Establishment of Professional Growth Fund. The Board shall create a professional growth fund for the purpose of teacher attendance at workshops, conferences or professional meetings that enhance the teacher’s instructional abilities and benefit the instructional goals of the District. The annual professional growth fund shall be funded as indicated in the following table, per teacher, for workshop registration. Individual workshop funds will increase $25.00 every second contract year beginning with the 2018-2019 school year. 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 $300 $300 $325 $325 $350 2. Administration of Professional Growth Fund In order to administer the fund, the Board and the Association shall establish a joint professional growth committee for each building. Each committee shall be composed of three (3) people consisting the building principal and two (2) building teachers appointed by the Association. Any teacher desiring to attend workshops, conferences or professional meetings under this provision shall submit the “Workshop/Conference/Professional Meeting Pre-Approval Form” to the building principal or through My Learning Plan®. When reviewing such applications the committee shall take into consideration the relevancy of the workshop/conference/meeting as it relates to the teacher’s assigned duties, the educational goals of the district, availability of substitutes, number of approvals previously granted, and continuity of instruction. All committee decisions shall be final and non-grievable if by majority vote. If the committee is unable to reach a majority vote decision on any application, the application shall be considered denied and non-grievable after an effort is made to have the applicant adjust the pre-approval form. After three full days of out-of-class workshop attendance, teachers will be responsible for the reimbursement of substitute pay.

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