Common use of Training Funds Clause in Contracts

Training Funds. The Board will provide a professional development fund of $75,000 per year with a maximum of $1500 per support staff employee for courses, workshops, or conferences. Such professional development shall be relevant to the current job assignment of the employee and must be approved in advance by the Administration. Professional development funds shall be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. This benefit shall not apply until an individual, classified as a new employee, has completed one (1) full school year of employment. For para educators: One course credit will be awarded for each fifteen (15) hours of contact time in workshops or conferences. These and college level course credits will be used for movement on the paraprofessional salary schedule. Paraprofessionals must notify the Superintendent, in writing, of their intent to move on the salary schedule prior to December 1 of each school year. Movement on the salary schedule may be allowed only at the beginning of a school year, provided the documentation of the completion of the coursework is received by the Superintendent prior to the start of the new school year.