Professional and Career Development Sample Clauses

Professional and Career Development. 3.12.1 The employer supports and encourages the ongoing professional development of employees, through the acquisition of knowledge and skills.
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Professional and Career Development. 68.1 Professional and career development will be based on a focus on both current and future job needs, career path planning, recognition of each Employee’s prior learning and building on this through the acquisition of new skills. It is agreed that accredited training is important to the development of Employee skills and that relevant training will be accessible wherever practicable.
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Professional and Career Development. 3.7.1 The parties are committed to on-going professional and career development through:
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Professional and Career Development. Professional and career development are integral to enabling researchers to develop their full potential Obligations for each of the four stakeholders:
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Professional and Career Development. The College is committed to supporting staff Professional and Career Development, including of research active staff, and sets aside related financial resources as part of the annual budget setting processes. This includes funding for academic staff to undertake postgraduate study and related study leave, attendance at courses and conferences and investment in the support provided by a Visiting Professor arrangement. Budgets are not, however, unlimited and so processes are in place to manage applications made for use of the research staff development budget. Institutions must: - Provide opportunities, structured support, encouragement and time for researchers to engage in professional development, recognising that researchers will pursue careers across a wide range of employment sectors. ƒ Provide opportunities for relevant staff development, subject to budgetary constraints. - Provide training, structured support, and time for managers to engage in meaningful career development reviews with their researchers. ƒ This already forms part of the discussions at annual appraisal. - Ensure that researchers have access to professional advice on career management, across a breadth of careers. ƒ The College operates a successful mentorship scheme which is open to researchers ƒ This is supplemented by further opportunities for advice and support from the ŽůůVĞisŐitinĞg ͛ProƐfe ssor(s). - Provide researchers with opportunities, and time, to develop their research identity and broader leadership skills. ƒ The College is committed to supporting conference attendance and travel, despite budgetary pressures. ƒ Opportunities are offered for staff to engage in Leadership training - Recognise that moving between, and working across, employment sectors can bring benefits to research and researchers, and support opportunities for researchers to experience this. ƒ Where appropriate, opportunities should be provided for experience between and across employment sectors. - Monitor, and report on, the engagement of researchers and their managers with professional development activities, and researcher career development reviews. ƒ The College HR Department monitor and reports on progress against the staff development plan.
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Professional and Career Development. Article 18.03 Professional Development Expenses Article 22 Layoff, Recall and Severance
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Professional and Career Development. (a) SMS recognizes the need to provide employees with the opportunity for professional and career development. Applications for professional development leave will not be unreasonably refused.
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Professional and Career Development. 41.1 The Department will provide employees, as far as is reasonably practicable, access to training and professional development opportunities having regard for the Department’s operational requirements.
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Related to Professional and Career Development

  • Professional Development 9.01 Continuous professional development is a hallmark of professional nursing practice. As a self-regulating profession, nursing recognizes the importance of maintaining a dynamic practice environment which includes ongoing learning, the maintenance of competence, career development, career counselling and succession planning. The parties agree that professional development includes a diverse range of activities, including but not limited to formal academic programs; short-term continuing education activities; certification programs; independent learning committee participation. The parties recognize their joint responsibility in and commitment to active participation in the area of professional development.

  • Training and Professional Development C. Maintain written program procedures covering these six (6) core activities. All procedures shall be consistent with the requirements of this Contract.

  • Professional Development and Training 4.1 The purpose of professional development and training requirements for interpreters is to maintain the skill levels interpreters possess at the time they pass their interpreter certification examination, and to further enhance their skills and knowledge. Both the State and the Union encourage interpreters to complete training and continuing education activities.

  • Professional Development Reimbursement Management will provide reimbursement for approved professional development expenses for Lieutenants and Sergeants. Funds may be used for the purpose of improving job performance, maintaining and increasing proficiency, preparing Lieutenants and Sergeants for greater responsibility, or increasing promotional opportunities. Management must approve of the specific professional development request in advance. Denial will require written notification to the requesting Lieutenant or Sergeant.

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT A. The Board agrees to implement the following:

  • Professional Development Program (a) The parties agree to continue a Professional Development Program for the maintenance and development of the faculty members' professional competence and effectiveness. It is agreed that maintenance of currency of subject knowledge, the improvement of performance of faculty duties, and the maintenance and improvement of professional competence, including instructional skills, are the primary professional development activities of faculty members.

  • Professional Development Activities Professional development activities are activities initiated by individual faculty members or groups of faculty members and may include attendance at conferences, workshops or seminars which facilitate the following:

  • Professional Development Leave A. Policy. Professional development leave shall be made available to employees who meet the requirements set forth below. Such leaves are granted to increase an employee's value to the University through enhanced opportunities for professional renewal, educational travel, study, formal education, research, writing, or other experience of professional value, not as a reward for service.

  • Continuing Professional Development The Official Agency shall provide appropriate training for staff performing official controls, enabling them to undertake their duties competently and to carry out official controls in a consistent manner, as per legislative requirements. The Official Agency shall identify training needs for staff performing official controls and ensure that staff carrying out official controls are kept up to date in their area of competence and develop specialised expertise, in partnership with the Authority and other Local Authorities. While the provision of training is the primary responsibility of the Official Agency, the Authority may provide training interventions where the Official Agency has highlighted areas where training is required. The Authority will endeavour to facilitate networking and collaboration with other Official Agencies to assist in improving knowledge in such areas. The Authority will provide e-learning resources and training for official control staff so as to promote a consistent understanding and application of new legislation, guidance or procedures, as appropriate. The Official Agency shall support participants in using e-learning resources, disseminating knowledge or skills acquired and encourage the application of learning gained through the Authority’s training in official control activities. The Official Agency shall ensure that contractors used in the performance of the Service Contract provide evidence of Continuous Professional Development and Compliance with this section. Where staff from the Official Agency need to travel outside the Official Agency functional area to attend training courses/meetings, this shall be facilitated by the Official Agency. The Official Agency in partnership with the Authority shall develop and implement training programmes for all staff engaged in the performance of the Service Contract. Where staff have participated in Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) the training content shall be disseminated to relevant staff/contractors in the Official Agency and other local authorities in partnership with the Authority.

  • Health Care Operations Health Care Operations shall have the meaning set out in its definition at 45 C.F.R. § 164.501, as such provision is currently drafted and as it is subsequently updated, amended or revised.

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