DISTRICT PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Clause Samples
DISTRICT PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. The District will establish and publish an annual District-level plan for providing professional development designed to meet identified educational program improvement needs. The District will attempt to provide the plan for the upcoming year to staff members prior to the end of each preceding school year. The District shall be under no obligation to continue any particular level of funding for such activities.
DISTRICT PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Years 1 and 2 of the contract there are182 staff work days and 178 student days. The 182 staff work days includes 6 hours of flexible professional development. Up to 3 hours of this flexible PD may be used to complete district required compliance trainings. The remaining time needed to satisfy the six (6) flexible hours of self-selected PD must be selected from district provided offerings. Staff must complete their self-selected DPPD no later than May 31 of the current school year. Any staff who has not fulfilled the self-selected DPPD by April 1 of the current school year shall receive written notice from their building/department supervisor advising them of their obligation to complete the self-selected DPPD. Failure to meet the flexible PD requirements by May 31 may lead to disciplinary action. The District shall provide a calendar of self-selected PD options for semester one by the first Monday of September. A calendar for Semester two will be provided no later than the second Monday of January.
DISTRICT PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. A. The length of each professional development session shall be either one (1) full day or one- hour increments. Full professional development days shall begin at 8:00 and end no later than 3:00 p.m.
B. District Provided Professional Development (DPPD) days will consist of at least four (4) full days and six (6) one-hour meetings. DPPD will be planned by the district Instructional Leadership Team with input from the Association. Employees who miss PD due to absences, appointments, or coaching, must make up that PD time in a manner acceptable to the building principal.