FUNDING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 11.2.1 The Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) of total faculty bargaining unit salary budget into the Professional Development Fund.
11.2.2 The Professional Development Committee shall submit to the College monthly a statement accounting for all expenditures.
11.2.3 The Professional Development Fund shall normally be allocated as follows: 40% In-service professional development 60% Assisted professional development leave
11.2.4 The Professional Development Committee may, within a fiscal year, alter the percentage funding allocations (Article 11.2.3), at its discretion, and in 51 NIC/NICFA Collective Agreement response to applications for different categories of professional development funding.
11.2.5 Any funds unspent at the end of the fiscal year shall accrue to the Professional Development Fund for the next fiscal year.
11.2.6 Where approved Professional Development activities can only be taken during scheduled class time, the college shall provide a substitute, who shall be paid out of the college budget.
FUNDING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT a. School based funds shall be used to support a teacher's participation in individual and school based professional development activities as well as those district sponsored activities where the school decides to participate beyond the allocated District funding.
b. Once a school's professional development budget has been approved by a staff it may be changed only by staff approval of a recommendation of the Staff Collegial Council.
c. The President of the Association will be advised annually before the end of November of the amount of school-based funds allocated to the schools and of the schools' allocation to professional development accounts.
d. School-based professional development shall be administered by the Staff Collegial Council or an appropriate sub-committee and the educational leadership of the Principal. They shall:
i. establish a professional development plan identifying both long-term goals and short-term objectives. This plan shall be regularly reviewed and revised as necessary in response to a process of formative evaluation and/or goal setting;
ii. determine the amount of school-based funding to be used for individual and school-based professional development purposes;
iii. administer the funds for school-based professional development.
e. Individual professional development shall be funded from school-based funds and/or from a Joint Professional Development Trust Fund established for this purpose.
f. The Board and the Association shall establish and maintain a Joint Professional Development Trust Fund in the manner and for the purposes outlined below:
i. The fund shall be provided with an amount equal to 35% of P.A. Masters Max. in July of each year. Contributions to the fund shall be borne 60% by the Board and 40% by the Association.
ii. Any surplus shall be carried forward and added to the following year's fund.
iii. The Joint Professional Development Trust Fund shall be administered by a committee consisting of two (2) Board representatives; two (2) Association representatives and a mutually agreed upon non-voting recording secretary, with decisions to be made by consensus.
iv. The guidelines for the Joint Professional Development Trust Fund shall be prepared by the Joint Professional Development Trust Fund Committee.
v. The Joint Professional Development Trust Fund shall be used for two purposes:
(a) to support district-based professional development activities initiated and organized by the Association; and
(b) to support the att...
FUNDING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 11.2.1 Each year the Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one percent (1%) of the total faculty bargaining unit budget into the Professional Development Fund. Effective March 31, 1995 and each year thereafter, the Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) of total faculty bargaining unit salary budget into the Professional Development Fund.
11.2.2 The Professional Development Committee shall submit to the College monthly a statement accounting for all expenditures.
FUNDING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 11.2.1 Each year the Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one percent (1%) of the total faculty bargaining unit budget into the Professional Development Fund. Effective March 31, 1995 and each year thereafter, the Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) of total faculty bargaining unit salary budget into the Professional Development Fund.
11.2.2 The Professional Development Committee shall submit to the College monthly a statement accounting for all expenditures.
11.2.3 The Professional Development Fund shall normally be allocated as follows: 40% In-service professional development 20% Assisted short-term professional development leave 40% Assisted long-term professional development leave
11.2.4 The Professional Development Committee may, within a fiscal year, alter the percentage funding allocations (article 11.2.3), at its discretion, and in response to applications for different categories of professional development funding.
FUNDING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 11.2.1 Each year the Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one percent (1%) of the total faculty bargaining unit budget into the Professional Development Fund. Effective March 31, 1995 and each year thereafter, the Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) of total faculty bargaining unit salary budget into the Professional Development Fund.
11.2.2 The Professional Development Committee shall submit to the College monthly a statement accounting for all expenditures.
11.2.3 The Professional Development Fund shall normally be allocated as follows: 40% In-service professional development 20% Assisted short-term professional development leave 40% Assisted long-term professional development leave
11.2.4 The Professional Development Committee may, within a fiscal year, alter the percentage funding allocations (article 11.2.3), at its discretion, and in response to applications for different categories of professional development funding.
11.2.5 Any funds unspent at the end of the fiscal year shall accrue to the Professional Development Fund for the next fiscal year.
11.2.6 Where approved Professional Development activities can only be taken during scheduled class time, the college shall provide a substitute, who shall be paid out of the college budget.
FUNDING OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 11.2.1 The Employer shall place an amount equivalent to one-and-one-half percent (1.5%) of total faculty bargaining unit salary budget into the Professional Development Fund.
11.2.2 The Professional Development Committee shall submit to the College monthly a statement accounting for all expenditures.
11.2.3 The Professional Development Fund shall normally be allocated as follows: 40% In-service professional development 60% Assisted professional development leave
11.2.4 The Professional Development Committee may, within a fiscal year, alter the percentage funding allocations (Article 11.2.3), at its discretion, and in response to applications for different categories of professional development funding.
11.2.5 Any funds unspent at the end of the fiscal year shall accrue to the Professional Development Fund for the next fiscal year.
11.2.6 Where approved Professional Development activities can only be taken during scheduled class time, the college shall provide a substitute, who shall be paid out of the college budget.
