Common use of Part-time Academic Employee Professional Development Clause in Contracts

Part-time Academic Employee Professional Development. The College will provide a pooled fund of $25,000 for each year of the Agreement for part-time academic employees to participate in professional development and division and department activities. a. The funds will be divided among the divisions who receive SBCTC allocated funds and will be pre-approved and administered through the divisions. b. Use of funds may include: 1. Costs related to attendance at workshops, conferences, courses or seminars, or training related to the teaching assignment. 2. Attendance at campus teaching and learning activities and classroom observation of other faculty, paid at the stipend rate. 3. Attendance at individual department, division, and all-campus meetings, paid at the stipend rate. 4. Costs associated with acquiring or maintaining vocational certification or professional licenses required for the teaching assignment. c. All use of funds must be consistent with Office of Financial Management rules for use of state funds.