The instructional day for K – 8 schools exclusive of the lunch period shall be 5½ hours or such time as may be determined by the Minister of Education. High schools shall be 5¾ hours or such time as determined by the Minister of Education.
The division shall determine the hours of opening and closing of the school day.
Within the instructional day the Division will provide a minimum of two hundred and ten (210) minutes of preparation time per six (6) day cycle for full time teachers in K-5 and K-6, where the grade six students have recess, schools. For teachers in middle schools and grade 6-8 teachers in K-8 schools, the division will provide a minimum of two hundred and forty (240) minutes of preparation time per six (6) day cycle. For teachers in high schools the division will provide a minimum of three hundred (300) minutes of preparation time per six (6) day cycle.
The division will make every reasonable effort to schedule preparation time in blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes.
Part time teachers will be provided with preparation time on a pro rata basis.