Professional Growth Fund a) The District will provide Professional Growth funds in the amount of $10,000 annually for use by SJPEC members
Professional Growth Fund. 23.1.1 The Employer shall establish a Professional Growth Fund for employees covered by this Agreement. The Employer shall contribute Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) annually to the fund, and in addition will contribute up to Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) provided that the additional contribution is matched by the Union. The residual of the fund shall be carried forward from year to year.
Professional Growth Fund. A. A professional growth fund of $111,858 will be maintained for expenses related to licensed professional participation in educational workshops and meetings and will be increased annually using the previous December’s CPI-W Portland formula.
Professional Growth Fund. 3.12.3.1 The District will allocate $4,250 (each year) for a Professional Growth Fund. The Professional Growth Fund will be increased by $250 for each employee added to the bargaining unit over twenty-five (25) employees. Qualifications for and distribution of such Professional Growth Fund allocation shall be developed by an Association/District committee. Said committee will additionally report to the Board no later than August 15, concerning employee use of Professional Growth Fund for educational purposes. Compensable hours worked in accordance with this section shall be at the employee's regular rate of pay.
Professional Growth Fund. 9.2.1. The Employer shall annually contribute:
Professional Growth Fund. 1. Professional Growth Fund of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) may be used to provide an employee or group of employees with special training desired by the employee or group of employees when that training is determined to prove a benefit to the betterment of the performance of the duties of that classified employee or group of employees.
Professional Growth Fund. 10.01 The Board agrees to provide financial support to Teachers through the professional growth fund.
Professional Growth Fund. Professional growth will be defined as training, conferences, coaching, expert support or independent study projects. The District shall commit to a professional growth fund an amount equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per certificated employee. Monies in the professional growth fund shall be allocated to each employee in the bargaining unit and expended by the District to reimburse each employee up to the amount specified above for tuition costs, instructional improvement projects and/or professional leave expenses, provided that such costs, projects or leave expenses meet the criteria outlined in Section 6.02 of this agreement Allocation of professional growth fund monies to part-time employees shall be in proportion to their time worked. Professional growth fund monies shall not be pooled or be transferable and shall be non-accumulative. Professional growth fund monies not used in the prior year shall revert to the District. Association members will be asked to schedule a goal setting conference with their supervising administrator for the purposes of planning their professional growth and identifying the purposes they will assign to their professional growth funds. They must be used for purposes directly connected to the district strategic plan. Uses of these funds include, but are not limited to: professional training, curriculum development, committee work, and parent and student outreach. Goat setting conferences should occur no later than October 15th annually. In the event that an employee is unable to identify a useful purpose for all their professional growth funds by October 15th, these funds will be pooled into a building professional development fund and used for activities directed by the principal in conjunction with the building leadership team. These building decisions must be made by January 15th any monies available to the District will be available for district employees to apply for. Notification of available money for employee application will be provided by the district no later than February 1st. Notification of approval will be provided to employees no later than 2 weeks after application has been made. If the pooled funds have not been encumbered by April 15 th, they will be returned to the district professional development fund. Individual professional growth funds will not be used for professional development or training necessary for the implementation of a district scheduled course.
Professional Growth Fund. The District will allocate $4,250 (each year) for a Professional Growth Fund. The Professional Growth Fund will be increased by $250 for each employee added to the bargaining unit over twenty-five (25) employees. Qualifications for and distribution of such Professional Growth Fund allocation shall be developed by an Association/District committee. Said committee will additionally report to the Board no later than August 15, concerning employee use of Professional Growth Fund for educational purposes. Compensable hours worked in accordance with this section shall be at the employee's regular rate of pay. The District will allow unexpended professional growth funds to carry forward into the following fiscal year for approved Association professional growth activities provided that a District purchase order for said group activity is issued no later than August 15.
Professional Growth Fund. 10.01 The Board agrees to provide financial support to Teachers through the professional growth fund.
10.02 Payment of a maximum of fifty percent (50%) of a course fee, up to a maximum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) per year, shall be made to the Teacher upon successful completion of courses outlined under Clauses 10.03 (a) and (b) below. A list of the courses eligible under 10.03 (a) shall be supplied to the Teachers by June 30th of each year.
(a) Effective September 1, 2002 a maximum of twenty-five thousand ($25,000.00) dollars per year shall be allocated for Board-approved courses. These courses shall include, but not be limited to: Religious Education I, II and Specialist. It is understood to qualify for this payment the course must commence after September 1st and be completed within one (1) school year.
(b) Effective September 1, 2002 a maximum of twenty thousand ($20,000.00) dollars per year shall be allocated for Ministry of Education and/or College of Teachers professional upgrading courses, such as Basic Qualifications (BQs), Additional Basic Qualifications (ABQs) and Additional Qualifications (AQs) not listed in
(a) It is understood to qualify for this payment the course must commence after September 1st and be completed within one (1) school year. It is understood that university undergraduate and graduate degree courses are not eligible.
10.04 In order to qualify for reimbursement in 10.03 (a) and 10.03 (b) above, Teachers must have the course approved in advance and it is understood that financial support will be approved on a first-come-first-served basis according to the original date of receipt of the application.
10.05 One-half (½) of the funds available in 10.03 (a) and 10.03 (b) shall be allocated for courses to be completed in the fall/winter/spring. One-half (½) of the funds available in 10.03 (a) and 10.03 (b) plus any surplus from the fall/winter/spring allocation, shall be allocated for courses completed during the summer.
10.06 It is acknowledged that the provision of this Article replaces the Sabbatical Leave Article previously found in the 1998-2000 Collective Agreement.
