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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In APS, elem. teachers have 360 minutes (min) of planning time weekly with a 45 min daily minimum, but the exact number and the way it is used both vary widely. At our school, teachers have two PLCs each week, so there goes 90 min of planning time. And meetings do sometimes happen at lunch, even though our lunch is supposedly duty free.[/quote]

At my APS school, they include the 20 minutes in the morning setup time before kids arrive—except that kids are officially allowed in the classroom during that time to eat breakfast (or just hang out). Sure we can continue doing some prep during that time, but we can’t run out to make a copy or use the bathroom. There goes 100 minutes of that 360 minutes planning time. FCPS seemed to do much better with this by making specials last a full hour daily so that our planning time was maximized.[/quote]

300 minutes in FCPS. In FCPS the time before the students arrive doesn’t count towards the daily planning time. The 300 minutes has to occur during the student day.

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.

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PP here—I truly wish APS would word their policy like this too. Our administration counted the minutes before students arrive and the 15 minutes after they depart into our official planning time. This setup and cleanup time should not count—especially since we usually have students in the room on both ends (breakfast and late buses).[/quote]

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