PREPARATION TIME

All teaching staff members are provided with preparation time within their daily and/or weekly assignments.  That time is available for lesson planning, preparation of instructional materials, evaluating student work, providing student assistance, and other work related activities, as well as for attention to personal comfort needs at the assigned work site.  Due to the possible need for emergency student supervision, or for the building administrator to contact the teacher during a preparation period, such time is to be viewed as "on duty" time.  Therefore, teachers should not plan to use preparation time to attend to personal business that will take them away from the work site without special permission from the building administrator or, in his/her absence, notification to the building secretary.