PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH INITIATIVE. Each teacher will be allocated a set amount of dollars each year to be used for personal professional growth activities selected and pursued by the teacher, including, but not limited to, credits, clock hours, and activities related to professional certification and National Board Certification. The funds may be used by each teacher to pay for expenses related to professional growth activities such as tuition, textbooks, registration fees for workshops, conferences, or seminars, related travel and lodging expenses, substitute costs, and supplies and materials for such professional growth activities. The Personal Professional Growth Initiative funds shall be $500 per FTE per year in the 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. Teachers are to provide original receipts to the Business Office for reimbursement for use of personal professional growth funds. In the case of the use of such funds for tuition or training, the teacher is to provide proof of completion. When the up-front commitment of personal funds presents a hardship, a teacher may request prepayment by submitting a Request for Prepayment of Purchase form. Unused funds will be carried over to the following school year for use by the teacher, provided that at no time will the funds available to a teacher exceed $1,000 per year. Annual allocation of the funds described in the first paragraph are contingent upon passage of the M & O levy at the same level as the previous school year. Funds carried over from the previous school year will continue to be available, subject to the limit in the immediately preceding paragraph. Employees pursuing professional growth activities, including National Board Certification, professional certification or advanced education degrees, may use District equipment and materials at their assigned school (e.g., video equipment) for the program when such equipment and materials are not otherwise used for instructional purposes and provided the employee does not use consumable supplies reserved for other District purposes.
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GROWTH INITIATIVE. Each coach will be allocated a set amount of dollars each year to be used for personal professional growth activities selected and pursued by the coach, including, but not limited to: first aid certification, registration fees for workshops, conferences, or seminars. The Personal Professional Growth Initiative funds shall be $200 per varsity head coach, per sport. All other coaches will receive $150 per coach, per sport. Unused funds will be carried over to the following school year for use by the teacher, provided that at no time will the funds available to a coach exceed $400 (head coach) / $300 (all other coaches) per year. Coaches are to provide original receipts to the Business Office for reimbursement for use of personal professional growth funds and may be reimbursed following purchase without waiting until the training is held. Annual allocation of the funds described in the first paragraph are contingent upon passage of the M&O levy at the same level as the previous school year.
