PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. The district encourages employees covered by this agreement to pursue professional growth activities as approved by the school district. Persons covered by this agreement may be allowed to attend professional meetings and other activities of a professional nature with full pay when authorized by the school district. When personnel attend meetings on behalf of the school district, expenses shall be paid by the school district, if provided for and authorized in the budget. Such authorization should be obtained from the employee's supervisor in advance of the meeting to be attended.
PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. Subd. 1. Teachers may be allowed to attend, with full pay, professional meetings and other activities of a professional nature upon the advance approval of a site's staff development committee. That committee shall determine in advance what expenses, if any, shall be paid by the site.
PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. Administrators may be allowed to attend professional meetings and other activities of a professional nature with full pay. Advance authorization must be obtained.
PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. Professional employees must give sixty (60) days' notice of intent to leave employment in order to run for or to serve in public or political office. The employee shall retain all seniority obtained prior to his or her leaving employment. Seniority shall accumulate for the period of said absence. Said leave of absence shall extend for one (1) year or the term of office, whichever is greater.
PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. 1. Three (3) days per year, non-cumulative, with the approval of the Chief School Administrator.
PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. Employees may be allowed to attend professional meetings and other activities of a professional nature with full pay. Wherein employees attend meetings on behalf of the District and upon the instruction of Central Administration, expenses shall be paid by the District. Such authorization should be obtained ahead of time. Wherein Employees attend meetings or visitations, etc., of a professional nature at the expense of the School District, a written report, suitable for publication or distribution among the staff, is expected, so that all may benefit from the professional experience.
PROFESSIONAL ABSENCE. The School District at all times shall have the right to reasonably assign any Employee or Employees to duties outside its school district. Additionally, to the extent that Employees may desire to be assigned to duties outside the School District for such purposes as attendance at professional meetings and seminars, they shall have the right to submit requests for such assignments to the School District, and the School District will accept or reject the request accordingly. Reimbursement will be consistent with Section 9.02.
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