PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Sample Clauses

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. Section l. The Employer and the Union recognize the need for a Professional Educational Program that can be made available on an equitable basis to all employees in this unit.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. Section 1. The Employer and the Association recognize the need for a Professional Education Program that can be made available on an equitable basis to all permanent employees in the unit. Section 2. After completion of the probationary period, any full-time permanent employee in this bargaining unit may apply for up to three (3) professional business/education days as defined in Section 3 below. Permanent part-time employees who are scheduled to work at least 50% time shall be eligible to apply for professional business/education days as defined in Section 3 below on a pro-rata basis. The granting of a professional business/education day shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer. Section 3. Professional business/education days shall be used for the purpose of: (a) Visitations to view other instructional techniques or programs. (b) Conventions, conferences, workshops, seminars and/or courses conducted by colleges, universities, or professional associations or to visit other schools. (c) Self-initiated conferences. Attendance at the following will not be considered professional business/education days as defined in this Section: (1) Bureau of Correction Education sponsored training. (2) Regional Assessment Support Team (RAST) training specifically approved by the Bureau of Correction Education. (3) Department of Corrections training approved by the Bureau of Correction Education. (4) Training required by any federal or state grant or contract and approved by the Bureau of Correction Education. Section 4. Professional business/education days are not applicable to organization or preparation for collective bargaining or any business of the Association that deals with collective bargaining. Section 5. It is understood that the granting of professional business/education days does not include approval of payment of associated fees, expenses and/or travel expenses. Section 6. After completion of the probationary period, each employee in this bargaining unit may apply for reimbursement up to a maximum of $300 per fiscal year for professional business/education days. The $300 may be used for excess tuition, if the excess tuition exceeds the published state university cost per graduate credit, but may not be used to pay any fees, books or mileage related to participation in college or university courses. Section 7. The Employer agrees to establish a $171,000 per fiscal year tuition reimbursement fund to reimburse permanent employees in this bargaining unit wh...

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. 1. The District may initiate a program of Professional Education. Some of the pur- poses of this program are to enable unit members while employed by the District who are close to certification requirements in any given area to obtain such certi- fication, thereby broadening the skills of the unit member involved and providing the District with more depth and flexibility in its teaching staff, to enable unit members to update and enhance current skills in their existing areas of certifica- tion to enrich the quality of the District’s instructional and academic curricula, and to enable unit members to develop and refine skills in subject areas not cur- rently having certification so that the District may continue to anticipate the needs of students for the future.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM. Section 1. The State System and the Union recognize the need for a Professional Educational Program that can be made available on an equitable basis to all employees in this unit.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM