Professional Purposes. Absence for professional purposes are authorized as follows:
Professional Purposes. The desire and organizational obligation of local teacher association officers and/or other official representatives to attend committee meetings, representative council meetings, or other organizational activities of regional, state, or national teacher associations with which the local association may be affiliated is acknowledged. The District recognizes the value to unit members of strong active local associations and their affiliations. There is an obligation on the part of the district to support attendance at meetings, seminars, and workshops to which unit members may be sent at District expense.
Professional Purposes. 8.5 Professional staff members may be permitted to visit another school, or attend local, district, state, regional and national meetings or conferences of a professional stature with approval of principal and/or Superintendent.
Professional Purposes. Teachers shall be encouraged to take advantage of membership in professional associations, to attend professional meetings, and to visit classes in other schools when attendance at such functions will clearly benefit the school system. When attendance at such functions will necessitate an absence from school, the teacher must secure approval for absences from his/her principal and the superintendent. Teachers will be reimbursed for the reasonable expenses (including fees, meals, lodging, and transportation) at the request and/or with the approval of their principal and superintendent.
Professional Purposes. It will be the policy of the Board to grant professional purposes leave on an individual basis. "Professional purposes" is defined as activity whose objective is to stimulate or develop professional expertise directly related to the professional responsibilities assigned that employee. Each person desiring this type leave of absence will request such leave in writing stating all of the details of the leave and include the purpose and objective as related to the professional assignment. Request must be received by the superintendent at least 5 days prior to a board meeting where leaves will be approved by the Board on an individual basis. When approved, the district will pay the substitute. No teacher per diem or mileage will be included. Professional purposes leaves approved in special budgets approved by the Board will be considered in addition to any leaves approved under this policy and will be handled by the special projects site administrator without further Board approvals being required. These absences under special projects, however, require advance write-up of purposes and objectives and a follow-up report to the site administrator on the district form provided for this purpose. This form will be available for special projects audit and Board review as required. District certificate of absence will be completed upon the return of the employee.
Professional Purposes. 1. Employees may be excused for absence to attend educational visitations, conferences, trips or meetings without loss in salary or accumulated sick leave, provided the principal and superintendent approve such absence in advance. This shall apply to conferences and activities of one day's duration for which no reimbursement of expenses is expected. (For regulations governing conferences, travel, etc., necessitating more than one day's absence and for which reimbursement is expected, see Professional Conferences.)
Professional Purposes. Absences without deduction in pay for attending approved professional meetings and for visiting other schools in or outside of New London, such as institutes, conferences, committee meetings, or organization meetings, are subject to the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools. Such observance must be recommended to the Superintendent by a building principal. In the case of the itinerant teacher, the recommendation will come from the immediate supervisor.
Professional Purposes. Absences for professional purposes shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent with no loss in pay to the employee.
