Common use of Faculty Professional Development Funds Clause in Contracts

Faculty Professional Development Funds. a. Each Faculty shall have a Professional Development Committee consisting of the Responsible Administrator and elected members. b. The elected members shall be at least three (3) in number and shall be elected at a Faculty meeting to be held in May each year. c. One (1) of the elected members shall serve as Professional Development Chairperson. d. The Faculty committees have the responsibility of promoting, within the Faculty, activities to enhance the academic, technical, and educational standards of the DDPs. The College shall provide the appropriate Faculty Professional Development Committee with copies of any reports on professional development activities funded under Article 9.01. e. In addition, the Committee has the responsibility of drawing up guidelines for the recording and disbursement of Faculty professional development funds, whether in the form of individual accounts or general pools, and receiving from the faculty members, applications for the use of such funds. Such applications, together with the Committee recommendations, shall be forwarded to the Responsible Administrator. Disbursements shall be over the Responsible Administrator's signature, which will not be unreasonably withheld. If the Responsible Administrator does not sign the request, then the Chair of the Professional Development Committee shall be informed immediately and a reason shall be supplied. The Responsible Administrator may not expend the funds allocated in 9.02.f that have not been recommended by the Professional Development Committee. Each Committee’s guidelines shall include a mechanism for reallocating any non- pooled professional development funds that are attached to former members of that Faculty who are no longer employed by the College. A list of such former members shall be provided annually to each Committee. f. A budget of $500 for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member, inclusive of Regular faculty, as of October 31st prior, and of Contract faculty, once each semester, shall be allocated to each Faculty Professional Development Committee for the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, all unspent monies shall be carried forward to the following fiscal year on a Faculty basis. g. Faculty have the right to individually accumulate professional development monies. All pooling of professional development monies, therefore, will be voluntary. h. Once a month, the College shall provide each Professional Development Committee with a listing of the Faculty professional development funds committed and expended.

Faculty Professional Development Funds. a. Each Faculty shall have a Professional Development Committee consisting of the Responsible Administrator and elected members. b. The elected members shall be at least three (3) in number and shall be elected at a Faculty meeting to be held in May each year. c. One (1) of the elected members shall serve as Professional Development Chairperson. d. The Faculty committees have the responsibility of promoting, within the Faculty, activities to enhance the academic, technical, and educational standards of the DDPs. The College shall provide the appropriate Faculty Professional Development Committee with copies of any reports on professional development activities funded under Article 9.01. e. In addition, the Committee has the responsibility of drawing up guidelines for the recording and disbursement of Faculty professional development funds, whether in the form of individual accounts or general pools, and receiving from the faculty members, applications for the use of such funds. Such applications, together with the Committee recommendations, shall be forwarded to the Responsible Administrator. Disbursements shall be over the Responsible Administrator's signature, which will not be unreasonably withheld. If the Responsible Administrator does not sign the request, then the Chair of the Professional Development Committee shall be informed immediately and a reason shall be supplied. The Responsible Administrator may not expend the funds allocated in 9.02.f that have not been recommended by the Professional Development Committee. Each Committee’s guidelines shall include a mechanism for reallocating any non- pooled professional development funds that are attached to former members of that Faculty who are no longer employed by the College. A list of such former members shall be provided annually to each Committee. f. A budget of five hundred dollars ($500 500) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member, inclusive of Regular faculty, as of October 31st prior, and of Contract faculty, once each semester, shall be allocated to each Faculty Professional Development Committee for the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, all unspent monies shall be carried forward to the following fiscal year on a Faculty basis. Effective October 31, 2015, this amount will increase to five hundred and fifty dollars ($550) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member. Effective October 31, 2016, this amount will increase to six hundred dollars ($600) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member. g. Faculty have the right to individually accumulate professional development monies. All pooling of professional development monies, therefore, will be voluntary. h. Once a monthannually, the College shall provide each Professional Development Committee with a listing of the Faculty professional development funds committed and expended.

Faculty Professional Development Funds. a. Each Faculty shall have a Professional Development Committee consisting of the Responsible Administrator and elected members. b. The elected members shall be at least three (3) in number and shall be elected at a Faculty meeting to be held in May each year. c. One (1) of the elected members shall serve as Professional Development Chairperson. d. The Faculty committees have the responsibility of promoting, within the Faculty, activities to enhance the academic, technical, and educational standards of the DDPs. The College shall provide the appropriate Faculty Professional Development Committee with copies of any reports on professional development activities funded under Article 9.01. e. In addition, the Committee has the responsibility of drawing up guidelines for the recording and disbursement of Faculty professional development funds, whether in the form of individual accounts or general pools, and receiving from the faculty members, applications for the use of such funds. Such applications, together with the Committee recommendations, shall be forwarded to the Responsible Administrator. Disbursements shall be over the Responsible Administrator's signature, which will not be unreasonably withheld. If the Responsible Administrator does not sign the request, then the Chair of the Professional Development Committee shall be informed immediately and a reason shall be supplied. The Responsible Administrator may not expend the funds allocated in 9.02.f that have not been recommended by the Professional Development Committee. Each Committee’s guidelines shall include a mechanism for reallocating any non- non-pooled professional development funds that are attached to former members of that Faculty who are no longer employed by the College. A list of such former members shall be provided annually to each Committee. f. A budget of five hundred dollars ($500 500) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member, inclusive of Regular faculty, as of October 31st prior, and of Contract faculty, once each semester, shall be allocated to each Faculty Professional Development Committee for the fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, all unspent monies shall be carried forward to the following fiscal year on a Faculty basis. Effective October 31, 2015, this amount will increase to five hundred and fifty dollars ($550) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member. Effective October 31, 2016, this amount will increase to six hundred dollars ($600) for each full-time equivalent (FTE) faculty member. g. Faculty have the right to individually accumulate professional development monies. All pooling of professional development monies, therefore, will be voluntary. h. Once a monthannually, the College shall provide each Professional Development Committee with a listing of the Faculty professional development funds committed and expended.