The Board recognizes the value of preparation time.
Preparation time shall be provided for teachers where reasonably possible.
A reduction of preparation time or a loss of preparation time may take place only after consultation with the affected teacher.
Interlake School Division and the Interlake Teachers' Association agree that beginning the Fall term of 1996, the teacher preparation time assigned on a school by school basis in any school year to any full-time equivalent teacher, whether such time is in a teaching consultation or supervisory role, shall not without the consent of the Association, be less than the average teacher preparation time assigned in that particular school during the 1994/95 school year.
The two parties also agree that should a need arise in the future, a joint committee of the Interlake Teachers' Association and the Interlake School Division would be established to develop an appropriate protocol.