Allocation of Professional Development Funds. (i) Full-time employees can access up to $1,500.00 per fiscal year. Employees less than 100% are pro-rated.
Allocation of Professional Development Funds. (a) The administration and allocation of the Professional Development Fund is the responsibility of the Joint Professional Development Committee which shall, in consultation with the applicant's senior administrator, and having considered the needs of the department, accept, modify or reject an employee's request for funds and/or time.
Allocation of Professional Development Funds. If an employee granted assisted educational leave does not receive full salary due to an education- al leave allowance of less than full salary, or due to receipt of external support, then the portion of salary and benefits not paid to that employee will be contributed to the SELF or FSLF.
Allocation of Professional Development Funds. A.6.3.1 Not less than fifty percent (50%) or a sufficient percentage to cover the salary and benefit costs of 54 person-months of educational leaves, whichever is greater, of the Professional Development Fund is to be allocated for the purpose of educational leaves as defined in A.6.2.2. The balance of the PDF is to be allocated for short term professional development as defined in A.6.2.3. A.6.4 Committees
Allocation of Professional Development Funds. (a) The administration and allocation of the Professional Development Fund is the responsibility of the Joint Professional Development Committee which shall, in consultation with the applicant's senior administrator, and having considered the needs of the department, accept, modify or reject an employee's request for funds and/or time. The responsibility for accepting, modifying or rejecting an application for assisted leave, unassisted leave, and exchange leave shall rest solely with the Joint Professional Development Committee and shall not be delegated. However, the Joint Committee may seek the advice of a sub-committee concerning such applications. Applications shall initially be judged on a merit basis. The passing applications shall then be considered according to the length of time the applicant has been eligible for such leave. If, after these two steps, more applications are eligible than may be approved, the applications shall be judged according to the seniority of the applicants. The SELF and as defined in Article and (Professional Development Funds) will be used to pay for the direct costs of an employee granted assisted educational leave. Such costs will be limited to salary and benefits (as described in Article (Benefits) of this Agreement) of a replacement person or persons, recruitment costs, and any approved expenses as specified in Article (Allocation of Funds). If an employee granted assisted educational leave does not receive full salary due to an educational leave allowance of less than full salary, or due to receipt of external support, then the portion of salary and benefits not paid to that employee will be contributed to the SELF or Not less than fifty percent (50%) of the SELF shall be annually allocated for short-term educational leave. Not less than forty percent (40%) of the SELF shall be annually allocated for long-term educational leave. If, in any fiscal year, applications are received by the Joint Committee such that these percentage allocations cannot be met, the Joint Committee may redistribute the allocations as it deems appropriate.
