Professional Development Funds Clause Samples
The Professional Development Funds clause establishes the provision of financial resources by an employer or organization to support an employee’s ongoing education, training, or skill enhancement. Typically, this clause outlines the types of activities or expenses that qualify for reimbursement, such as attending conferences, enrolling in courses, or purchasing relevant materials, and may set annual limits or approval requirements. Its core function is to encourage continuous professional growth while clarifying the scope and process for accessing such funds, thereby supporting employee development and ensuring transparency in the allocation of resources.
Professional Development Funds. 23.1.1 Two Professional Development Funds, a Professional Development Support Fund and an Education Leave Fund, shall be established to support professional development activities as defined in 23.2. On April 1st of each year, the College will allocate an amount equal to no less than 0.9% of total faculty salary (exclusive of severance payments) to the Professional Development Support Fund, and an amount equal to no less than 0.6% of total faculty salary to the Educational Leave Fund. Any unused balances in these funds shall carry over to the next budget year.
23.1.2 The College agrees to provide the Association with the authority to administer the program on behalf of the College for those activities approved by the College in accordance with 23.2, 23.4 and 23.5.
23.1.3 Nothing in this Agreement prevents the College from funding professional development activities in addition to those activities supported through the Professional Development Funds (23.1.1) in accordance with the procedures described in this Article.
Professional Development Funds. 1. The College recognizes the importance of providing professional development opportunities to bargaining unit members appropriate to their roles. The College is committed to providing these opportunities within the limits of available resources, and according to priorities set in the annual budget process.
2. Each year, during the budget process individual departments will be encouraged to earmark an appropriate level of funding for professional development.
Professional Development Funds. Subd. 1. For FY 2018 and FY 2019, the state universities will be allocated Professional Development Funds at the rate of five hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) for the System to distribute to the campuses on an FTE basis. The Campus Association and Employer shall implement an equitable procedure for distribution of the funds made available under this subdivision. The provisions of the subdivision shall continue until a successor agreement is in effect.
Professional Development Funds. In order to accommodate professional development, the College shall provide funding in accordance with the attached Letters of Agreement: Appendix IX, (Professional Development Funds), Appendix XI, (Adjudicated Professional Development Funds) and Appendix XII, (Common Faculty Professional Development Committee). Guidelines for the allocation of the Appendix IX professional development funds are found in Appendix X, (Guidelines for the Allocation of Professional Development Funds for VCCFA Members).
Professional Development Funds. Effective Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/2023, upon the approval and at the discretion of the Fire Chief, employees shall be eligible for reimbursement for up to $1500 per employee, per FY, out of funds from the Joint Apprenticeship Committee (JAC), for 1) completed training courses required for promotion (as defined in the minimum qualifications for higher-level positions) to a higher rank within the ACFD or 2) specialized job-related educational courses that will maintain or upgrade the employee’s skills on the job as agreed upon each FY by the Sub-JAC Committee. Employees may be reimbursed for more than one (1) training course completed in the FY, but in no event shall the total stipend exceed $1500 per employee, per fiscal year, contingent on the availability of JAC funds, and such funds for reimbursement shall not roll over into subsequent FYs. If the JAC fund balance is $200,000 or lower, reimbursement outlined herein shall cease until the JAC fund balance is over $200,000. Employees shall receive reimbursements on a first come, first served basis each FY.
Professional Development Funds. The College will annually provide $275,000 for faculty professional development. The funds will be allocated proportionally to the Divisions based on total FTEF in the Division in the prior Academic Year. In addition, for Academic Years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the College will increase the pool of funds by $50,000 per Academic Year. These funds are available to full- time and part-time faculty. Each ▇▇▇▇ and faculty shall develop a process for distribution within the Division. It shall be the responsibility of the ▇▇▇▇ to communicate the disbursement procedures and the availability of professional development moneys to full- and part-time faculty no later than the third (3rd) week of each quarter.
Professional Development Funds. Effective July 1, 2014, the University will provide a fund for Teaching Lecturers of $25,000 per year for professional development activities.
a. The $25,000 in funds will be used for professional conferences and comparable development activities and shall also include the value of tuition for courses taken by a Teaching Lecturer at the University pursuant to section 5 below.
b. These funds shall be used for the professional development of the Teaching Lecturer and must be related to the pedagogical development of the Teaching Lecturer.
c. A Teaching Lecturer Committee shall recommend to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ the individual distribution of these professional development funds. The University will develop a set of criteria and guidelines for the Committee to use in reviewing applications for professional development.
d. The professional development pool will be raised to $30,000 effective July 1, 2015.
e. A bargaining unit member may request in writing a travel advance for approved professional development funds for expenses associated with travel to a conference. University policies apply and receipts must be provided upon return. Department administrative assistants may also prepay approved travel expenses such as conference registration fees and airfare.
Professional Development Funds. 13.1. The University recognizes the importance of supporting and encouraging bargaining unit faculty members to participate in professional development activities that enhance university instruction, contribute to scholarship, research, and creative endeavors, and/or assist essential service activities. Such professional development activities promote the University’s academic mission.
Professional Development Funds. To support in-service professional development, educational leaves and exchange programs, UFV should budget annually for professional development in the following manner:
(a) One point six percent (1.6%) of the total salary budget for employees within the bargaining unit shall be available to support in-service professional development activities.
(b) The Staff Educational Leave Fund (SELF) to support assisted educational leaves for Type A and Type C Staff as defined in Article 24.3(b) (Staff Assisted Educational Leave) for 2007/2010 will consist of $100,000.00 annually plus any remainder of the previous years SELF budget. The SELF is a continuing fund which shall carry over any remainder to the next budget year.
(c) The Faculty Sabbatical Leave Fund (FSLF) as defined in Article 24.3(c) (Faculty Sabbatical Fund) will be supplemented by Faculty, Lab Instructors, Education Advisors, and Directors with a contribution of 0.4% of their salaries. The Faculty Sabbatical Leave Fund (FSLF) is a continuing fund, which shall carry over any remainder to the next budget year.
Professional Development Funds. A. In recognition of the rapidly expanding fields of knowledge, the parties hereby agree to establish a Professional Development Committee (PDC) composed of two (2) administrators appointed by the Board and five (5) Teachers appointed by the Executive Board of the H.E.
A. The Chairperson of this committee shall be a teacher. The committee will establish a distribution policy for the funds which provides for equitable allocation of funds among the bargaining unit members. Extracurricular conferences shall be under the purview of the committee, but in no event shall more than fifteen percent (15%) of the total annual allocation be utilized for extracurricular conferences. The policies, regulations and rules established by the committee must be reviewed by September 1 of each year, and the current policies, regulations and rules must be distributed to the staff by the end of the second week of each school year.
B. The PDC shall have the following powers:
1. Regulate application procedures.
2. Set forth operation rules.
3. Make final decisions as to permission of application requests.
C. The PDC shall furnish a complete annual financial report by June. This report should specify the amount used by each individual teacher and the type of conference attended by that teacher.
D. The PDC should also specify in the report the amount of conference monies used for extracurricular conferences.
E. The PDC shall administer a fund for teacher conferences. The fund shall be used to finance all expenses including substitute teacher cost. Money left over at the end of the school year shall be carried to the next school year. The Employer shall contribute one hundred forty-three dollars and ninety-five cents ($143.95) per FTE per school year to the fund.