IN-SERVICE COURSES. Announcement of in-service courses shall be made as soon as they are available.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. In-service courses are considered a part of the professional growth of the staff. In-service courses approved by the Superintendent will represent a minimum of fifteen (15) class hours.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. 8.2.1 When worthwhile programs or definite District needs for new member knowledge arise, the Association, Administrative Staff, or the Board of Education may bring forth the need.
8.2.2 A determination shall be made by the Association and the District as to how best this new knowledge or information could be presented to the staff members concerned with the new project or undertaking.
8.2.3 The District has the final right to disapprove the offering of any new in-service course.
8.2.4 Members successfully completing District-approved in-service courses will be paid a one- time lump sum amount, based on $20.49 (2014-16) and $20.80 (2016-17) per clock hour in accordance with approved/required in-service course.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. 9.1 The Board and the Association recognize the need for Educators to update their professional skills and the need for professional growth throughout one’s career in education. Both parties also recognize the potential for said growth through in-service education. To facilitate this, both parties agree to create a Professional Development Plan (PDP) Committee consisting of three (3) members appointed by the Board of Education and three (3) members appointed by the President of the Association. This committee shall only be advisory to the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and Superintendent of Schools and Board of Education.
9.2 This Committee shall have the following objectives:
9.2.1 To determine those areas in which in-service courses would most benefit our staff and our District.
9.2.2 To investigate resources which might be utilized to provide these courses.
9.2.3 To present the Board and the Association with proposed in-service courses for each school year.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. 1. It shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent, with the assistance of the LPDC, to recommend in-service courses to the Board.
2. A summary of each Board-sponsored in-service course and a statement of salary guide credit to be awarded shall be submitted to the staff by the Superintendent
IN-SERVICE COURSES. Salary guide credit will be granted only with prior approval of the Superintendent for "in- service" courses offered by non-degree granting groups and/or institutions outside the Edison School System. Courses sponsored by the Board will carry salary guide credit as indicated in the announcement of such courses.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. (A) In-service courses are designed to meet the needs of the school district for the improvement of instruction and individual staff efficiency.
(B) Each unit member who teaches an in-service course will receive twice the amount of credits that are received by those unit members successfully completing said in-service course. The teaching of an in-service course is optional. Nothing herein shall preclude the District and a unit member who teaches an in-service course, together with the FTA, from agreeing to compensate such unit member in the form of salary. Unit members who teach a course shall receive 1½ times their hourly base rate of pay.
(C) Credit payments shall be capped at 75. Those who have been approved for course work payments beyond 75 shall be grandfathered at their current approved level. In order to obtain salary credit for any course (college or in-service), the unit member shall receive prior written approval of the Superintendent. In unusual circumstances, the Superintendent may grant approval after the beginning of the course; i.e., the original course was closed or canceled and an appropriate substitute course is offered. Credits shall be reckoned twice each year, on September 30 and on or about February 15.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. 1. District in-service courses that are approved by central administration may be offered to aides and, if attended, credit shall be given on their salary guide. Workshops open to any paraprofessional aides shall be open to all paraprofessional aides.
2. Paraprofessional Aides shall be granted up to $440.00 tuition reimbursement per year. In order to be approved for tuition reimbursement, courses taken by paraprofessionals must be taken through a duly authorized institution of higher learning, accredited and recognized by the State of New Jersey, and the course(s) sought must be related to the job responsibilities of the staff member’s current or foreseeable future assignment. Any paraprofessionals enrolled in a course or program of study that was approved prior to July 1, 2012 shall be permitted to complete such course or program and to receive course credit for guide advancement for same.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. 1. Per-diem substitute teachers shall be eligible for available openings in all professional in-District in-service courses offered to East Williston teachers.
2. Workshops for per-diem substitute teachers in new curriculum and methods used or being initiated within the District may be offered.
3. Any per-diem substitute teacher completing curriculum workshops described in 2 above shall receive for each successfully completed workshop five (5) days of credit applied to his or her number of days of accumulated service up to a limit of ten (10) days of such credit per school year.
4. The provisions of 3 above are subject to adjustment in particular instances by mutual agreement between the Superintendent of Schools and the President of the Association.
IN-SERVICE COURSES. 1. Staff members giving in-service courses at the school will be compensated at a rate of $30 per hour for course time and $15 per hour for mutually agreed upon planning time. Detailed plans for such workshops will be submitted in advance for consideration by the Superintendent. Upon recommendation by the Superintendent and approval by the Board, a contract will be issued.
