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Teacher tells Caddo Parish board daily common planning is reducing individual planning time, cites state statute
Summary
A Southwood teacher told the Caddo Parish School Board that daily common planning has reduced individual planning time and can interfere with duties such as supervision, citing Louisiana Revised Statute 17-434 (as cited) which guarantees 45 minutes of planning time daily or 225 minutes weekly.
Carlos McDaniel, a teacher at Southwood and president of the Caddo Federation of Teachers (division of Red River United), told the Caddo Parish School Board during public comment that the district's shift to daily common planning has cut into teachers' individual planning time and other duties. "Louisiana state law ... guarantees at least 45 minutes of planning time daily. Or if that is not possible ... that the planning time given to each teacher adds up to 225 minutes a week," McDaniel said, adding that the block schedule has effectively…
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