Support for Professional Development Clause Samples
Support for Professional Development. 1. College or university courses taken for professional development will be supported as follows: tuition cost for approved courses taken for credit at the University of Maine will be reimbursed up to a maximum of six (6) graduate credit hours in a fiscal year.
2. Tuition costs for approved college or university courses taken at an institution that charges a higher tuition than the University of Maine will be paid in an amount not to exceed six (6) credit hours at the University of Maine per graduate credit tuition rate in a fiscal year. For example, if an employee took approved courses at an accredited university that charged twice the University of Maine per graduate credit tuition rate, the employee could be reimbursed for a maximum of three (3) credit hours of approved study in a fiscal year.
Support for Professional Development. Time
7.2.1 Permanent Employees will be allocated 5 duty days for professional development activities in each leave year for which they are employed, reduced on a pro rata basis for proportional Employees and for periods of employment of less than a full leave year, subject to:
(a) The Employee having submitted a written professional development plan to the Employer. Such plan may be revised in the course of the year.
(b) The Employer having agreed to the plan; such approval not being unreasonably withheld.
(c) Reasonable notice being given of the proposed activities.
(d) Timing of the activities being set with due regard for the University’s operational requirements.
7.2.2 Professional development activities are deemed to include those personal, professional and career development activities which reasonably may be construed as work related i.e. of immediate or likely future benefit to the Employer.
7.2.3 Professional development time may by agreement between the Employer and the Employee be carried over to a future year to support planned development activities. Such agreement must be recorded in writing in the Employee’s annual development plan.
7.2.4 The Employer may agree to professional development time in excess of 5 duty days for development activities which have particular benefit for the University.
7.2.5 Subject to 7.2.3 above, professional development time unused at the end of the leave year shall be forfeit.
Support for Professional Development