Professional Development Stipends Clause Samples
The Professional Development Stipends clause establishes the employer’s commitment to providing employees with financial support for activities that enhance their professional skills and knowledge. Typically, this clause outlines the types of eligible expenses, such as tuition for courses, conference fees, or certification costs, and may specify annual limits or approval processes. Its core function is to encourage ongoing employee growth and ensure that staff remain current in their fields, while also clarifying the scope and administration of such financial support.
Professional Development Stipends. 1. Base salary may be supplemented by Professional Development Stipends (“PDS’s”). The total pool for PDS’s shall be up to 1% of the total base salaries for the unit as of September 1 of each year.
2. PDS’s will be distributed according to a procedure to be determined by a joint District/BTA committee. The procedure will involve cycles of goal- setting, professional growth, and evaluation.
3. Teachers will have the opportunity to make a selection from one or more varieties of professional development. Expectations for professional development will include goal-setting, progress in identified areas, and evaluation. Student achievement and previous evaluations will be considered when setting goals. Objective metrics will be used to measure progress. Expectations may also include action research, empirical research, and reflection on practice. Teachers who have achieved their professional development goals shall be awarded a PDS to be determined according to the procedures to be agreed upon by the joint committee.
4. The specifics of how PDS’s are earned, and of how their sizes are determined, will be governed by the joint committee.
5. The District shall be obligated to spend all the money budgeted for PDS’s (i.e. 1% of payroll) if and only if targets are met for the percentage of eligible teachers who choose particular varieties of professional development, and for the percentage of eligible teachers who participate in the District’s professional development program in good faith. The targets will be set by the joint committee. If the targets are not met, then the District will pay PDS’s to those teachers who have earned them, in accordance with the methodology to be determined by the joint committee, but the District will not be required to spend the 1% maximum.
6. On or before any February 1, the District may for any reason suspend this section on Professional Development for the following school year, and the money that would otherwise have been spent on PDS’s in that school year will not be spent.
Professional Development Stipends. Stipends/Compensation will be paid for Professional Development Preparation and/or Delivery as follows:
1. The Professional Development Program will include but not be limited to:
a. Graduate courses for in-house credit toward the salary scale and/or Graduate School credit
b. Workshops for Professional Development points
c. Professional Day Presentations/Programs
d. Non-credit/non-PDP workshops
2. Criteria for the above stated programs are:
a. Graduate Courses
1) University credit – as defined by the graduate school
2) In-house credit to salary scale 1 graduate credit = 10 hours contact time and assignment and project(s) Additional credits must meet the above definition per credit.
b. Workshops for PDPs will be minimum of ten hours total (not necessarily consecutive hours) subject to possible revisions by State Department of Education.
Professional Development Stipends a. A stipend will be paid to each CLSM, other than administrators or supervisors, who participate in at least twelve (12) clock hours of professional development activities related to the individual's certificated/licensed area/classroom teaching duties only. Up to twenty (20) clock hours may be completed. Payment will be made per the following schedule: twelve (12) hours $400, 15 hours $500, and twenty (20) hours $650. These professional development activities must be:
(1) from July 1 through June 30 and outside of the CLSM work day,
(2) related to the individual's professional responsibilities with the Maumee City Schools,
(3) approved in advance through submission of the appropriate request form,
(4) activities for which no reimbursement is made to the participant nor any expenses incurred by the Board as a result of the individual's participation in the activity,
(5) course work and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) may be used to obtain said stipend if they are not used to advance on the Salary Schedule (Appendix A), and
(6) beginning with the 2002-03 school year, related to an approved individual professional development plan (IPDP) proposal per the LPDC. Such stipend shall be paid in the second (2nd) pay in August.
Professional Development Stipends. 1. Each MBU who attends Professional Development which involves release time for his/her regular teaching/conference work day shall receive his/her regular per diem pay for his/her attendance.
2. Each MBU who attends Professional Development that is sponsored or endorsed by the District held outside of the regular teaching/conference/work day, and is one or more hours in length shall be paid a stipend of $30.00 per hour.
3. Each MBU who leads Professional Development that is sponsored or endorsed by the District and is held outside of the regular teaching/conference/work day shall be paid a stipend of $30.00 per hour of the Professional Development for presentation.
4. Each MBU who leads Professional Development that is sponsored or endorsed by the District and held during the regular teaching/conference/work day will be paid a stipend of $30.00 per hour of the workshop (or equivalent release time) for his/her preparation time. Prior to the MBU accepting the opportunity, the MBU will be informed in writing of the total number of hours of Professional Development and the hours of release time and/or stipend the MBU will receive for preparation time. The MBU may decline to accept this opportunity.
5. Any MBU who attends Professional Development or a class/course for graduate college credit shall not be eligible for a stipend.
6. The District may offer professional development opportunities for which no stipend is offered.
7. Any MBU eligible for a Professional Development ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall submit the appropriate form to his/her principal or appropriate administrator after the work has been done and shall be paid in the next pay period.
8. If a stipend is paid through another source, the above compensation will not be paid to the extent offset by the other source.
9. MBUs attending or presenting will be eligible to submit hours for LPDC credit.
Professional Development Stipends. The hourly rate for teachers being paid to attend voluntary professional development activities beyond the regular school day, on Saturdays, or during the summer is $20 per hour.
Professional Development Stipends. The District shall provide the following professional development stipends.
(a) As this Agreement does not allow the accumulation of graduate hours beyond the BA+60 or the MA+30, the District shall offer a professional development stipend for teachers who have reached this level. The stipend shall be for the successful completion of a pre-approved graduate level course of three hours or more in the amount of the SUNY part-time student graduate tuition rate per credit hour to a maximum of 6 credit hours per year. Approval shall be limited to courses that in the judgment of the Superintendent/designee are pertinent to the employee’s professional assignment.
(b) As a teacher is limited to a post effective-date life-time limit of converting 150 in- service hours into graduate credit, the District shall annually make available to all teachers a professional development stipend as follows:
(i) If a teacher successfully completes a minimum of ten hours of pre-approved in- service credit annually, he/she shall receive a one-time stipend of $35.00 per hour to a maximum of thirty (30) hours per year. Approval shall be limited to courses that in the judgment of the Superintendent/designee are pertinent to the employee’s professional assignment. Teachers may be required to submit a year-end report as part of their annual evaluation package, describing how in-service course work has affected classroom instruction and student achievement. Teachers who do not submit the requested report shall be ineligible for future in-service stipends until a report is submitted.
(c) Teachers approved to develop and present an inservice workshop shall be paid 1/1400th of their annual salary, not to exceed $40 per hour, for each hour they present at an inservice workshop. They shall also be paid once for preparation time regardless of the number of times the workshop is presented. Preparation time shall be defined as the number of hours required to present the workshop.
Professional Development Stipends. 38.6.1 The stipends herein (Section 37.6.1) shall be suspended for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. Resuming in the 2025-2026 school year, every SESPA employee working more than three hours in a SESPA position may work six (6) additional hours payable at $27.50 per hour for attending classes, workshops or other staff development programs provided by the building, District or by outside agencies (including District approved job- alike meetings, on-line courses, and audio-visual courses) outside the employee’s regular work day or work year. Every SESPA employee working three hours or less in a SESPA position may work three (3) additional hours payable at $27.50 per hour for training opportunities as described above.
38.6.2 In addition, each non-school-based SESPA employee may access one additional stipend (six [6] hours or three [3] hours, as described above), payable at $27.50 per hour for attending classes, workshops or other staff development programs provided by the building, District or by outside agencies (including District approved job-alike meetings, on-line courses, and audio-visual courses) outside the employee’s regular work day or work year. Non-school-based employees who access this additional day are encouraged to avoid triggering overtime.
38.6.3 Although training may occur at multiple times, to reduce administrative workload, requests for professional training stipend payments should be submitted once per year per employee, no later than August 1. Employees may submit a request that exceeds their entitlement. Any unclaimed hours shall be dispersed in rounds to benefit the maximum number of employees who submit approved requests that exceed their entitlement. Payment shall occur in the pay period following receipt of the request.
Professional Development Stipends a. A stipend will be paid to each CLSM, other than administrators or supervisors, who participate in at least twelve (12) clock hours of professional development activities related to the individual's certificated/licensed area/classroom teaching duties only. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, up to twenty (20) clock hours may be completed. Payment will be made per the following schedule: twelve (12) hours $400, 15 hours $500 and twenty (20) hours $650. These professional development activities must be:
(1) from July 1 through June 30 and outside of the CLSM work day,
(2) related to the individual's professional responsibilities with the Maumee City Schools,
(3) approved in advance through submission of the appropriate request form,
(4) activities for which no reimbursement is made to the participant nor any expenses incurred by the Board as a result of the individual's participation in the activity,
(5) course work and Continuing Education Units (CEUs) may be used to obtain said stipend if they are not used to advance on the Salary Schedule (Appendix B), and
(6) beginning with the 2002-03 school year, related to an approved individual professional development plan (IPDP) proposal per the LPDC. Such stipend shall be paid in the second (2nd) pay in August.
Professional Development Stipends. 1. Each teacher who attends a workshop which involves release time for his/her regular teaching/conference work day shall receive his/her regular per diem pay for his/her attendance.
2. Each teacher who attends a workshop that is sponsored or endorsed by the District held outside of the regular teaching/conference/work day, and is two or more hours in length shall be paid a stipend of $15.00 per hour.
3. Each teacher who leads a workshop that is sponsored or endorsed by the District and is held outside of the regular teaching/conference/work day shall be paid a stipend of $30.00 per hour of the workshop for presentation.
4. Each teacher who leads a workshop that is sponsored or endorsed by the District and held during the regular teaching/conference/work day will be paid a stipend of $15 per hour of the workshop (or equivalent release time) for his/her preparation time. Prior to the teacher accepting the opportunity, the teacher will be informed in writing of the total number of hours of the workshop and the hours of release time and/or stipend the teacher will receive for preparation time. The teacher may decline to accept this opportunity.
5. Any teacher who attends a workshop for graduate college credit shall not be eligible for a stipend.
6. The District may offer professional development opportunities for which no stipend is offered.
7. Any teacher eligible for a Professional Development ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall submit the appropriate form to his/her principal or appropriate administrator after the work has been done and shall be paid in the next pay period.