Common use of Professional Learning Clause in Contracts

Professional Learning. A. School-based Professional Learning a. School-based professional learning plan, aligned with the schools Continuous School Improvement (CSI) Plan will be jointly developed by the CSI team and the school administration with input from the faculty and staff. The professional learning plan will be shared with the faculty. b. After the plan is developed, additional recommendations for procedures and specific training options may be submitted to the principal. CSI Plans, which includes the professional development plan, are dynamic and are adjusted based on student performance data and ongoing data analysis. c. School based professional development may be differentiated and consider teacher experience, content, and assignment. Teachers are encouraged to present alternative plans for professional learning to administrators for consideration of approval. B. Flexible Professional Learning (FPT) The Board and the FCTA recognize that professional learning opportunities encourage collaboration, flexibility, and address both the systemic needs of the school system, as well as the professional needs of the individual teacher. Therefore, one (1) day of systemic designated professional learning will be converted to seven (7) hours of flexible professional time (thereafter “FPT”) for teachers to participate in curricular based professional learning opportunities. These activities may include: • participation in curricular based professional learning experiences. • working with colleagues or individually on systemic identified curricular priorities/initiatives. • are teacher identified, approved and entered into PeopleSoft via the Employee Self-Service module. Each school year, teachers confirm their completion of FPT through the FPT tool found in the Employee Self Service module in PeopleSoft. Teachers eligible to participate in FPT must choose their activity(ies) and enter them into PeopleSoft by October 31. An automatic approval trigger will be created in the Employee Self Service module in PeopleSoft for the FPT activities found in the dropdown list, except for the “Other” category. Teachers who choose activities in that category must have their activity(ies) approved in advance by the Principal or designee. Activities must be completed by March 1 of the school year. When a teacher does not complete the activity, a day of personal leave/or leave without pay will be processed. Activities not recorded as completed in PeopleSoft by the March 1 deadline will be treated as not completed and result in a day of personal leave/or leave without pay to be processed. Flexible Professional Time (FPT) eligibility: • Teachers whose regularly scheduled work day is the same day as the systemic work day designated for FPT are eligible to participate in FPT. • Part-time teachers (less than 1.0 FTE) who are not regularly scheduled to work on the designated FPT day are ineligible to participate • Part-time teachers (less than 1.0 FTE) who are regularly scheduled to work on the FPT day will complete FPT proportionally to their schedule Teachers on approved LOA who return to work after the designated FPT day are ineligible to participate in FPT.

Professional Learning. A. School-based Professional Learning a. School-based professional learning plan, aligned with the schools Continuous School Improvement (CSI) Plan will be jointly developed by the CSI team and the school administration with input from the faculty and staff. The professional learning plan will be shared with the faculty. b. After the plan is developed, additional recommendations for procedures and specific training options may be submitted to the principal. CSI Plans, which includes the professional development plan, are dynamic and are adjusted based on student performance data and ongoing data analysis. c. School based professional development may be differentiated and consider teacher experience, content, and assignment. Teachers are encouraged to present alternative plans for professional learning to administrators for consideration of approval. B. Flexible Professional Learning (FPT) The Board and the FCTA recognize that professional learning opportunities encourage collaboration, flexibility, and address both the systemic needs of the school system, as well as the professional needs of the individual teacher. Therefore, one (1) day of systemic designated professional learning will be converted to seven (7) hours of flexible professional time (thereafter “FPT”) for teachers to participate in curricular based professional learning opportunities. These activities may include: • participation in curricular based professional learning experiences. • working with colleagues or individually on systemic identified curricular priorities/initiatives. • are teacher identified, approved and entered into PeopleSoft via the Employee Self-Service module. Each school year, teachers confirm their completion of FPT through the FPT tool found in the Employee Self Service module in PeopleSoft. Teachers eligible to participate in FPT must choose their activity(ies) and enter them into PeopleSoft by October 31. An automatic approval trigger will be created in the Employee Self Service module in PeopleSoft for the FPT activities found in the dropdown list, except for the “Other” category. Teachers who choose activities in that category must have their activity(ies) approved in advance by the Principal or designee. Activities must be completed by March 1 of the school year. When a teacher does not complete the activity, a day of personal leave/or leave without pay will be processed. Activities not recorded as completed in PeopleSoft by the March 1 deadline will be treated as not completed and result in a day of personal leave/or leave without pay to be processed. Flexible Professional Time (FPT) eligibility: • Teachers whose regularly scheduled work day is the same day as the systemic work day designated for FPT are eligible to participate in FPT. • Part-time teachers (less than 1.0 FTE) who are not regularly scheduled to work on the designated FPT day are ineligible to participate • Part-time teachers (less than 1.0 FTE) who are regularly scheduled to work on the FPT day will complete FPT proportionally to their schedule Teachers on approved LOA who return to work after the designated FPT day are ineligible to participate in FPT.  Participating in curricular-based professional learning experiences; and/or  Working with colleagues or individually on systemically-identified curricular priorities/initiatives. 1. Teachers will select and enter an activity into a designated online submission portal by October 31st;