Professional Growth Program Definition. Professional Growth is the continuous, purposeful engagement in study and related activities to retain and extend high standards for permanent classified employees. It is a joint enterprise between the District and the individual employee and should be planned together in order to assure maximum gain for both the participant and the District. The activity should bear a logical, beneficial relationship to the unit member’s current or potential duties and responsibilities. Professional growth activities shall be college/university courses that shall be related to current or potential job duties or workshops or other previously approved activities. Professional growth activities may not be repeated by a unit member for reimbursement credit. For a given unit member, each professional growth activity should be different from previously reimbursed professional growth activities.
