PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. Faculty members may be granted leave with pay at the discretion of the Employer for the following purposes: attendance at professional meetings, workshops, conferences or seminars, inter-school visiting or other activities deemed appropriate. Requests for such leave shall be made in writing at least ten days in advance of the date of the leave. Reimbursement for travel while on professional leave with pay shall be made in accordance with Section 4.2 of this agreement.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. Professional leave with pay is provided to a faculty member in order to attend professional meetings, conferences, and seminars. A faculty member may be allowed to use up to five (5) days of paid professional leave per academic year and up to one
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. 1. Members of the teaching profession who are working on an advanced degree or are taking courses to enhance their knowledge of their major field, may be granted professional leave. This professional leave with pay should not exceed a total of six (6) days of pre-school and post-school planning periods during any one (1) year and such professional leave with pay should not be granted in excess of five (5) xxxxxxx.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. Each teacher may be granted, on application to the Superintendent, leave without loss of pay for attending meetings or workshops related to the improvement of instruction or performance of professional duties. Unless special exception is made by the Superintendent, such leave will not exceed three (3) days.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. 19.5.1 The Superintendent of Schools, with approval of the licensed employee’s immediate supervisor, may authorize absences of employees for professional purposes with full pay.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. A. General Guidelines. Professional leave requests will be considered for a maximum of one year at a time when the requesting employee has been satisfactorily employed consecutively for at least one year. Professional leave (with or without pay) is defined as leave granted to a faculty member, administrator, or staff employee in order to engage in educational activities which will result in a benefit to the employee, and incidentally, to the institution. Justification for the leave should be included on the supporting leave request form. Appropriate activities for professional leave might include: Graduate study in field of specialty; Attendance at workshops, seminars in specialty field; Study to expand scope of professional areas; Other professionally enriching experiences. When an employee is granted professional leave for up to one (1) year, the employee shall be returned to their same position on the same campus or division. The President, or designee, may establish procedures for professional leave.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. A. General Guidelines. Professional leave requests will be considered for a maximum of one year at a time when the requesting faculty has had three years of continuous full-time satisfactory service at Brevard Community College. Professional leave (with or without pay) is defined as leave granted to a faculty member, administrator, or staff faculty in order to engage in educational activities which will result in a benefit to the faculty, and incidentally, to the institution. Justification for the leave should be included on the supporting leave request form. Appropriate activities for professional leave might include: • Graduate study in field of specialty; • Attendance at workshops, seminars in specialty field; • Study to expand scope of professional areas; • Other professionally enriching experiences. When a faculty is granted professional leave for up to one (1) year, the faculty shall be returned to their same position on the same campus or division. The President, or designee, may establish procedures for professional leave.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. Professional leave with pay is provided to a faculty member in order to attend professional meetings, conferences, and seminars. The parties recognize, however, that the faculty member’s first responsibility is in the classroom. Any such absence requires that suitable arrangements, such as outside readings, research papers, or individual study, be made by the faculty member so that studies may continue during the period of absence. If the faculty member and the department chairperson agree that a substitute should be assigned to the classroom for the period of the instructor’s absence, the chairperson shall identify and assign a substitute, in accordance with Article 4 (Salaries, Salary Increments, and Rates of Pay) and Article 13 (Workload Activities). Requests for professional leave must be approved by the chairperson before the faculty member goes on professional leave.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. Professional leave with pay is provided to a faculty mem- ber in order to attend professional meetings, conferences, and seminars. A faculty member may be allowed to use up to five (5) days of paid professional leave per academic year and up to one (1) additional day during the summer session, unless the faculty member and the department chair mutually agree that additional days may be provided upon making xxx- xxxxx arrangements to cover the faculty member’s responsibilities. The number of faculty members that can be on leave at any one time and the criteria to be used in determining what constitutes paid professional leave shall be specified in the department’s governance docu- ments. In developing governance documents, the parties recognize that the faculty member’s first responsibility is in the classroom. Any such absence requires that suitable arrangements, such as outside readings, research papers, or individual study, be made by the faculty mem- ber so that studies may continue during the period of absence. If the faculty member and the department chair agree that a substitute should be assigned to the classroom for the period of the instructor’s absence, the faculty member shall identify and the chair shall assign a substi- tute, in accordance with Article 4 (Salaries, Salary Increments, and Rates of Pay) and Article 13 (Workload Activities). Requests for professional leave must be approved by the chair in writing before the faculty member goes on professional leave.
PROFESSIONAL LEAVE WITH PAY. The principal/supervisor may authorize absence of employees for professional purposes with full pay for the following:
