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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point of early release Mondays was to give elementary teachers the same amount of planning time as MS/HS teachers. It wasn't supposed to change the overall amount of planning time.[/quote]

Don't elementary teachers get planning time while their class is in specials every day?[/quote]

According to something the SB put out a couple years ago? A year ago? ES teachers had less planning time. They was even a tiny bit of talk about returning to early release Mondays - maybe even a survey?[/quote]

When we had early release Mondays we didn't have one hour specials and Monday afternoons were often spent in meetings/PD. When the early release days went away (under Dr. Garza I believe), the new policy stated that ES teachers would get a minimum of 300 minutes, with at least 240 teacher directed and 60 for collaborative team meetings. Most principals didn't abide by that and I think some still don't.

[i]Elementary teachers engaged in the responsibilities associated with their position on a fulltime 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. [/i]

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BR9JS84E8A87/$file/R4422.11.pdf[/quote]

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