Common use of Extended Professional Development Leave Clause in Contracts

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 shall be eligible to receive any Professional Development Leave more than one time. 5. In the absence of unusual circumstances which the Board deems sufficient to justify an exception, applications for Extended Professional Development Leave should be presented to the Director of Schools at least three (3) months before the beginning date for which leave is requested. 6. Applicants shall be required to execute an APPLICATION FOR EXTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE FORM and the EXTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE AGREEMENT FORM. 7. The applicant for leave for further academic study shall submit to the Board of Public Education through the Director of Schools a prospectus of the courses to be taken. The amount of work required by the academic study or planned professional experience shall be the equivalent of a full-time load required for regular classification if college were attended. 8. The applicant for any Professional Development leave shall present a statement to the Director of Schools which contains a detailed justification for the proposed professional experience with clear evidence of benefit to the instructional program and teaching assignment. 9. Upon termination of leave, the teacher shall present to the Director of Schools a transcript of the credits received, or, in case of other planned professional experiences, a report of values derived. 10. The salary allowed to the teacher on leave shall be paid at the regular pay periods and shall be subject to all deductions required of teachers. 11. All time spent under this approved leave shall be credited to the teacher in salary placement and retirement benefits as if the teacher has been on active duty. 12. The teacher on leave shall be required to furnish to the Director of Schools such periodic reports as may be required. 13. Failure on the part of any teacher granted leave to comply with the conditions shall cause the Board of Public Education to terminate such leave. Furthermore, the entire sum paid to the teacher while on leave by the Board of Public Education will be returnable and all future payments shall cease. 14. In the event of severe budgetary limitations the Professional Council will determine any necessary limitations imposed on the Extended Professional Development Leave Program.

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 MNPS 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 MNPS 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 MNPS 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 shall be eligible to receive any Professional Development Leave more than one time. 5. In the absence of unusual circumstances which the Board deems sufficient to justify an exception, applications for Extended Professional Development Leave should be presented to the Director of Schools at least three (3) months before the beginning date for which leave is requested. 6. Applicants shall be required to execute an APPLICATION FOR EXTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE FORM and the EXTENDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE AGREEMENT FORM. 7. The applicant for leave for further academic study shall submit to the Board of Public Education through the Director of Schools a prospectus of the courses to be taken. The amount of work required by the academic study or planned professional experience shall be the equivalent of a full-time load required for regular classification if college were attended. 8. The applicant for any Professional Development leave shall present a statement to the Director of Schools which contains a detailed justification for the proposed professional experience with clear evidence of benefit to the instructional program and teaching assignment. 9. Upon termination of leave, the teacher shall present to the Director of Schools a transcript of the credits received, or, in case of other planned professional experiences, a report of values derived. 10. The salary allowed to the teacher on leave shall be paid at the regular pay periods and shall be subject to all deductions required of teachers. 11. All time spent under this approved leave shall be credited to the teacher in salary placement and retirement benefits as if the teacher has been on active duty. 12. The teacher on leave shall be required to furnish to the Director of Schools such periodic reports as may be required. 13. Failure on the part of any teacher granted leave to comply with the conditions shall cause the Board of Public Education to terminate such leave. Furthermore, the entire sum paid to the teacher while on leave by the Board of Public Education will be returnable and all future payments shall cease. 14. In the event of severe budgetary limitations the Professional Council will determine any necessary limitations imposed on the Extended Professional Development Leave Program.