PROFESSIONAL COURSES a. A limitation, generally of a one (1) three-credit professional course, shall be made for beginning teachers, and two (2) courses per semester for experienced teachers.
PROFESSIONAL COURSES. The Unified Government and the Lodge are in agreement that it is in the best interests of the Department that as many employees as possible participate in professional, educational and training courses whenever the same are available. In order to facilitate the availability of such courses to the personnel of the Department the following are hereby adopted:
PROFESSIONAL COURSES. The Board encourages members of the professional staff to take courses for the improvement and enhancement of their teaching and will subsidize up to one hundred percent (100%) of the tuition cost of such courses within the limits defined below and with the exception of courses which have been suggested or recommended by the Board.
PROFESSIONAL COURSES. 15.1 The Superintendent may grant members a leave of absence with pay, within the limitations of the budget, for the purpose of attending educational conventions, professional meetings, training institutes, and other activities which have a demonstrable relationship to the improvement of professional skills. Written request for such leave must be filed with the employee's building principal, coordinator or director at least ten (10) school days in advance. Exceptions may be made where notice of the activity was not received more than ten (10) school days in advance. Pre-approval for participation in such a program must have been received from the principal or coordinator, and Superintendent or her/his designee in order for the member to so participate. Upon successful completion of a pre-approved, job-related course for professional improvement, an employee will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $300.00 for the cost of the course. Such reimbursement will be made only after the employee produces evidence of the following: course pre-approval by the principal, coordinator or director, the Superintendent or her/his designee, and the Business Office; documentation substantiating payment to a college or university; and a final grade report indicating that the employee has passed the course. Course reimbursement will be limited to one (1) course per school year for any one employee of the Unit. The total amount for reimbursement granted to the Association in any full school year will be $1,200.00. Tuition reimbursement awards will be made on a first come, first serve basis. All requests for tuition reimbursement must be made by January 15 of a school year.
PROFESSIONAL COURSES. A. Teachers will have one (1), three (3) credit course reimbursed fully every three
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PROFESSIONAL COURSES. STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENT The following SOR’s are to be included as a single lot, Table 1 has a summary of the Accredited courses and more detailed statement of requirements for each course are contained at Annex B of Sch 9: Table 1 Title Level Annual Enrolment BSI ISO 27001 Certifications Foundation, Internal Auditor, Lead Auditor, Implementer Estimated 63 CISCO CCNA Cloud, Collaboration, Cyber Ops, Data Centre, Industrial, Routing & Switching, Security, Service Provider and Wireless Estimated 3-6 Per course CITRIX Various Estimated 3-6 Per course CompTIA Various Estimated 3-6 Per course Data Protection Certification Data Protection Essential Knowledge Level 1 and 2, Handling Subject Access Requests, Data Security and Data Protection in the Workplace Estimated 12-15 Per course COGNOS & Business Intelligence Essentials for IBM COGNOS BI (plus various other COGNOS courses) Estimated 6 Per course NAFv4 N/A Estimated 8 Power BI Various Estimated 32 TOGAF & ArchiMate Certifications N/A Estimated 16 MS Exchange Server Core and SQL Server Various Estimated 8-10 Annex B STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENT FOR: BSI ISO 27001 Certifications Background ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (ISO 27001) is the international standard that provides the specification for a best-practice information security management system (ISMS). It will help us to understand: Why information security management (ISM) is important to an organisation; The role and structure of an information security policy; The terms and definitions used in the Standard, including risk and options for risk assessments and how to interpret the requirements of ISO to determine the scope of an ISMS; How to structure and manage an ISO 27001 project; How to allocate roles and responsibilities for ISO 27001 implementation; How to review and map existing controls to Annex A of ISO 27001; The importance of the Statement of Applicability (SoA) and justifications for inclusions and exclusions; The benefits of and key issues when selecting a risk assessment tool; How to develop a management framework, write policies and produce other critical documentation: The importance of staff, an effective communication strategy and general awareness training: The key elements of management review: How to prepare for an ISO 27001 certification audit and ensure that we pass first time: How to manage and drive continual improvement under ISO 27001.
PROFESSIONAL COURSES. A. Teachers will have one (1), three (3) credit course reimbursed fully every three (3) years. Payment for the three (3) credits shall be reimbursed for 50% for tuition costs at the time of approval and 50% at the time of satisfactory completion. Any in-service fee pursuant to this section shall also be reimbursed. All other courses shall be subject to tuition reimbursement as per the cost per credit for that college or university but shall not exceed the Rutgers University per credit cost. All courses and workshops in which an employee wishes to enroll in for reimbursement and increment purposes is subject to the prior approval of the building principal and Superintendent of Schools. Reimbursement for undergraduate level courses shall be given if the course is determined by the administration to be relevant to the teacher’s position. No reimbursement shall be given for courses required for permanent certification in any area, except as expressly approved by the Superintendent of Schools. No reimbursement shall be given for courses taken while not employed by the Oceanport School District.
