Professional Leaves and Absences a. Professional Growth The Superintendent, through the building principal, may grant permission to teachers to attend professional meetings, or other activities for professional growth and improvement (to include taking of Master’s oral exams or comprehensives, and education workshops held in conjunction with the annual KNEA State Convention), and provide a substitute, but will not pay expenses. There will be no deduction from the teacher’s salary for the time missed while attending such a meeting. The Superintendent, or their designee, may grant a professional leave day for a teacher taking a teacher certification exam when there is a benefit to the district, with prior approval, and they pass the exam. Exception: Expenses will be authorized by the Board of Education for teachers designated by the Superintendent to attend meetings which might be beneficial to the school.
Professional Leaves and Absences. The Director, after building principal’s notification, may grant permission and authorize full or partial payment of expenses to teachers attending professional meetings. Teachers may use professional leave to take comprehensive exams/evaluations and, at the discretion of the director, visitation with university advisor. There will be no deduction from the teacher’s salary for the time missed while attending such meetings.
Professional Leaves and Absences. A. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR ADVANCED STUDY Teachers under tenure may be granted a leave of absence for a period of one (1) year for the purpose of continuing their studies or otherwise advancing their professional growth in a manner which is judged by the Board to have a direct relationship to their contractual duties at Proviso. A request for leave of absence for advanced study must be submitted to the Superintendent by March 1st prior to the school year in which the leave is desired. The Superintendent shall forward to the Board the application along with a recommendation. Where an initial leave of absence for advanced study is granted, the Board may grant an extension or extensions to the leave of absence. The application shall state with specificity the course of instruction or other activities in which the teacher intends to engage. A teacher receiving a leave shall be credited with teaching experience for such period of leave and shall, upon return, be placed on the salary schedule at such step as though the teacher remained in teaching service at the District during this period. However, no teacher shall be credited with teaching experience or advanced upon the salary schedule in the event that the teacher has not completed at least 24 semester hours during the leave of absence in the event that the leave was for educational purposes or has completed the specified non-academic program in the event that a leave for that purpose was approved by the Board. The teacher on leave must confirm, via registered mail, return receipt requested, prior to March 1st, of each school term during which the leave is taken, the teacher’s intention to return; and such failure to notify the Board shall permit the Board to take disciplinary action against the teacher either for breach of this contract or through seeking the teacher’s dismissal. The Board may also refuse to re-employ the teacher for the subsequent school year since notice of the teacher’s intention to return was not transmitted to the District within the period set forth in this Agreement.
Professional Leaves and Absences. Teachers shall be permitted to attend professional meetings or to visit other schools subject to the following guidelines:
Professional Leaves and Absences. The superintendent through the building principals, may grant permission to teachers to attend professional meetings, or other activities for professional growth and improvement, and provide a substitute, but will not pay expenses. There will be no deduction from the teacher’s salary for the time while attending such a meeting.
Professional Leaves and Absences. A. Leave of Absence for Advanced Study
Professional Leaves and Absences. (1) Paid leaves of absence to attend professional meetings shall be granted to faculty members, provided that such faculty members make arrangements for their classes and such arrangements are approved by the Department Head. For the purposes of this Section “F”, the term “professional meetings” shall include mini-courses.
