Common use of PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS. A. The District will pay the cost of tuition for any inservice courses which are initiated by the District and will recognize whatever credit is awarded by colleges to teachers for the satisfactory completion of these courses in accordance with the provisions of Appendix B - Placement on Salary Schedule - Category Qualifications. B. Conference Attendance 1. The District agrees to grant teachers' absence with pay to attend approved workshops, seminars, conferences, other professional improvement meetings of an educational nature, or to visit other schools either within or outside the Midland school district. (1) Each school building will be allocated a conference attendance bank equal in the number of days to the number of equated full time teachers assigned to the building rounded off to the next higher whole number. The bank will also include an amount of money equal to $150 times the number of equated full time teachers assigned to the building rounded off to the next higher whole number. (2) All teachers who are assigned to more than one building will have their entire service included in the allocation to the building at which they receive their paychecks. Teachers receiving their paychecks at locations that are not instructional units of the Midland Public Schools will be included in the allocations to the buildings they are scheduled to serve first in the week. b. Teachers may be absent with pay and with substitute service provided for conference attendance for one or more days with reasonable expenses paid. Charges to the building banks will not exceed the total number of days or the total amount of money allocated to the building banks. The cost of substitute service for each day a teacher is absent for conference attendance will not be charged to the banks.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS. A. The District will pay the cost of tuition for any inservice courses which are initiated by the District and will recognize whatever credit is awarded by colleges to teachers for the satisfactory completion of these courses in accordance with the provisions of Appendix B - Placement on Salary Schedule - Category Qualifications. B. Conference Attendance 1. The District agrees to grant teachers' absence with pay to attend approved workshops, seminars, conferences, other professional improvement meetings of an educational nature, or to visit other schools either within or outside the Midland school district. (1) Each school building will be allocated a conference attendance bank equal in the number of days to the number of equated full time teachers assigned to the building rounded off off to the next higher whole number. The bank will also include an amount of money equal to $150 times the number of equated full time teachers assigned to the building rounded off off to the next higher whole number. (2) All teachers who are assigned to more than one building will have their entire service included in the allocation to the building at which they receive their paychecks. Teachers receiving their paychecks at locations that are not instructional units of the Midland Public Schools will be included in the allocations to the buildings they are scheduled to serve first in the week. b. Teachers may be absent with pay and with substitute service provided for conference attendance for one or more days with reasonable expenses paid. Charges to the building banks will not exceed the total number of days or the total amount of money allocated to the building banks. The cost of substitute service for each day a teacher is absent for conference attendance will not be charged to the banks.