Common use of JOINT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Clause in Contracts

JOINT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 1. The Board and the Union agree to maintain a Joint Professional Development Committee. 2. The Committee shall be chaired by the Chairperson of the PRDTU Professional Development Committee and shall have one representative from each staff in the district. Two representatives of the Board shall also be members of this Committee. 3. The primary purpose of this Committee shall be to establish and oversee guidelines and procedures for approving and facilitating both staff and teacher-initiated requests for funding and attendance at professional development activities. These guidelines shall incorporate a process for the allocating and administering of a major part of the available professional development funds (as determined in Article F.20.6) to and by the schools. Each school staff will be expected to determine its own system of monitoring and reviewing the use of their funds in order to encourage individual professional growth or staff development. 4. The Committee may also decide to contribute financially and organizationally towards other District No. 52 Professional Development activities. 5. The Board and the Union agree to the following funding ratio: Board 5:1

JOINT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ‌ 1. The Board and the Union agree to maintain a Joint Professional Development Committee. 2. The Committee shall be chaired by the Chairperson of the PRDTU Professional Development Committee and shall have one representative from each staff in the district. Two representatives of the Board shall also be members of this Committee. 3. The primary purpose of this Committee shall be to establish and oversee guidelines and procedures for approving and facilitating both staff and teacher-initiated requests for funding and attendance at professional development activities. These guidelines shall incorporate a process for the allocating and administering of a major part of the available professional development funds (as determined in Article F.20.6) to and by the schools. Each school staff will be expected to determine its own system of monitoring and reviewing the use of their funds in order to encourage individual professional growth or staff development. 4. The Committee may also decide to contribute financially and organizationally towards other District No. 52 Professional Development activities. 5. The Board and the Union agree to the following funding ratio: Board 5:1