Approval Criteria. The following guidelines will be considered to determine approval for conference attendance: a. The teacher must be a member of a national organization if conference attendance at a national conference is requested. The teacher must submit proof of membership in the organization with the request. b. The conference must be pertinent to the teacher's current teaching assignment or to the teacher's approved performance goal. c. Generally, no more than two (2) teachers will be permitted to attend the same conference. In the event that more teachers apply for a conference than can be approved, preference will be given those who have not previously attended conferences with the goal of selecting teachers who represent a broad spectrum of the District. d. Generally, the Superintendent will not approve a teacher's attendance at a national conference for two (2) consecutive years. Consideration will be given where the teacher is an officer or Board member of the organization or is scheduled to be a presenter at the conference. e. The District budget will determine the number of teachers who attend any given number of conferences per year, and the needs of the District will guide selection in the event more teachers apply than the budget will permit. f. Teachers who wish to attend a conference must complete a Conference Attendance Request Form and submit it to the build- ing administrator prior to its submission to the Superintendent. Printed information describing the conference must accompany the request to aid decision-making.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
