Professional improvement definition

Professional improvement funds shall mean support funds for improving professional competence.

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Professional improvement means training as defined in Article 16.

Professional improvement means: approved full-time graduate study in an accredited college, university or other recognized educational institution, or travel which will materially and significantly improve the teacher's ability and capacity to teach. Applications for Sabbatical Leave must be received by the Superintendent not later than the 1 st day of February for the following September. The application shall contain a summary of the project to be undertaken. Sabbatical Leave shall be without pay. However, the year on Sabbatical shall count for the purpose of determining years of service to the District. A maximum of one professional employee may be granted Sabbatical Leave each year. As a condition of Sabbatical Leave, a staff member must file with the Superintendent an agreement which stipulates that he/she will return to the School District for a period of one year after the expiration of said leave. The decision to grant such leave will be at the School Board's sole discretion. Such decision shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure of this Agreement.

Examples of Professional improvement in a sentence

• Professional improvement funds means support funds for improving professional competence provided pursuant to Article 19, Section A.

• Professional improvement funds shall mean support funds for improving professional competence.

• Professional improvement leave may also be granted to an employee for the purpose of attending work-related conferences.

• Professional improvement days may be used for any educational purpose at the discretion of the employee.

• Professional improvement (does not involve work for another employer).

• Professional improvement through research, travel, education or through professional or political appointment or election.

• Professional improvement leaves are granted only in cases where the recipients will enhance their value to the University by deliberately seeking to improve their professional abilities.

• Professional improvement days may be used for professional improvement in the employee’s subject area with prior approval of the superintendent.

• Professional improvement shall be defined as professional or subject matter improvement and shall not be construed as to imply the taking of any specific course or number of courses in any given period of time by a tenure teacher, unless that teacher has been placed on an Individualized Development Plan or is required to take the course in order to possess the requisite certification and/or qualification to hold an assignment.

• Professional improvement leave may be granted to an employee for the purpose of enhancing skills and knowledge applicable to his/her professional position.

More Definitions of Professional improvement

Professional improvement means: approved full-time graduate study in an accredited college, university or other recognized educational institution, or externship, or travel which will materially and significantly improve the teacher’s ability and capacity to teach. Applications for Sabbatical Leave must be in the Superintendent’s office no later than the 5th day of January for the following September. The application shall be in the form of a detailed summary of the project to be undertaken during the Sabbatical Leave. The compensation for the staff member on Sabbatical Leave shall be full salary for one semester or one-half salary for two semesters. Payment of salary to a staff member on Sabbatical Leave shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Board for payment of salary to other members of the professional staff. The staff member will be required to furnish proof to the Superintendent as to the status of his/her Sabbatical Leave project upon the Superintendent’s request. A maximum of three professional employees may be granted Sabbatical Leave each year. As a condition to receiving final approval for Sabbatical Leave, a staff member must file with the Superintendent the provided contract agreement which stipulates that he/she will return to the Derry School District for a period of two (2) years after the expiration of said leave or repay the District within twenty-four (24) months of the date that his/her Sabbatical Leave terminated, the full amount received as salary during the Sabbatical Leave. His/her position, upon returning to the Derry Cooperative School District, Shall be one that best serves the School District as determined by the Superintendent. The term of Sabbatical leave shall entitle an employee to a normal salary schedule increment at the beginning of the next fall. The regular sick leave policy shall apply to employees returning to the School district. Accumulated sick leave still continues. The person on Sabbatical Leave shall be eligible for teacher fringe benefits then in effect. The Board will make an allowance for the cost of courses taken during the Sabbatical equal to the “Incentive Pay for Educational Courses” then in effect.