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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are afraid of retribution from admin.

Even in some Right To Work districts such as those in VA there may be school board policies that are meant to protect teacher planning time, but admin doesn't always adhere to them. Look at FCPS for example. There are SB policies that specify how much planning time (collaborative vs. individual teacher directed) there should be each week but many administrators either don't know about them or choose to ignore. Ask HR and [b]you'll get some vague response that leaves the policies open to interpretation[/b].[/quote]

This exactly. I'm in MCPS and if you read the contract there's a lot of "other duties as assigned" ,"up to the discretion of the principal/as deemed necessary by the principal", "for the benefit of the school" and "as related to the School Improvement Plan". Basically principals can get away with anything they want because of the way the contract is written.  It's really not worth more than the paper it's printed on. [/quote]

Policies can be more specific than that. Here is the wording in FCPS’ policy 4422.10 as it pertains to elementary planning time:

V. ELEMENTARY TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS (Grades K-6)
Elementary teachers engaged in the responsibilities associated with their position on a full- time basis shall be allowed 300 minutes of planning time per week or 600 minutes over a 2-week period. Within that time, a minimum of 60 minutes of collaborative planning time and 240 minutes of teacher-directed planning times per week or 120 minutes of collaborative planning time and 480 minutes of teacher-directed planning times over a 2- week period will be provided.
Classroom planning time is provided during art, physical education, music, and/or other instructional programming. Other certified personnel without direct classroom responsibilities may also be assigned in a manner that provides planning time. Such assignments may only exceed 10 hours per week per position with the approval of the region assistant superintendent.
Every effort shall be made to avoid assigning shared instructional personnel to more than two schools in one day. Inclusion of students with special needs or scheduling self- contained special education classes shall be reviewed at the school level based on the students’ individualized education programs (IEP).[/quote]

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