PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. REIMBURSEMENT (PDTR)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. 28.1 The District will pay full and part-time faculty members for all pre-authorized travel and conference expenses. The District will pay full and part-time faculty members according to the following articles.
28.1.1 Each full-time faculty member will be allocated four hundred dollars ($400) each academic year for professional travel and conference. Faculty members may choose to accumulate this allotment for a two-year period. A portion no less than fifty dollars ($50) may carry over to a second (2nd) consecutive year. Notification of carry over must be noted on the “year end check out form”.
28.1.2 Each part-time faculty member will be allocated one hundred dollars ($100) each fall and spring semester for professional travel and conference. Faculty members may choose to accumulate this allotment for a two-year period. A portion of no more than $200 in each fiscal year and no less than fifty dollars ($50) may carry over to a second (2nd) consecutive year. Notification of carry over must be noted on the “year-end check out form”. To be eligible for this allocation, a part-time faculty member must have worked for Gavilan College for no less than four (4) consecutive fall and/or spring semesters at any time. Part-time faculty who have already satisfied this requirement are eligible for this allocation.
28.2 Full-time faculty members who submit an individual Professional Development Plan which specifically supports the College Strategic Plan will be granted up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) more every two (2) years. The individual Professional Development Plan must be submitted to the Department Chair and/or Supervisor for review and comment. It must be approved by the Faculty Staff Development Committee and the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
28.3 The Board authorized per diem allowances will be provided when authorized. The District does not reimburse the cost of alcoholic beverages.
28.4 Each full-time and part-time faculty member will receive the IRS maximum allowable cents per mile for pre- authorized use of personal automobiles for travel.
29.1 SELECTION
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. Section 15.01. The Administration will provide funds for travel to professional meetings and other appropriate activities in the amount of two-thousand, five-hundred fifty dollars ($2,550.00) for each faculty member. Such funds may be utilized by faculty members to defer the cost of courses for professional development related to the faculty member’s particular discipline and for other faculty professional development purposes. For faculty members hired in the second or third year of this Agreement, the Administration will provide two-thirds or one-third of the $2,550.00, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the College shall be required to provide no more than one-third of the total amount on an aggregate bargaining unit-wide basis during the first year of this Agreement, no more than one-third of the total amount on an aggregate bargaining unit-wide basis during the second year of the Agreement, and the unspent remainder, without cap of the aggregate amount on a bargaining unit-wide basis, during the third year of the Agreement. Professional development and travel funding shall be provided on a first come, first serve basis, up to the overall bargaining unit cap in the first two years of the contract (and consistent with the unused amount allotted to each faculty member’s account). Such funds may be utilized by faculty
Section 15.02. Unused funds will revert to the College at the end of the three (3) year contract period, to be used at the College’s discretion. The College will designate a facilitator(s) at each campus to provide assistance with reimbursements.
Section 15.03. Faculty members who have received funds from the College to attend professional meetings shall report to their colleagues on the substance of the meetings. A written summary shall be filed with the appropriate Xxxx/Director and, where appropriate, shall be shared with the College community.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. Where professional development and/or travel is involved, the Employer may modify the Employee’s schedule around such requirements. Compensation for time spent in professional development and/or traveling shall be in accordance with Article 16.06.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. Subject to operational requirements, where practical and desirable as determined by the Employer, employees may be afforded professional development opportunities for their current position or for an equal or higher position. Such opportunities may involve scheduled on-site training sessions or off-site courses or conferences. Time spent in such professional development shall be considered to be time worked. Such opportunities shall not affect the salary or pay of either the trainee or, where professional development opportunities are involved, the trainer. Where travel is required to attend a course or conference and the required travel occurs during the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work, such time will be considered to be time worked. Where travel occurs outside of the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work, travel time that begins or ends within 24 hours of the course or conference beginning or ending will be compensated at straight time. Compensation for travel time shall be limited to actual time spent traveling and shall not include non-work-related interruptions in travel. Overtime rates shall not apply to travel. To be eligible for compensation, travel plans must be pre-approved by the employee’s manager. Employees may request job shadowing opportunities to explore positions within the OHS. Where practical, as determined by the Employer, they may be offered on an unpaid basis. Should opportunities be oversubscribed, opportunities shall be offered in order of seniority.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. Subject to operational requirements, where practical and desirable as determined by the Employer, employees may be afforded professional development opportunities for their current position or for an equal or higher position. Such opportunities may involve employee cross-training, scheduled on-site training sessions, or off-site courses or conferences. Time spent in such professional development shall be considered to be time worked. Such opportunities shall not affect the salary or pay of either the trainee or, where cross- training is involved, the trainer. Where travel is required to attend a course or conference and the required travel occurs during the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work, such time will be considered to be time worked. Where travel occurs outside of the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work, travel time that begins or ends within 24 hours of the course or conference beginning or ending will be compensated at straight time., Compensation for travel time shall be limited to actual time spent traveling and shall not include non-work-related interruptions in travel. Overtime rates shall not apply to travel. To be eligible for compensation, travel plans must be pre-approved by the employee’s manager.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. To the extent provided for and approved in the City's adopted budget, the City agrees to pay reasonable and customary travel and subsistence expenses for the City Manager's travel to and attendance at the International City/County Management Association's (ICMA) annual conference, the Florida City and County Management Association's (FCCMA) annual conference and the Florida League of Cities, and such other national, regional, state, and local governmental groups and committees thereof which City Manager serves as a member. The City may choose to pay for the City Manager's attendance at other seminars, conferences, and committee meetings as it deems appropriate and approved by Council action.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. To the extent provided for and approved in the Agency’s adopted budget, the Agency agrees to pay reasonable and customary travel and subsistence expenses for the Executive Director’s travel to and attendance at the Florida Redevelopment Agency (FRA) annual conference, New Markets Tax Credit Meetings of the Board and Executive Committee, Community Reinvestment Fund Meetings of the Board, International Economic Development Council annual conference and such other national, regional, state and local groups and committees thereof which the Executive Director serves as a member. The Agency may choose to pay for the Employee’s attendance at other seminars, conference, and committee meetings as it deems appropriate and approved by Board action.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. Subject to operational requirements, where practical and desirable as determined by the Employer, employees may be afforded professional development opportunities for their current position or for an equal or higher position. Such opportunities may involve employee cross-training, scheduled on-site training sessions, or off-site courses or conferences. Time spent in such professional development shall be considered to be time worked. Such opportunities shall not affect the salary or pay of either the trainee or, where cross-training is involved, the trainer. Where travel is required to attend a course or conference outside the City of Ottawa and occurs during the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work, such time will be considered to be time worked. Where travel occurs outside of the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work, travel time that ends within 24 hours of the course or conference beginning will be compensated at straight time, and travel time that begins within 24 hours of the course or conference ending will be compensated at straight time. Compensation for travel time shall be limited to actual time spent traveling and shall not include non-work- related interruptions in travel. Overtime rates shall not apply to travel. To be eligible for compensation, travel plans must be pre-approved by the employee’s manager.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAVEL. REIMBURSEMENT (PDTR)
D7.1 Members with appointments of eight (8) months or longer will be eligible to receive a PDTR pro-rated and according to the term of employment.
D7.2 The PDTR rate is set at nine hundred dollars ($900) per annum effective May 1, 2005.
D7.3 Eligible Members shall receive reimbursement of PDTR claims upon presentation of original receipts. Any portion of the maximum that is not claimed in a given year shall be carried forward into a subsequent year, provided the Member continues to be employed. A maximum of three thousand dollars ($3000) may be accumulated in this manner.
D7.4 Expenses that can be claimed under the PDTR include but are not limited to:
a) travel and associated expenses related to meetings, conferences, study leave, or other similar professional activities;
b) registration fees and other expenses for meetings of learned societies, other professional organizations, workshops, seminars, and similar activities;
c) membership fees in learned societies and professional organizations;
d) books and subscriptions to scholarly journals;
e) expenses directly associated with teaching responsibilities or current active research or professional programs;
f) equipment or instruments, including computers;
D7.5 In accordance with University policy, all assets acquired with PDTR funds remain the property of the University. After four (4) calendar years from the date of purchase, or upon retirement or resignation, the Member has the option of purchasing these items from the University at fair market value.
