Graduate Study Leave. Teachers shall be granted temporary leave of absence with pay for graduate study when they are required to leave before the end of June due to enrolment at educational institutions for a program of summer study. The Board shall be reimbursed for the cost of substitute teachers who are employed due to the absence of the applicable teachers. The costs of substitute teachers employed in these situations shall be shared by all teachers who received temporary leaves of absence under the terms of this Clause. A teacher’s share of these costs is determined by the number of graduate study leave days taken by the teacher divided by the number of graduate study leave days taken by all teachers times the total actual cost of substitute teachers employed in these situations.
Graduate Study Leave. 14.10.1 A graduate study leave is a non-paid leave of absence which may be granted to a unit member to pursue a program of graduate study of six or more units per semester or the equivalent in an accredited institution of higher learning. Correspondence courses do not qualify.
Graduate Study Leave. Upon written application to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee, made on or before March 1st, an employee with four years service in the Bettendorf Community School District may be granted a one year unpaid leave of absence for graduate study during the following school year. The Superintendent may approve such requests when appropriate documentation of the graduate study program is submitted from the college or university in which the teacher has enrolled. The graduate study program must be related to teaching. Such leave shall be with no credit toward salary or seniority increments and without fringe benefits. Half time leaves or leaves shorter than one year will be granted only upon approval of the Superintendent. Leaves shall be granted by order of notice, and a maximum of three (3) such leaves (a maximum of two [2] in any department) shall be granted in any one school year. Employees returning from such leave shall retain all experience credit previously established and sick leave accumulated prior to the commencement of such leave. Insurance benefits may be continued by the employee upon payment of premiums to the Employer and acceptance by the carrier. It is understood and agreed that such leave constitutes no guarantee that such employee will be assigned to the employee’s former position at the conclusion of such leave, only that the employee will be returned to a position for which proper certification is held. Unless notification of intent to return is furnished by March 1 of the year of the leave, a teaching position with the Bettendorf Community School District will not be guaranteed.
Graduate Study Leave. Teachers shall be granted temporary leave of absence with pay for graduate study when they are required to leave before the end of June due to enrolment at educational institutions for a program of summer study, provided the Board is reimbursed for the cost of substitute teachers who are employed due to the absence of the applicable teachers. The costs of substitute teachers employed in these situations shall be shared equally by all teachers who received temporary leaves of absence under the terms of this clause.
Graduate Study Leave. A leave of absence of one (1) year may be granted to any tenured educator who applied for a leave of absence to secure an advanced degree in his/her major field at the discretion of the superintendent.
