Professional Growth Fund a) The District will provide Professional Growth funds in the amount of $10,000 annually for use by SJPEC members
Professional Growth Fund. 23.1.1 The Employer shall establish a Professional Growth Fund for employees covered by this Agreement. The Employer shall contribute Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) annually to the fund, and in addition will contribute up to Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) provided that the additional contribution is matched by the Union. The residual of the fund shall be carried forward from year to year.
Professional Growth Fund. A. A professional growth fund of $111,858 will be maintained for expenses related to licensed professional participation in educational workshops and meetings and will be increased annually using the previous December’s CPI-W Portland formula.
Professional Growth Fund. 9.2.1 The Employer shall annually contribute:
Professional Growth Fund. 1. Professional Growth Fund of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) may be used to provide an employee or group of employees with special training desired by the employee or group of employees when that training is determined to prove a benefit to the betterment of the performance of the duties of that classified employee or group of employees.
Professional Growth Fund. 10.01 The Board agrees to provide financial support to Teachers through the professional growth fund.
Professional Growth Fund. The District will allocate $4,250 (each year) for a Professional Growth Fund. The Professional Growth Fund will be increased by $250 for each employee added to the bargaining unit over twenty-five (25) employees. Qualifications for and distribution of such Professional Growth Fund allocation shall be developed by an Association/District committee. Said committee will additionally report to the Board no later than August 15, concerning employee use of Professional Growth Fund for educational purposes. Compensable hours worked in accordance with this section shall be at the employee's regular rate of pay. The District will allow unexpended professional growth funds to carry forward into the following fiscal year for approved Association professional growth activities provided that a District purchase order for said group activity is issued no later than August 15.
Professional Growth Fund. A. The District shall establish a Professional Growth Fund to provide for college credit courses (tuition, books, and fees) or workshops (registration fees and mileage). The fund will be in the amount of $30,000 for 2018-2021.
Professional Growth Fund. The Employer shall establish an annual fund equal to 3.5 times the fourth year maximum of the salary grid as of September 1, 2004, for a Professional Growth Fund. Funds not expended in a given year shall be added to the total the following year. Any deficit in one year shall be taken from the total of the following year. The fund shall be administered by a committee consisting of: the ATA Evergreen Local No. 11 Professional Development Chairperson, or designate; one (1) teacher representative from each of the five (5) zones, selected according to the constitution of the ATA Evergreen Local No. 11; two (2) Grande Yellowhead Regional Division Board members; and, one (1) Education Services Centre administrative representative. Each person in sections (a) and (b) shall have one (1) vote. Each person in sections (c) and (d) shall have two votes. Board Policy “Professional Growth of Teachers” shall only be amended if agreed to by at least seven (7) of the above-named votes.
Professional Growth Fund. The District shall commit to a professional growth fund an amount equal to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per certificated employee. Monies in the professional growth fund shall be allocated to each employee in the bargaining unit and expended by the District to reimburse each employee up to the amount specified above for tuition costs, instructional improvement projects and/or professional leave expenses, provided that such costs, projects or leave expenses meet the criteria outlined in section 6.02 of this agreement Allocation of professional growth fund monies to part-time employees shall be in proportion to their time worked. Professional growth fund monies shall not be pooled or be transferable and shall be non-accumulative. Professional growth fund monies not used in the prior year shall revert to the District. Association members will be asked to schedule a goal setting conference with their supervising administrator for the purposes of planning their professional growth and identifying the purposes they will assign to their professional growth funds. They must be used for purposes directly connected to the district strategic plan. Uses of these funds include, but are not limited to: professional training, curriculum development, committee work, and parent and student outreach. Goal setting conferences should occur no later than October 15th annually. In the event that an association member is unable to identify a useful purpose for all their professional growth funds by October 15th, these funds will be pooled into a building professional development fund and used for activities directed by the principal in conjunction with the building leadership team, or an equivalent representative leadership body in the school. If the pooled funds have not been encumbered by April 15th, they will be returned to the district professional development fund for use in the next budget cycle. Professional growth funds are intended for use during the school year. If the principal and association member agree that the use of professional growth funds would be better used during the summer months, the professional growth plan must be submitted no later than the April 15th deadline.
