Nature and Purpose. A Supervisor’s Professional Development Leave Program provides a unit member with the opportunity to enhance his/her value to the District through further job-related education, the upgrading of skills or retraining for a different career path which is available at the District. The unit member is totally released from his/her regular duties during the duration of the approved professional development leave to allow the unit member to engage in studies, projects, courses, or other beneficial activities which do not fall within his/her regular responsibilities during his/her regular work period. The leave may be used to complete interrupted studies, learn by observing methods used in industry or other educational institutions, or for the unit member to get a substantial start on a goal of a better education.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
