Within the instructional day the Division shall provide a minimum of one hundred and eighty (180) minutes of preparation time for each full time elementary teacher and a minimum of two hundred and forty (240) minutes of preparation time for each full time secondary teacher per six (6) day cycle. Preparation time shall be scheduled in blocks of not less than fifteen (15) minutes.
Effective the first day of the fall term 2012, preparation time for all teachers with a .75 equivalent full time contract or greater shall be scheduled in blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes. However where it is deemed necessary to schedule preparation time in lesser blocks for a part time teacher with less than a .75 equivalent full time contract, preparation time may be scheduled in blocks of not less than fifteen (15) minutes.