsibilities.
• Article VII, Section I-4
• Non teaching tasks and assignments shall be kept
  to a minimum.
• Article VII, Section N-2
• Committee participation will be kept to a minimum
  to allow as much planning time as possible so
  that adequate lesson preparation is achieved.
• Article VII, Section S-23
• Principals shall seek to further minimize
  non-teaching assignments, including but not
  limited to committees, faculty meetings, and
  duties.
• K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan MOU

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Floridas K-12 Comprehensive Reading Program

• Requires teachers to meet weekly in teams
  comprised of teachers from core subject areas,
  reading teachers, and various other support
  personnel.
• These problem-solving teams will work on the
  following, but are not limited to
• examining and utilizing data to identify student
  needs,
• developing materials, lessons, and strategies to
  improve student reading performance,
• planning for classroom activities that support
  reading improvement,
• conducting reading-related research,
• implementing delivery models,
• obtaining/providing peer coaching,
• reviewing implementation strategies and
  evaluating impact on student achievement, and
• conducting follow-up activities.

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K-12 Weekly Meetings

• Designed for all teachers to meet the needs of
  their students.
• Weekly meetings may vary in length but should not
  be required to exceed 40 minutes.
• Teams will have the flexibility to schedule their
  meetings during planning time within the student
  day or scheduled work time before or after the
  student day, contingent upon principal approval.
  
• With the consent of the principal, teams may
  alter the length of meetings or restructure their
  work schedules to accommodate meeting times or to
  provide additional staff development
  opportunities.

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K-12 Weekly Meetings Planning

• Teachers will continue to receive two
  uninterrupted fifty-minute blocks to plan for
  their specific classroom activities in accordance
  with Article VII, Section S-15 of the
  Instructional Master Contract.
• At the elementary school level, these
  fifty-minute blocks will be implemented before or
  after the student day.
• Additionally, the planning day at the end of each
  quarter will be protected from required staff
  development.

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Minimize Non-teaching Assignments

• Incorporating staff development and required
  weekly meetings into the teachers regular work
  week impacts the amount of time teachers have to
  conduct other activities related to their
  teaching assignments.
• Principals shall seek to further minimize
  non-teaching assignments, including but not
  limited to committees, faculty meetings, and
  duties.

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Individual Professional Development Plans

• Teachers are required to submit one goal for
  their Individual Professional Development Plans
  (IPDP) that addresses improving student reading.

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Staff Development Points

• Teachers will be provided the opportunity to earn
  approved staff development points as part of the
  weekly meetings and the implementation of the
  K-12 Reading Plan.
• In accordance with Floridas Professional
  Development Protocol Standards, teachers must
  successfully complete all staff development
  requirements, including reasonable follow-up
  activities and documentation to be awarded staff
  development points.

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Questions and Answers