PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT A. The Board of Education agrees to pay the actual tuition costs of courses taken by a teacher at accredited colleges or universities up to three courses per two (2) year fiscal periods from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008 and July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010 respectively, except as follows:
1. No teacher may be reimbursed for courses taken during the first year of teaching in Vineland.
2. Teachers taking courses in the second and third years of employment in Vineland will not receive remuneration until tenure has been secured. The remuneration will then be retroactive and will be paid to the teacher in a lump sum within sixty (60) days after the teacher has secured tenure.
3. All courses must be pre-approved by the Superintendent or his designee subject to the following requirements:
(a) A teacher must provide official documentation that he/she has obtained a grade of B or better;
(b) Reimbursement shall be paid only for courses directly related to teacher’s teaching field which increase the teacher’s content knowledge and are related to the teacher’s current certification, as determined by the Superintendent or his/her designee in his/her sole discretion; no reimbursement shall be paid for courses leading to a post graduate or professional degree in a field other than education or teaching. Further, effective September 1, 2010, all newly hired teachers shall not be eligible for reimbursement until they are tenured, and they shall not be eligible for retroactive reimbursement upon gaining tenure for courses taken prior to being tenured.
(c) The maximum total payments to be made by the Board shall not exceed $130,000.00. Courses shall be applied for no earlier than the following dates: Summer Session - April 1 Fall/Winter Session - June 1 Spring Session - October 1 Courses must, as set forth hereinabove in this sub-article 18.A.3, be pre-approved by the Superintendent or his designee, prior to the teacher commencing the course(s); and
(d) Teacher taking courses shall sign a contract requiring them to reimburse the Board for all tuition paid for a course if the teacher shall voluntarily leave the employ of the Board within one (1) full school/academic year of completion of said course, except that reimbursement shall not be required when the teacher shall voluntarily leave the employ of the Board due to a significant, documented life change.
4. Tuition reimbursement costs shall be a sum not to exceed the actual cost of college credits charged in an accredited public State college/University of the State of New Jersey.
B. When the Superintendent initiates in-service training courses, workshops, conferences and programs designed to improve the quality of instruction, the cooperation of the Vineland Education Association will be solicited. Notwithstanding the above, the initiation of in-service training courses, workshops, conferences and programs shall be determined solely at the discretion of the Board.
C. One professional leave day may be granted to a teacher upon request, according to the following guidelines:
1. The professional day may be for attendance at a workshop, seminar or visit to another school for the expressed purpose of self professional improvement for the job.
2. The request shall arrive in the office of the Superintendent of Schools at least ten (10) working days prior to the date requested and shall be reviewed by the immediate supervisor prior to submission. The Board reserves the right to deny a professional leave day before or immediately following a holiday or on a day which by its nature suggests a hardship for providing a substitute.
3. No more than two teachers from any one elementary school or from any one department in the secondary schools may be granted a professional leave for a given day.
4. The teacher may be required to submit a report to the Superintendent of Schools, Assistant Superintendent, supervisor (s), principal and staff regarding the activity of the professional day.
5. Costs incurred by the teacher for the professional day authorized under this Section shall be the teacher’s responsibility.
6. A maximum of 90 professional leave days may be authorized for the school year which shall be apportioned as follows: elementary, 35; grades seven and eight, 20; and high school, 35.
D. If the Board initiates a teacher’s attendance at a professional workshop, seminar or visit, the expenses shall be the responsibility of the Board. Further, this day shall not be subtracted from the 90 professional leave days granted to teachers of the Association.
E. The Board agrees to pay the full cost of courses taken by secretaries related to skills and knowledge improvement when such courses are required and approved by the Board.
F. The Board and the Association agree that it is important to communicate when developing and implementing current and future learning technologies, including but not limited to distance and on-line learning.
Project Management Plan 3.2.1 Developer is responsible for all quality assurance and quality control activities necessary to manage the Work, including the Utility Adjustment Work. Developer shall undertake all aspects of quality assurance and quality control for the Project and Work in accordance with the approved Project Management Plan, Good Industry Practice and applicable Law.
3.2.2 Developer shall develop the Project Management Plan and its component parts, plans and other documentation in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 1.5.2.5
Extended Health Plan An employee who makes an election under this provision must enrol in each and every of the benefit plans and shall not be entitled to except any of them.
Authorized Employees Contractor acknowledges that Section285.530, RSMo, prohibits any business entity or employer from knowingly employing, hiring for employment, or continuing to employ an unauthorized alien to perform work within the State of Missouri. Contractor therefore covenants that is not knowingly in violation of subsection 1 or Section 285.530, RSMo, and that it will not knowingly employ, hire for employment, or continue to employ any unauthorized aliens to perform work on the Project, and that its employees are lawfully to work in the United States.
TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT 9.1 The Employer and the Union recognize the value and benefit of education and training designed to enhance an employee’s ability to perform their job duties. Training and employee development opportunities will be provided to employees in accordance with Employer policies and available resources.
9.2 Attendance at employer-required training will be considered time worked. The Employer will make reasonable attempts to schedule employer-required training during an employee’s regular work shift. The Employer will pay the registration and associated travel costs in accordance with Article 23, Travel, for employer-required training.
Clinical Management for Behavioral Health Services (CMBHS) System
1. request access to CMBHS via the CMBHS Helpline at (000) 000-0000.
2. use the CMBHS time frames specified by System Agency.
3. use System Agency-specified functionality of the CMBHS in its entirety.
4. submit all bills and reports to System Agency through the CMBHS, unless otherwise instructed.
Passwords and Employee Access Provider shall secure usernames, passwords, and any other means of gaining access to the Services or to Student Data, at a level suggested by Article 4.3 of NIST 800-63-3. Provider shall only provide access to Student Data to employees or contractors that are performing the Services. Employees with access to Student Data shall have signed confidentiality agreements regarding said Student Data. All employees with access to Student Records shall pass criminal background checks.
Dependent Care Assistance Program The County offers the option of enrolling in a Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) designed to qualify for tax savings under Section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code, but such savings are not guaranteed. The program allows employees to set aside up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) of annual salary (before taxes) per calendar year to pay for eligible dependent care (child and elder care) expenses. Any unused balance is forfeited and cannot be recovered by the employee.
Services and Compensation Consultant shall perform the services described in Exhibit A (the “Services”) for the Company (or its designee), and the Company agrees to pay Consultant the compensation described in Exhibit A for Consultant’s performance of the Services.
Service Plan 2.1 The Customer shall use the following applicable Service Plan and services during the Term:
a) the Service Plan specified in the Sales and Services Agreement or a service plan with monthly fee above the Service Plan amount specified in the Sales and Agreement (not applicable to SIM Only service plan & SuperCare Unbundled Smartphone Plan); and any of the services (“Selected Services”) specified in the Company’s web site “Terms and Conditions” relating to this offer and the aggregate monthly fee (after deduction of any rebate) of such Selected Services is equal to or above the amount specified in the Sales and Services Agreement (if applicable); or
b) A Service Plan within the “iPhone SuperCare Smartphone Plans” (applicable to upgrade to a higher monthly fee during the Term) as specified in the Company’s web site “Terms and Conditions” relating to this plan group.
2.2 Service Plan with specified data usage
2.2.1 Whenever the local data usage of the Customer under the relevant Service Plan nearly reaches the specified local data usage (“Specified Data Usage”) the Company will notify the Customer by SMS. The Customer may by return SMS purchase a top-up at the charge as specified in the SMS received (“Top Up”). If the Customer does not wish to purchase the Top Up, local data service under the relevant Service Plan will be automatically suspended when the data usage has reached the Specified Data Usage. The Customer may purchase the Top Up at that time or wait until the beginning of the next bill month for the new Specified Data Usage allowance under the relevant Service Plan. Any unused top-up local mobile data can be carried forward for free and can be used before the end of the next bill month. This is only applicable to designated service plans (1GB or above) with an “Advise & Consent” mechanism for the purchase of top-up data.
2.2.2 Where the Customer has registered more than one Service Plan in an Account, the Company will notify Customer's primary service number (i.e. the first registered service number) by SMS whenever a Top Up is confirmed.
2.3 Applicable to Customer who stacks a new iPhone Contract：
2.3.1 Under Term (i.e. outstanding months under unexpired Previous Contract Term + iPhone Contract Term), the monthly fee and entitlement of new iPhone Contract takes effect immediately and will apply until the expiration of the new iPhone Contract.
2.3.2 If Customer has an existing contract of FUP Unlimited Data Plan stacks a new iPhone Contract, Customer is required to sign a new contract for FUP Unlimited Data Plan. The monthly fee of new FUP Unlimited Data Plan specified in the Sales and Services Agreement takes effect simultaneously when the new iPhone Contract commences and will apply until the expiration of the Term.
2.3.3 (If applicable) If the Customer has a Multi-SIM Plan under an unexpired Previous Contract Term stacks a new iPhone Contract, the monthly fee and service entitlement under the unexpired Previous Contract Term will be superseded and replaced by the monthly fee and service entitlement of the prevailing Multi-SIM Plan at the time of the stacking of the new iPhone Contract (“New Multi-SIM Plan”). The New Multi-SIM Plan shall take effect simultaneously when the new iPhone Contract commences and will apply until the expiration of the Previous Contract Term of the Multi-SIM Plan.
2.4 This Service Plan is charged on a monthly basis. The monthly charges for the first month will be charged on a pro-rata basis from the service effective date to the first bill date. The monthly charges are payable in advance and non-refundable under whatever circumstances.
2.5 This Service Plan is not applicable to 2G phones / connected devices or any phones / connected devices which have manually opted for 2G network. However, if customers opt for FUP unlimited data, in addition to the above conditions, the plan will also not applicable to other connected devices (including but not limited to USB modem / pocket wi-fi / TV box).
2.6 Offer detail Credit offer Credit Amount Wi-Fi Service Plan* full credit back during the Term WiFi Service monthly fee $60 *Customer is required to register for WiFi service
2.7 If the Customer does not notify the Company of termination of the WiFi services specified above prior to the expiry of the Term, the Company shall automatically charge the Customer for the free services specified above at the prevailing monthly fee after the expiry of the Term.
2.8 The Customer shall use Credit Card auto pay to settle monthly fee during the Term. If the Customer does not settle his monthly payment by credit card autopay or uses a 3rd party credit card for payment, a prepayment is required (if applicable).
