Professional Associations and Conferences. The College will consider and may grant requests to fund enrollment in professional associations or to attend conferences. Such consideration by the College will be dependent on available resources, the benefit to the College of membership and participation, and whether participation unreasonably interferes with business needs of the College.
Professional Associations and Conferences. The College will consider and may grant requests to fund enrollment in professional associations or to attend conferences. Such consideration by the College will be dependent on available resources, the benefit to the College of membership and participation, and whether participation unreasonably interferes with business needs of the College. However, the College will pay for an institutional membership in a Professional Association for the College. In addition, the College will annually provide a minimum of $12,000.00 for bargaining union members attendance at conferences, those funds will include total costs including travel, lodging, registration and all other costs associated with the conference. Conference attendance must be approved by the College. Nothing precludes the College from providing more funding for this purpose for professional development.
Professional Associations and Conferences. Employees may request enrollment in professional associations and participation in institutional memberships that benefit the College as well as the employee’s professional development. In consultation with the employee, the College will provide one (1) approved professional association membership for each requesting employee. The College will consider and may grant requests to fund enrollment in professional associations or to attend conferences. Such consideration by the College will be dependent on available resources, the benefit to the College of membership and participation, and whether participation unreasonably interferes with business needs of the College.
