Common use of Professional Partner Program Clause in Contracts

Professional Partner Program. The Advisory Board shall develop, and the Coordinator shall implement and coordinate, a Professional Partner Program. The Advisory Board shall develop criteria for the selection of PSEA unit members as Professional Partners, and shall select up to five (5) PSEA unit members per year to serve as Professional Partners. Professional Partners shall be tasked with assisting new hires and promotional probationary employees in succeeding at their new positions. Professional Partners shall be provided up to fifty (50) hours of release time or ten (10) release days, whichever amount is less annually during their scheduled work day to meet with new hires and promotional probationary employees as needed. The scheduling of the release time must be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the employee’s supervisor. Such approval shall not be unreasonably denied. The cost of release time substitutes, if any, shall be reimbursed to the District from the Professional Learning Program budget. Professional Partners shall receive a stipend of $1,000 per year (tenthly) from the Professional Learning Program budget for serving as Professional Partners.

Professional Partner Program. The Advisory Board shall develop, and the Coordinator shall implement and coordinate, a Professional Partner Program. The Advisory Board shall develop criteria for the selection of PSEA unit Unit members as Professional Partners, and shall select up to five (5) PSEA unit Unit members per year to serve as Professional Partners. Professional Partners shall be tasked with assisting new hires and promotional probationary employees in succeeding at their new positions. Professional Partners shall be provided up to fifty (50) hours of release time or ten (10) release days, whichever amount is less annually during their scheduled work day to meet with new hires and promotional probationary employees as needed. The scheduling of the release time must be mutually agreed upon by the employee and the employee’s supervisor. Such approval shall not be unreasonably denied. The cost of release time substitutes, if any, shall be reimbursed to the District from the Professional Learning Program budget. Professional Partners shall receive a stipend of $1,000 per year (tenthly) from the Professional Learning Program budget for serving as Professional Partners.