Professional Development Leave Sample Clauses
The Professional Development Leave clause establishes an employee's right to take time off from work specifically for activities that enhance their professional skills or qualifications. Typically, this leave may be used for attending workshops, conferences, training sessions, or pursuing further education relevant to the employee's role. By formalizing the process and conditions under which such leave can be taken, the clause ensures employees have opportunities for growth while maintaining organizational planning and coverage.
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Professional Development Leave. 20.01 The College recognizes that it is in the interests of employees, students and the College that employees are given the opportunity by the College to pursue College-approved professional development activities outside the College through further academic or technical studies or in industry where such activities will enhance the ability of the employee upon return to the College to fulfill professional responsibilities.
20.02 To that end, each College will grant a minimum of two percent of full-time members of the academic bargaining unit of the College concerned who have been members of the bargaining unit for a period of not less than six years, and an additional one percent of full-time members of the academic bargaining unit of the College concerned who have been members of the bargaining unit for a period of not less than 15 years, to be absent on professional development leave at any one time in accordance with the following conditions:
(i) the purpose of the leave is for College-approved academic, technical, industrial or other pursuits where such activities will enhance the ability of the teacher, counsellor or librarian upon return to the College;
(ii) a suitable substitute can be obtained;
(iii) the leave will normally be for a period of from one to 12 months;
(iv) the employee, upon termination of the professional development leave, will return to the College granting the leave for a period of at least one year, failing which the employee shall repay the College all salaries and fringe benefits received by the employee while on professional development leave;
(v) the salary paid to the employee will be based on the following scale: 55% of the employee's base salary increasing by five percent per year after six years of employment with the College concerned to a maximum of 80% of the employee's base salary after eleven (11) years. It is understood that the College's payment is subject to reduction if the aggregate of the College's payment and compensation or payments from other sources during the period exceeds the amount of the employee's base salary. The amount and conditions of payment will be pro-rated for shorter leaves.
(vi) Applications for professional development leave will be submitted in writing containing a detailed statement of the nature of the proposed leave and its proposed benefit(s) to the College and the employee; to the Chair of the Department at least six months prior to the commencement date;
(vii) The College may, but i...
Professional Development Leave. The Employer shall ensure that operating budgets make reasonable provision for the ongoing professional development of full time nursing staff. The Employer will encourage staff to attend relevant seminars and conferences on a regular basis. Costs may be either shared or paid for in total by the Employer or release from work provided at the discretion of the Employer.
Professional Development Leave. A. Policy. Professional development leave shall be made available to employees who meet the requirements set forth below. Such leaves are granted to increase an employee's value to the University through enhanced opportunities for professional renewal, educational travel, study, formal education, research, writing, or other experience of professional value, not as a reward for service.
Professional Development Leave. 1. Professional leave is provided for professional development, professional organizational activities, and school-related professional activities. A teacher may be granted this leave without loss of pay when (1) serving as a representative of the District or (2) attending conferences, workshops, meetings, seminars or other activities related to the teacher's assignment.
Professional Development Leave. 26.01 The parties recognize that in order to maintain and enhance professional expertise, employees, from time to time, need to have opportunities to attend or participate in conferences, conventions, symposia, workshops and other gathering of a similar nature, to attend training courses and to participate in career development activities described in this Article.
Professional Development Leave. The University shall inform staff members of their rights and obligations under the University’s policy for Professional Development Leave. The University agrees that the policy will not be changed without consultation with the Association. The Association/University Committee will periodically review the guidelines and/or consider suggestions of the Joint Committee, and make recommendations to the University to revise the guidelines covering the administration of Professional Development Leave.
Professional Development Leave. In recognition of the philosophy of professional development as described in Article 10, Section 1, upon request, leave may be granted to any teacher for the purpose of professional development. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied.
Professional Development Leave. Where leave is requested for professional development purposes, it is normally only approved during a non-instructional duty period. Exceptions must be submitted in writing and require approval of the Xxxx at least one (1) month in advance of the activity.
Professional Development Leave. An Employee on professional development leave may, with prior approval, be regarded as a full-time Employee for up to twelve (12) months, for purposes of salary increment. An Employee receiving an increment for this period may not also claim an increment for any credential earned during this period under Clause 5.01. However, the credential earned shall be used to extend the maximum placement by one (1) Step.
Professional Development Leave. Employees may apply for and the Employer shall grant professional development leave (“PDL”) subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Such leaves will be for not less than one (1) full academic term [in exceptional cases, consideration may be given to a period shorter than one (1) full academic term] and not more than twelve (12) months in duration (in exceptional cases, consideration may be given to a period greater than one (1) year either on initial application or an extension of an existing leave);
(b) Only employees in continuing full-time employment who have completed their probationary period may apply for PDL. Employees who have received a PDL of twelve (12) months or more in duration will not be eligible for a further PDL of that length until five (5) years after completion of the first PDL;
(c) Applications for PDL will be submitted in writing by the employee to her School Xxxx by not less than nine (9) months (in exceptional or unforeseen circumstances, provided budgetary and operational circumstances permit, consideration may be given to an application made on lesser notice), prior to the proposed commencement date of the leave and shall contain a detailed statement of the nature, purpose, and perceived benefits to the University and the employee of such PDL;
(d) Factors to be taken into account by the University in assessing merits of applications include:
i) relevance to the curriculum and programme directions of the University;
ii) the likelihood that such PDL will enhance the employee’s qualifications and/or abilities to better perform his employment responsibilities. If the number of applications being considered for PDL exceeds two (2) in any year, then the Employer shall consider:
i) the length of the employees’ most recent continuous service at the University;
ii) the length of time since the employees last had a PDL (or education, sabbatical, or industrial leave under a former Collective Agreement).
(e) Where, following assessment of the factors referred to in the above paragraphs, there are candidates for such leave who would otherwise have applications of sufficient merit to be granted a PDL (“eligible employees”) except that there is insufficient funding or operational reasons why some of such leaves cannot be granted, the following additional factors will be taken into account to determine which of such candidates’ leaves may be granted.
i) other professional development activities that the employees have participated in;
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