CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL. A. The Agencies encourage attendance of employees at appropriate professional conferences and shall post notices of such conferences. However, it must be borne in mind that there must be, at all times, sufficient staff on duty to ensure effective functioning of all departments within an Agency.
B. The Agency shall reimburse employees for the actual, necessary and approved costs of attending professional conferences at which attendance is either initiated or approved by the Agency for reimbursement as providing value to the Agency. The cost of a conference or other program which an employee wishes to attend for personal professional enhancement or to meet continuing education requirements of the employee’s profession will not be reimbursed unless the Agency determines that the employee’s attendance provides additional value to the Agency. The selection of employees to attend conferences and the costs of which are eligible for reimbursement shall be at the Agency’s discretion.
C. Attendance at Chicago Meetings: Costs involved in attending Chicago meetings as a designated Agency representative are to be paid by the Agency.
D. If approved by JCC and subject to availability, all preschool staff at JCC Chicago Early Childhood programs may attend trainings offered by the Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Early Childhood Training Institute or an equivalent program with the same core areas addressed, including, but not limited to, group development, child development, understanding trauma in young children, challenging behavior, working with parents, and stress management and self-care. Where approval to attend such trainings is granted, preschool staff will be compensated at their regular rate for time spent attending these trainings. Approval will not be unreasonably withheld.
CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL. The District will pay or reimburse the Director for actual, reasonable, and necessary expenses associated with the Director’s travel to and from, and attendance at, professional conferences and meetings, provided that the Director’s attendance is required or authorized in writing by the Superintendent in advance. The Superintendent retains the ultimate discretion to approve or deny any expense on the ground that it is unreasonable.
CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL. A. The Agencies encourage attendance of employees at appropriate professional conferences and shall post notices of such conferences. However, it must be borne in mind that there must be, at all times, sufficient staff on duty to ensure effective functioning of all departments within an Agency.
B. The Agency shall reimburse employees for the actual, necessary and approved costs of attending professional conferences attendance at which is either initiated or approved by the Agency for reimbursement as providing value to the Agency. The cost of a conference or other program which an employee wishes to attend for personal professional enhancement or to meet continuing education requirements of the employee’s profession will not be reimbursed unless the Agency determines that the employee’s attendance provides additional value to the Agency. The selection of employees to attend conferences and the costs of which are eligible for reimbursement shall be at the Agency’s discretion.
C. Attendance at Chicago Meetings: Costs involved in attending Chicago meetings as a designated Agency representative are to be paid by the Agency.
CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL. A. It shall be the policy of the Board of Education to encourage participation of school personnel in conferences, seminars, workshops and school visitation programs in order to provide opportunities for evaluation and improvement of the total educational offerings of the School District. The Board delegates to the Superintendent the responsibility for determining, within the framework of the allocated funds, the extent to which members of the professional staff shall travel at District expense for the above mentioned purposes. Any teacher receiving approval to participate in any of the above mentioned activities will be reimbursed by the School District as follows: all transportation costs, if commercial transportation is used, or reimbursement at the District rate per mile, if use of a private automobile is approved in advance; all hotel or motel bills; all meals up to a maximum of $22.50 per day; all registration fees, but not to include any area, state or national teacher association or organization dues.
B. No more than two designated representatives of the Association will be permitted to utilize up to a maximum of three (3) conference days per year for attendance at the annual Representative Assembly of New York State United Teachers. The District shall not subsidize such attendance in any manner. The Association shall reimburse the District for the cost of any necessary substitute(s) hired to replace Association representative(s) utilizing this provision at the current minimum District rate of per diem substitutes.
CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL. The District will pay, or reimburse the Business Manager for, all valid, reasonable, and necessary expenses associated with the Business Manager’s travel to and from, and attendance at, in-state and outstate (i.e. national conference) professional conferences and meetings, provided that the following conditions are met: (1) the Business Manager’s attendance is required or authorized in writing by the Superintendent or his/her designee; and (2) the total annual expense is preapproved by the Superintendent or his her designee. Mileage will be reimbursed at the current Board of Education determined rate. To obtain reimbursement, the Business Manager must file itemized expense statements in compliance with School Board policy and law. The School Board retains the ultimate discretion to approve or deny any expense.
