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Teachers, union leaders and staff say collaborative‑planning rollout is adding to workload; EACC survey cited
Summary
Teachers and union leaders told the Charles County Board of Education on Oct. 14 that the district’s mandated collaborative‑planning requirement, as currently implemented, is increasing teacher workload, adding paperwork and creating scheduling problems for specialists and principals.
Union leaders and many teachers used the board’s Oct. 14 meeting to press for revisions to the district’s collaborative‑planning rollout, saying the current implementation has increased paperwork, reduced flexible planning time, and placed logistical burdens on principals and central office staff.
EACC president Sean Heil described results of a quick survey his group conducted of 243 educators about collaborative planning: roughly 55 percent of respondents cited benefits such as shared lesson development and vertical planning, but 24 percent said there were no benefits, and nearly 39 percent cited lack of time as a core concern. Heil and other union representatives said mandated 30‑minute collaborative blocks are sometimes scheduled when…
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