Allocation of Professional Development Funds Sample Clauses

Allocation of Professional Development Funds. Full-time employees can access up to $1,500.00 per fiscal year. Employees less than 100% are pro-rated.
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Allocation of Professional Development Funds. 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.
Sample 1
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. (b) The responsibility for accepting, modifying or rejecting an application for assisted leave, unassist- ed 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 pass/fail 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.
Sample 1
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. (b) 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 pass/fail 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. (c) The SELF and FSLF as defined in Article 22.2(b) and (c) (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 26 (Benefits) of this Agreement) of a replacement person or persons, recruitment costs, and any approved expenses as specified in Article 22.5(f) (
Sample 1
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.
Sample 1
Allocation of Professional Development Funds. 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
Sample 1
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. (b) 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 Committeemay seek the advice of a sub-committee concerning such applications. Applications shall initially be judged on a pass/fail 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. (c) The SELF and FSLF as defined in Article 24.2(b) and (c) (Professional Development Funds) will
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Related to Allocation of Professional Development Funds

  • Professional Development Funds 23.1.1 Two Professional Development Funds, a Professional Development Support Fund and an Education Leave Fund, shall be established to support professional development activities as defined in 23.2. On April 1st of each year, the College will allocate an amount equal to no less than 0.9% of total faculty salary (exclusive of severance payments) to the Professional Development Support Fund, and an amount equal to no less than 0.6% of total faculty salary to the Educational Leave Fund. Any unused balances in these funds shall carry over to the next budget year. 23.1.2 The College agrees to provide the Association with the authority to administer the program on behalf of the College for those activities approved by the College in accordance with 23.2, 23.4 and 23.5. 23.1.3 Nothing in this Agreement prevents the College from funding professional development activities in addition to those activities supported through the Professional Development Funds (23.1.1) in accordance with the procedures described in this Article.

  • Professional Development Committee There shall be a Professional Development Committee composed of two (2) members of the Association one of whom shall be the Bargaining Unit President or designate and two (2) representatives of the Hospital one of whom shall be the Chief Nursing Officer or designate and one human resources representative.

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT A. Tuition costs incurred by administrator shall be reimbursed by the Board of Education under the following terms and conditions: 1. Tuition costs eligible for reimbursement must be for courses in the field of education. In addition, courses not in the field of education but closely related may be approved for reimbursement at the sole discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee in advance of enrollment. Reimbursement will not be made until satisfactory evidence of having received a passing grade is presented. 2. Reimbursement for actual tuition costs incurred by a member shall be limited to a maximum reimbursement of the average tuition cost for twelve (12) graduate/Doctoral level credits at the following four (4) state universities: Rutgers, Rowan, College of New Jersey, and Montclair computed annually. Masters’ degree maximum will be limited to the average Masters’ level cost and Doctorate degree maximum will be limited to the average Doctoral level cost. 3. The date on which a course is completed will determine the contract year in which the credits will be applicable for reimbursement. 4. Non-tenured members shall be eligible for reimbursement at the level set forth in Subsection 2 above, for tuition costs incurred for graduate credits earned during a period after the award of a first-year contract, but prior to the commencement of work under a tenured contract; provided however, such reimbursement shall not be payable to such member unless and until said member has commenced work under a tenure contract. 5. Upon satisfactory compliance by the member with all of the terms and conditions set forth in the preceding subsections, such member shall be paid his/her reimbursement entitlement on either October 2 for the prior Spring and Summer course work taken, or April 1 for the prior Fall course work provided that the member is still in the employ of the Board on such date. Such payment shall be further conditioned on said member remaining in the employ of the Board for the remainder of the current school year. In the event that such member shall leave the employ of the Board prior to the expiration of the school year in which such reimbursement entitlement has been paid, such member shall be obligated to refund to the Board the entire reimbursement paid to him/her during such school year, and for such purpose, the Board shall be empowered to deduct said sum from such member’s salary payments. 6. No member shall be eligible for tuition reimbursement in connection with tuition costs incurred that are paid by the Veteran’s Administration or any other outside agency. 7. Upon earning tenure in the district as an administrator, the Board of Education shall reimburse the administrator costs associated with their participation in the New Jersey State Mentoring and Assessment Program. Participation in the Mentoring and Assessment Program must have occurred entirely during the time of employment in the Washington Township Public School District.

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