Professional Leaves of Absence. A leave of absence shall be defined as a Board-approved absence from work. An employee shall not be paid salary, wages, or Board-paid fringe benefits while on a leave of absence. The individual employment contract of any employee on leave of absence shall continue to run during the period of such leave and shall, therefore, be subject to renewal, non-renewal, or suspension, or as otherwise provided by law. Leaves of absence may be approved for the following purposes:
Professional Leaves of Absence a. A tenured faculty member may be granted upon her request up to one year’s leave of absence without pay, and up to an additional year’s leave upon request, for advanced study, research or writing, exchange teaching, travel or any other professional experience which is related to her field of teaching or employment or which will improve her professional competence.
Professional Leaves of Absence. 9:9.1 Teachers may apply for leave with pay to attend professional conferences, workshops and seminars that have a direct relationship to the employee’s responsibilities in the district. Leave under this section shall not exceed one (1) day per year. Additional days may be taken for such conferences, seminars and workshops from those days available to the employee under 9:3.1 above, subject to the procedures for their use established in 9:3.2 through 9:3.3.
Professional Leaves of Absence. Each teacher shall be entitled to two (2) days per year of paid professional leave and three (3) days per year of paid administrative directed professional leave. Additional professional leave days may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee, with or without pay. The use of professional leave shall be subject to prior approval by the Superintendent or his/her designee upon submission of a written request a reasonable time in advance for the following purposes:
Professional Leaves of Absence. 9:9.1 Teachers may apply for leave with pay to attend professional conferences, workshops and seminars that have a direct relationship to the employee’s responsibilities in the district. Leave under this section shall not exceed one (1) day per year. Additional days may be taken for such conferences, seminars and workshops from those days available to the employee under 9:3.1 above, subject to the procedures for their use established in 9:3.2 through 9:3.3. 9:9.2 Requests for leave must be made five (5) work days prior to that requested off, and shall include sufficient background information on the conference, workshop or seminar so that the Superintendent can evaluate the value of the conference to the employee’s responsibilities in the district. Requests directly related to the goals designated in an employee’s Professional Improvement Plan shall receive precedence over other requests. Employees shall be responsible for all costs associated with any conference attended under this clause.
Professional Leaves of Absence a. The College President may grant a faculty member upon their request up to one year’s leave of absence without pay, and up to an additional year’s leave upon request, for advanced study, research or writing, exchange teaching, travel, or any other professional experience that is related to their field of teaching or employment that will improve their professional competence.
Professional Leaves of Absence. Each teacher shall be entitled to two (2) days per year of paid professional leave and three
