Extended Professional Development Leave Clause Samples
Extended Professional Development Leave. The College may provide extended professional development leave for full-time faculty. Extended professional development leave will be subject to the following:
A. Application shall be subject to the procedure outlined in this Article, Section 15.4.C and D with the additional requirement that applications be submitted at least six (6) months prior to the first day of the leave.
B. Granting of leave shall be contingent upon the College's ability to hire suitable replacement(s) at the adjunct faculty rate.
C. The member's direct compensation shall be continued during leave at fifty percent (50%) of the regular rate, while insurance benefits will be fully paid by the College as if the member were not on leave.
D. A step increase based on satisfactory evaluation will be provided to those completing a leave of two terms or less. When the leave exceeds two (2) terms in any academic year, the member, upon return, will be reinstated to their position, at the level they were placed at the beginning of the leave.
E. During the period of extended professional development leave, the member will neither accumulate additional seniority nor lose seniority previously attained.
F. In the event that professional development leave is applied for pursuant hereto and granted, the President may require that the applying member agree to return to the College, after the professional development program is over, if it requires absence from the College, for such period of time and under such circumstances as the President may determine. Normally, such return would include two (2) years of service to the College unless waived by the College.
Extended Professional Development Leave. 1. Any administrator covered by this Agreement may apply for an extended leave of absence with pay for professional development. The purpose of the leave shall be to stimulate and improve the administrator in the performance of his/her duties and shall be limited to attendance at seminars, conferences, or extended workshop sessions relating to the professional role of the administrator in the school district.
2. In addition thereto, an administrator with seven (7) years experience in district administration may apply for up to one (1) month extended leave of absence with pay for such professional purposes as research, authoring an article, etc., said professional purposes to be to stimulate and improve the administrator in the performance of his/her duties. The granting of this extended leave shall be limited to no more than two (2) administrators per school year totaling no more than two (2) non-continuous leaves per school year.
3. The administrator requesting such leave shall make application to the Superintendent at least two (2) months prior to the date of the leave on a form to be prepared and supplied by the Superintendent, which form shall include provision for description of the conference or workshop proposed to be attended, the length of the leave applied for, the expense, if any, which the administrator expects the Board to assume, and an explanation of how the granting of the leave and attendance at the educational function involved will result in a direct benefit to the school system of WW-P and improvement of the administrator’s professional development.
4. Recommendation to the Board for the granting or denial of such leave and the expenses, if any, to be borne by the Board, shall be made by the Superintendent in his/her sole discretion. Final approval or denial of the application will be made by the Board in its sole discretion. The action of the Superintendent and/or the Board in granting or denying the leave shall not be subject to review under the grievance procedure.
Extended Professional Development Leave. A paid leave of absence for up to ten (10) days during the summer may be granted to any administrator for professional development. Application will be made to a committee comprised of a Board member, the Superintendent, and two (2) Association members. PAA members on the committee may not be applicants. The time period for this opportunity shall run from July 1 to August 15 of each year. Applications via letter to the superintendent are due by April 1st. No more than 2 administrators will be granted leave in any given summer An individual may be awarded this opportunity more than once in an Association contract period given the number and quality of applications. This leave is intended for exceptional opportunities of professional learning directly related to the administrator’s role within the district. An administrator may not accept remuneration from an agency other than the Princeton Board of Education for services rendered via this leave.
Extended Professional Development Leave. Extended Professional Development Leave for the development of knowledge and skills through further study and other planned professional experience shall be available to the certified staff. The Professional Development Commission is responsible for developing and disseminating the criteria for awarding Extended Professional Development Leaves based upon the quality of the individual proposal, the assessed needs of the school system and the professional development needs of the teacher, as well as procedures for evaluating the proposals. Each September, the Professional Council shall develop a list of educational needs in the Metro School System to be forwarded to the Director for consideration prior to submission of the final list to the Professional Development Commission. These basic terms and provisions for awarding leaves in Options 1 and 2 shall be followed:
Option 1: Certificated personnel who have completed four (4) years of service in the Metro School System shall be eligible for Professional Development Leave at fifty percent (50%) of the salary to which they would be entitled if employed. Teachers receiving this leave shall return to the Metro School System for a period of two (2) years. Persons granted this leave shall be limited to ten (10).
Option 2: Certificated personnel who have completed six (6) years of service in the Metro School System shall be eligible for Professional Development Leave at seventy-five percent (75%) of the salary to which they would be entitled if employed. Teachers receiving this leave shall return to the Metro School System for a period of three (3) years. Persons receiving this leave shall be limited to five (5).
1. In the event two or more proposals for a leave category are evaluated as equal in meeting the established criteria for Professional Development Leaves, length of service of the applicant in either Nashville, Davidson County, and/or Metropolitan School System shall be the determining factor in the selection of the recipients.
2. The Director of Schools shall have the discretion to identify and approve additional certificated personnel for Staff Development purposes beyond the total maximum number of participants specified for Options 1 and 2.
3. A teacher returning from Extended Professional Development Leave shall be given a comparable position upon return.
4. Any persons who have taken leave in any of the above categories must remain with the Metro School System the required number of years. No person ...
Extended Professional Development Leave. Employees may apply for extended professional development leave that exceeds five (5) work days in duration. Such applications for leave may be granted in Management’s discretion.
Extended Professional Development Leave. Effective March 2013, one (1) Professional Development Leave of up to a maximum of twelve