Inservicing. (a) The Board shall budget annually a fund for the purpose of releasing and inservicing permanent employees covered by this Collective Agreement. An annual financial report on the operation of the inservicing fund shall be supplied by the Secretary- Treasurer. (b) Inservicing shall be for the purpose of technological changes, job- related training, professional development, and other activities designed to improve the work performance of permanent employees. (c) The inservice fund as established by the Board shall be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer or designate. There shall be a committee formed comprised of two (2) Union and two (2) Board representatives for the purpose of advising the Secretary- Treasurer or designate on the choice of and the organization of inservice activities for permanent employees covered by this Collective Agreement. This committee shall meet a minimum of twice yearly to facilitate inservicing and to review requests received from departments for specific inservicing programs. (d) Permanent employees, other than Bus Drivers, Educational Assistants, First Nations Youth Workers, Multicultural Youth Workers, Child and Youth Workers, and Signing Interpreter/Braillists shall be provided on an annual basis with one (1) day of inservicing which shall be scheduled during working hours on days when school is not in session. Bus drivers shall be provided with two (2) days of inservicing on days where teacher professional days or other non-instructional days are established without children in attendance at school. (e) Permanent employees must attend the day of inservicing in order to be paid their regular hourly rate of pay for the number of hours in attendance, to a maximum of eight (8) hours per day.
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