Prescribed Educational Development Sample Clauses

Prescribed Educational Development. 1. Staff members identified by principals and/or supervisors as persons who require professional improvement in a given area may be required to complete a prescribed program of professional improvement at an approved college or program, or through in-service training within a reasonable time. 2. The prescribed program of professional improvement will be worked out jointly between the staff members and principal and/or supervisor. The principal and/or supervisor will submit a recommendation to the Superintendent for approval or disapproval. 3. If the prescribed program is not completed successfully, and within the specified time, such failure may be among factors considered in dismissal procedures. 4. The Board may pay tuition cost only. Travel, materials, and books are the responsibility of the teacher. Such tuition payments apply only to those teachers who require personal professional improvement as identified by the principal or supervisor under Section A. 5. Credit hours paid for by the Board will not apply to horizontal movement on the salary schedule. If the individual teacher bears the entire cost, the credit hours may be used for horizontal movement. 6. This section does not apply to groups of teachers, grade levels, secondary departments, etc. who might all require in-service training in a specific area of learning.