Professional Association Leave. 1. Teachers shall be excused to attend meetings within their area of responsibility that are called by the State Board of Education and/or by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction when approved by the building and/or program administration, or to attend regularly scheduled meetings of the Idaho State Education Association.
Professional Association Leave. Upon written application to the Superintendent/designee, each school year a total of fifteen (15) days of Professional Association Leave shall be granted by the Superintendent/designee if the need arises for use by the BEA officers and its representatives. The President of BEA or his/her designee must complete an application for Professional Association Leave as far as possible in advance of the date(s) the leave is being requested and forward the application to the Superintendent/designee. The application must include the name(s) of the BEA officer(s) and representative(s) who will be using the leave, and the date(s) when such leave will be used. The number of people who may request such leave, at any given time, cannot exceed five percent (5%) of the Association membership of any building, plus the officers, building representatives and negotiating team members.
Professional Association Leave. Upon the request of SELDTA, a member of the teaching staff elected to a state or national office of a bona fide professional organization will be granted a leave of absence for the time period he/she holds said position. The bona fide professional organization will be determined by the SELDTA President and the Superintendent.
Professional Association Leave. Professional Association Leave with pay shall be granted to the official representative of the Association, as designated by the Association president, to attend to official business to a collective maximum of five (5) school days per calendar year. The school district will be reimbursed for all substitute teacher costs for each day by the Association. Additional days may be granted by the approval of the Superintendent. These days shall not be counted against the teacher’s annual leave days nor shall they be considered into the percentage of absences a teacher has in any given contract year.
Professional Association Leave. 1. An employee will be granted a leave of absence for the year(s) of his/her tenure of office as an officer of the M.E.A., N.E.A. or a Professional/Education Related Association.
Professional Association Leave. 1. Each year, the Forum President or designees shall be entitled to use up to a total of 30 paid administrative leave days to be used for Forum business and/or lobbying purposes. The Superintendent, upon request from the Forum President, may, but will not be required to, grant additional paid administrative leave days to the Forum. Professional leave under this section, upon request, shall be granted in one-half (1/2) day increments.
Professional Association Leave. Employee voluntary attendance at conferences, seminars or meetings which occur during working hours must be approved in advance by the Court.
Professional Association Leave. Leave for attendance at local, state, or national meetings of the Association shall be granted by the Human Resources Office, not to exceed thirty (30) days per year with no more than six (6) employees released on any given day, when requested by the Association President in writing. Reasonable release for purposes of bargaining preparation during a contract negotiation year, and release for attendance at WEA Representative Assembly (RA) will be approved during years that RA occurs on instructional days and will not be included in the above limits. When such request requires employees to be absent from their assignment, the Association will reimburse the District for expenses created by such absences. WEA or NEA employee leave requests shall be sent directly to the Human Resources Office. The leave request must include WEA’s or NEA’s agreement to reimburse the District for expenses created by such absences.
Professional Association Leave a. Professional Association leave amounting to two (2) days shall be extended to the WTEA President or an assigned alternate for the purpose of attending OEA meetings or conferences.
Professional Association Leave. The professional teaching association(s) will be credited with Association Days during which designated agents of the association(s) conduct association business. The cost of substitute teachers will be paid for by the district. Association Days will be granted in a ratio of one {l) day absence per each twenty-five (25) association members with at least twenty-five (25) members. Application for use of a professional association day must be approved by the president of the association and must be submitted through the principal to the Personnel Department prior to the date of the proposed leave. Each organization will be credited association days following receipt of a letter certifying memberships. Letters certifying membership must be filed with the Personnel Department by October 30th of each school year. Verification of the number of delegates attending a meeting or a convention is required. The ratio of one (1) day per each twenty-five (25) association members will be approved for each teacher organization. A membership list must be provided each year.
