Common use of Professional and Personal Days Clause in Contracts

Professional and Personal Days. At the beginning of each school year, each teacher shall be granted one (1) professional day and four (4) personal days. a. The use of personal or professional day(s) shall be subject to the approval of the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources if the day(s) requested are prior to or following holidays and vacations. November 15 and the days associated with CMU’s break shall not be included in the definition of holidays and vacations for purposes of this paragraph. The standard procedure is to grant this request for an individual only once in three years. b. There will be no loss of leave days or pay to teachers who pre-arrange personal or professional absences when schools are closed because of inclement weather, unless additional salary expense has been incurred or if professional absence occurs. Attempts will be made to cancel financial obligations. c. Unused personal days from the prior year shall accumulate as sick days.