AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. 15.1 All licensed members are encouraged to maintain a program of professional training and advancement. The adopted salary schedule provides inducement and reward for such a program.
AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. A. Purpose In our rapidly changing society, teachers must constantly review curricular content, teaching methods and materials, educational philosophy and goals, social change and other topics related to education. The Board recognizes that it shares with its professional staff responsibility for the upgrading and updating of teacher performance and attitudes. The Board and the Association support the principle of continuing training of teachers and the improvement of instruction. The parties further agree that each teacher should fulfill the obligation for professional improvement in ways that best serve his/her own problems, functions, interests, and needs.
AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. A. The Committee will pay two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00) yearly for annual vocational professional development conference or for tuition or seminar fees for other professional development activities directly related to teaching responsibilities and approved by the Superintendent, Teachers requesting reimbursement will submit to the Superintendent a voucher individually listing the expenses for which reimbursement is sought. Professional development completed for recertification shall also qualify for the requirements of this section; subject to the provisions of this article. Bargaining unit members shall be eligible for reimbursement of the costs of workshops, seminars, conferences and other educational and professional development activities to the same amount as annually established for the purpose of taking graduate courses by the provisions of C below. Such activities, whether employee or employer initiated, must be approved in advance by the Superintendent.
AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. Section 13.01 The Intermediate Unit is interested in the continuing education of professional employees. It agrees to reimburse each full-time Employee up to $5,250 to pay for tuition each year (July 1 through June 30), subject to the terms, conditions and limitations contained in this Agreement. Part-time Employees shall not be eligible for this benefit.
AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT. A. The Board shall assume the full course cost and approved expenses for any courses a teacher is requested or required, in writing, by the Chief School Administrator to take. This should include costs involved in workshops and conferences which teachers are required/requested to attend.
B. The Board shall reimburse teachers for tuition incurred in the pursuit of graduate level courses at accredited institutions of higher education in accordance with the following conditions. Tuition reimbursement shall be provided in accordance with this article. Additional reimbursement will be provided for a second course at the end of that school year if the maximum annual expenditure for all teachers has not been reached during said year. The Board shall provide additional reimbursement under this proviso through pro rata equal dollar allocation of any remaining funds among qualified teachers.
1. tuition is not reimbursed from any other source;
2. the teacher receives a minimum grade of "B" or its equivalent for each approved course;
3. the course(s) is/are directly related to the teacher's current job duties and responsibilities, or field of education;
4. the teacher receives prior written approval of the Chief School Administrator before registering for the course(s);
5. reimbursement will be for the actual tuition cost per credit up to the prevailing rate at the College of New Jersey. The maximum for any one course taken at any college will be the cost of a three (3) credit course at the College of New Jersey plus $250, with a maximum annual expenditure of: $25,500 $26,500 $27,500 6. verification, including (1) the official grade report and (2) proof of payment is presented to the Chief School Administrator within thirty (30) days after the completion of the course(s); however, those teachers who take a course while on a leave of absence shall not be eligible for reimbursement until he/she returns from the leave. Requests for an extension shall not be reasonably withheld; and
