Continuing Education Leave. The Employer and PCAM mutually recognize that additional and continuing education of Employees is desirable as a means of enhancing patient care and improving the effectiveness of Employee performance. At its discretion and subject to the availability of funding, the Employer will grant an education leave to each Employee of up to a maximum of five (5) scheduled working days, without loss of basic pay or benefits, per fiscal year. The education leave shall be for the purposes of Continuing Education and will include travel days to and from such continuing education events. To be eligible for this time to attend Continuing Education sessions, a request for leave of absence must be submitted to the employee's Medical Director at least two (2) weeks' prior to the days off requested and is subject to approval by the Head of Service of the applicable program. Continuing Education Leave shall be pro-rated for Employees who have worked less than one (1) full year of service as of the commencement of the fiscal year.
Continuing Education Leave. When a continuing education course is offered during an employee’s normal work schedule, the employee may be authorized continuing education leave. Continuing education leave authorization shall be subject to the approval of the Department Head and must be directly related to the employee’s present position or career advancement within the department. Continuing education leave shall be considered as time worked.
Continuing Education Leave. A. Employees in classifications listed below will be entitled to educational leave to obtain continuing education units. The leave time can be taken at the employee's discretion subject to the operational need of the department and reasonable advance notice. In-service training courses for which CEU credit is provided may be counted at the State's option towards the hours of education leave. This leave is non-cumulative. CLASS HOURS PER FISCAL YEAR Licensed Vocational Nurses 16 hours School Bus Driver 10 hours Respiratory Care Practitioner 15 hours (every 2 years) Hospital Aid (Correctional Facility) 24 hours Registered Dental Assistant (RDA Certified) 25 hours (every 2 years) Dental Hygienist 25 hours (every 2 years) Dental Hygienist Auditor 25 hours (every 2 years) Dental Hygienist Consultant 25 hours (every 2 years) Clinical Laboratory Technologist 12 hours CLASS HOURS PER FISCAL YEAR Sr Clinical laboratory Technologist 12 hours Respiratory Care practitioner (Correctional Facility) Registered Dental Assistant (Correctional Facility) (RDA Certified) 15 hours (every 2 years) 25 hours (every 2 years) Dental Hygienist (Correctional Facility) 25 hours (every 2 years) Clinical Laboratory Technologist 24 hours (every 2 years) Sr. Clinical Laboratory Technologist 24 hours (every 2 years) Radiologic Technologist 24 hours (every 2 years) Radiologic Technologist (Correctional Facility) 24 hours (every 2 years) Sr Radiologic Technologist (Specialist) 24 hours (every 2 years Sr Radiologic Technologist (Specialist) (Correctional Facility) 24 hours (every 2 years) Support Service Assistant (Interpreter) 90 hours (every 3 years) (RID Certified)
Continuing Education Leave. The City shall allow up to sixty (60) hours off with pay per year to employees in Units M [PEU0], P-1 [PEU1] and P-2 [PEU1], who are required:
Continuing Education Leave. Upon approval of the Department Head, Management employees may utilize up to forty (40) hours of release time annually for attending formal education classes related to the specific duties of his/her position.
Continuing Education Leave. A teacher shall, upon written request to the Principal, be granted a leave of absence without pay for purposes of pursuing a full-time course of studies in an accredited institution of higher learning. Such leave shall be granted to any teacher of at least three (3) years service to the school. Such leave shall be granted for one (1) school year, with a possibility of renewal for one (1) additional school year upon the teacher's written request to the Principal prior to April 1st of the first school year. The provisions of Article 15.7(E) also apply. Failure to register for a full-time course of studies shall be deemed an automatic resignation.
Continuing Education Leave. Employees are eligible for Continuing Education Leave subject to the following conditions:
Continuing Education Leave. Section 1. An employee who must maintain licensure or certification which is deemed by Management to be essential to hospital treatment needs or to satisfy criteria which enable reimbursement from Medicare/Medicaid or other revenue sources, shall, if staffing permits, be granted an amount of paid release time sufficient to the maintenance of said licensure or certification. The Employer may reimburse employees for attending such training subject to budgetary constraints.
Continuing Education Leave. (Unit 20)
Continuing Education Leave. Section 1. Continuing Education: The Hospital strongly recommends participation in continuing education activities by the staff. Such activities are considered critical to the development of progressive nursing practice and thus, beneficial to the patient, department, institution, and the employee. Therefore, the responsibility and obligation for these activities is sometimes shared by the Hospital and the employee. Continuing education offerings assist the nurse in obtaining contact hours necessary for re-licensure, or for taking of State Board exams.
