Common use of Extended professional leave with pay Clause in Contracts

Extended professional leave with pay. For the encouragement of continued professional development and resulting improvement in the quality and level of experience of the teaching staff, extended professional leave with pay for periods not to exceed one school year may be granted by the Board. 1. Any certified employee who has satisfactorily completed six (6) consecutive years teaching service in the school district immediately prior to applying for sabbatical leave may apply for extended professional leave with pay. 2. An extended professional leave with pay may be granted to permit a certified employee to engage in study, travel study, or research. 3. A certified employee who requests an extended professional leave with pay for study will be expected to enroll as a full-time student carrying a full load (full-time student as determined by the institution attended) of academic work at an institution of higher learning approved by the appropriate accrediting agency. 4. The applications for extended professional leave with pay, including a plan for study, travel study, or research, must be submitted to the Superintendent or his/her designee during the period of January 15th to February 15th preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. Applicants will be notified not later than March 31 as to the disposition of their applications. An employee receiving permission to take extended professional leave with pay shall inform the Superintendent, in writing, of his/her intention to either accept or decline such leave. Such notifications shall be given not later than fifteen (15) days after the applicant has been notified of approval of his/her request for leave. 5. Three (3) employees may be granted extended professional leave during one school year. 6. An employee making application for his/her first extended professional leave with pay shall have preference over one who has previously had such leave. Upon termination of an extended professional leave, an employee shall not be entitled to another such leave until he/she has completed an additional six (6) years of service in the school district. 7. The employee who takes an extended professional leave with pay shall agree in writing to teach one (1) year in this school district after returning from such leave. If he/she fails to fulfill this obligation before a two (2) year period has elapsed, he/she shall repay the school district the salary paid him/her while on leave, within thirty (30) days. 8. During extended professional leave with pay, the employee’s insurance premiums provided according to this contract shall be paid by the Board. 9. Extended professional leave with pay may be counted as one year’s experience for the purpose of salary schedule computations. 10. Extended professional leave with pay shall provide for the employee to receive seventy-five percent (75%) of the salary that the employee would receive if in actual service to the district.

Extended professional leave with pay. For the encouragement of continued professional development and resulting improvement in the quality and level of experience of the teaching staff, extended professional leave with pay for periods not to exceed one school year may be granted by the Board. 1. Any certified employee who has satisfactorily completed six (6) consecutive years teaching service in the school district immediately prior to applying for sabbatical leave may apply for extended professional leave with pay. 2. An extended professional leave with pay may be granted to permit a certified employee to engage in study, travel study, or research. 3. A certified employee who requests an extended professional leave with pay for study will be expected to enroll as a full-time student carrying a full load (full-time student as determined by the institution attended) of academic work at an institution of higher learning approved by the appropriate accrediting agency. 4. The applications for extended professional leave with pay, including a plan for study, travel study, or research, must be submitted to the Superintendent or his/her designee during the period of January 15th to February 15th preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. Applicants will be notified not later than March 31 as to the disposition of their applications. An employee receiving permission to take extended professional leave with pay shall inform the Superintendent, in writing, of his/her intention to either accept or decline such leave. Such notifications shall be given not later than fifteen (15) days after the applicant has been notified of approval of his/her request for leave. 5. Three (3) employees may be granted extended professional leave during one school year. 6. An employee making application for his/her first extended professional leave with pay shall have preference over one who has previously had such leave. Upon termination of an extended professional leave, an employee shall not be entitled to another such leave until he/she has completed an additional six (6) years of service in the school district. 7. The employee who takes an extended professional leave with pay shall agree in writing to teach one (1) year in this school district after returning from such leave. If he/she fails to fulfill this obligation before a two (2) year period has elapsed, he/she shall repay the school district the salary paid him/her while on leave, within thirty (30) days. 8. During extended professional leave with pay, the employee’s employee‘s insurance premiums provided according to this contract shall be paid by the Board. 9. Extended professional leave with pay may be counted as one year’s year‘s experience for the purpose of salary schedule computations. 10. Extended professional leave with pay shall provide for the employee to receive seventy-five percent (75%) of the salary that the employee would receive if in actual service to the district.