Professional Period Sample Clauses

Professional Period. Effective September 1993, teachers at the secondary level, who work full time in a building in which there is a nine period day, shall be assigned to a professional period in addition to the regularly scheduled preparation period. Appropriate activities for the professional period shall include, but not be limited to, the following: long range and unit planning; construction of teacher and departmental tests; review, evaluation and selection of educational materials; parent conferences; consultation with professional support staff; peer coaching; team meetings; presentations by guest speakers; discussion of ideas for new programs and/or revisions in current programs; observation of a colleague’s methods and techniques in actual classroom situations when mutually agreed to by both -----^teacher-SvAFhe-Dist-r-ict-and-the-Federat-ion-reGOgnize-t-hat-teaGhing-invol-ves-participation-in--------------- professional activities. Therefore, all teachers covered by this provision, shall engage in some type of professional activity during the school year. " ~
Sample 1
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Professional Period. Effective July 1. 2006 1. Academic Instruction/Enrichment Services (AIS) a. At the High School, up to twenty (20) weeks of the professional period shall be assigned at the direction of the building principal or his/her designee. This assignment may include any of the following: 1) AIS/Enrichment services for students assigned to the teacher during the teacher’s professional period; 2) the assignment of the teacher to an academic Resource Room to which students may be assigned, or to which students may “drop in” for AIS/Enrichment Services; or 3) the assignment of a teacher on a “push-in” basis to provide students with AIS/Enrichment services in their regularly assigned classes. - The duties to be assigned shall include extra help to pupils, academic intervention services and enrichment within the teacher’s certification area(s). Academic intervention services and enrichment for students shall be beyond the extra help time provided for in the Agreement, which is assigned by administration to staff. (Academic Intervention/Enrichment Services means the assignment of up to any eight (8) students to a particular teacher during the^professfonal_perrod_m—the- ;s'ettmgsndescrib'ednaboveT) Lesson plans and grading shall not be required. However, the teacher will be responsible for monitoring of student progress and reporting same to the referring teacher or administrator. AIS shall, for the purpose of this article, be defined as contained in 8 NYCRR § 100.1(g). AIS provided by teachers outside their certification(s) shall be limited to assistance/support in reading and/or translation of the subject matter. Upon request of the Association, the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction shall meet with the Association President with the intent to resolve issues arising under the AIS clause. b. The foregoing shall become applicable at the Middle School in the event the Middle School changes from an eight (8) period to a nine (9) period day. c. At the High School, in the event the District elects to change the day from a nine (9) period day to an eight (8) period day, or at the Middle School in the event a nine (9) period day is reduced to an eight (8) period day, the AlS/enrichment assignment set forth in subsection 2(a) and/or (b) may be assigned during the teacher’s duty period. 2. During the balance of the school year at the high school, the professional period shall be utilized by staff for professional duties, responsibilities and growth. Such activities shall inclu...
Sample 1
Professional Period. Each member will have one (1) professional period. The professional period will be a used for assisting students, conferences with peers, meetings, phone conferences, and professional development that is pertinent to the member’s assignment or professional responsibilities. 1. Elementary members may be assigned to an arrival/dismissal duty, but may not be assigned a duty at any other time. 2. Any secondary level member assigned five (5) classes to teach in a nine (9) period day, will be assigned no more than one (1) duty resulting in one unencumbered plan period and one professional period. 3. Any secondary member assigned six (6) classes in a nine (9) period day, will have one unencumbered plan period and one professional period. 4. A secondary member may be assigned a short duty to last no more than 10 minutes of the professional period and said duty may only be at the beginning or the end of that period so that the member shall have at least an uninterrupted 30 minute professional period. 5. Any member who is not assigned a schedule by administration shall inform the administration of the schedule of their professional period.
Sample 1
Professional Period. Effective September 1993, teachers at the secondary level, who work full time in a building in which there is a nine xxxxxx.xxx, shall be assigned to a professional period in addition to the regularly scheduled preparation period. Appropriate activities for the professional period shall include, but not be limited to, the following: long range and unit planning; construction of teacher and departmental tests; review, evaluation and selection of educational materials; parent conferences; consultation with professional support staff; peer coaching; team meetings; presentations by guest speakers; discussion of ideas for new programs and/or revisions in current programs; observation of a colleague’s methods and techniques in actual classroom situations when mutually agreed to by both teachers. The District and the Federation recognize that teaching involves participation in professional activities. Therefore, all teachers covered by this provision, shall engage in some type of professional activity during the school year.
Sample 1

Related to Professional Period

  • Professional Dues The school district will pay the annual dues for the Superintendent’s membership in the American Association of School Administrators, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and Nebraska Council of School Administrators. The Superintendent’s membership in other professional organizations will be considered annually and may be approved at the discretion of the school board.

  • Professional Development Days Upon request, each Employee shall be granted at least three (3) professional development days annually for professional development, at the Basic Rate of Pay. An Employee shall be advised, prior to taking any professional development days of any transportation, registration fees, subsistence and other expenses that will be paid by the Employer. Such hours not used in each fiscal year shall not be carried forward into subsequent years. Applications for such paid professional development opportunities shall be made in writing, to the Employer as early as possible.

  • PROFESSIONAL COMPENSATION 11.1 The basic salaries of teachers covered by this Contract shall be set in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Agreement. 11.2 The salary of the teacher will be presumed correct as shown in the Uniform Teacher’s Contract unless the teacher or the Employer furnishes evidence of error. 11.3 An explanation as to how contract salary figures are computed will accompany the first paycheck of each school year. 11.4 Basic salaries for teachers shall be paid in twenty-six (26) payments. Basic salaries for teachers shall be paid in twenty-six (26) payments in a given calendar year. Exceptions may be made with the approval of the Cash Flow Committee. A teacher may receive the balance due on his contract with the first scheduled paycheck in July by written notice to the Business Office by May 1. If May 1 occurs on a day that school is not in session, the deadline shall be the next regular school day. A teacher who makes this election shall continue each year to receive the balance due on his contract with the first scheduled paycheck in July unless he notifies the Business Office by May 1 that he prefers to be paid in twenty-six (26) payments. Teachers will be notified by the Cash Flow Committee of the Xxxxxxx Teachers’ Federation prior to June 1 in the event the balance on teachers’ contracts due on the first scheduled paycheck in July cannot be paid. 11.5 New teachers will receive one half (½) of their first pay one payroll in advance and the remaining one half (½) on the next pay date. 11.6 Effective January 1, 2009, teacher pay will be issued via direct deposit only. 11.7 The Superintendent may approve additional compensation for individual teachers who have been authorized by the Superintendent to perform additional work assignments. 11.8 Payroll deductions for teachers shall be made as required by law or as mutually agreed to by the parties. Teachers may authorize deductions for tax-sheltered annuities during open enrollment periods of the carrier companies involved. 11.9 Deductions for daily absences not covered by provisions in the Contract shall be made at the same rate as earned. 11.10 Effective January 1, 1993, the Board shall pay directly to the Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund each teacher’s three percent (3%) contribution to the fund. 11.11 The parties recognize that the salaries which appear on Regular Teacher’s Contracts and Teacher’s Temporary Contracts will be inaccurate whenever a salary increase is approved after these contracts have been executed. At the time of a teacher’s retirement, the Employer will review these contracts and, when necessary, revise the contracts for the five (5) years of service before retirement in which the teacher’s annual compensation was highest so they accurately reflect the sums which the teacher earned in each of those five (5) years. 11.12 The parties recognize that students are entitled to be taught by fully qualified teachers, while at the same time recognizing a professional responsibility to assist in the preparation of student teachers. Therefore, supervision by a teacher of a student teacher shall be voluntary. No teacher should serve as a supervising teacher more than one-half (1/2) of the total teaching time each year. This provision was not bargained and has been included for informational purposes only. Should 11.13 If the Employer determines that any committee should continue its work during the summer, teachers belonging to the committee performing such services shall be paid on the same basis and in the same manner as summer school teachers. If the Employer determines that professional development should occur in the summer, specific teachers invited to participate shall be paid on the same basis as summer school teachers.

  • Professional Service Consultant agrees that all services and work performed under this agreement will be accomplished in a professional manner, in accordance with the accepted standards of Contractor’s profession.

  • Professional Day The period set forth in the Professional Day Article.

  • Professional Services Fees You agree to pay us the professional services fees in the amounts set forth in the Investment Summary. Those amounts are payable in accordance with our Invoicing and Payment Policy. You acknowledge that the fees stated in the Investment Summary are good-faith estimates of the amount of time and materials required for your implementation. We will bill you the actual fees incurred based on the in-scope services provided to you. Any discrepancies in the total values set forth in the Investment Summary will be resolved by multiplying the applicable hourly rate by the quoted hours.

  • Professional Expenses Each calendar year during the Employment Term, the Company agrees to reimburse the Executive for up to $10,000 of reasonable professional expenses (i.e., accounting, financial planning, estate planning expenses) incurred by the Executive during such year for personal advice rendered to the Executive.

  • Professional Days The President of the College or the President’s designee may assign any faculty member up to seven (7) days during the academic year for scheduled orientation and registration programs, commencement and convocation activities and such other College sponsored activities the Present deems appropriate. Professional days shall be assigned no earlier than three (3) days prior to the first (1st) day of classes in the fall semester and no earlier than four (4) days prior to the first (1st) day of classes in the spring semester. Such duties and responsibilities may be assigned to individual faculty members in blocks in one-half (1/2) day or more; and provided further that a faculty member shall not be required to discharge these responsibilities over more than fourteen (14) days during the academic year.

  • Professional Development Funds 23.1.1 Two Professional Development Funds, a Professional Development Support Fund and an Education Leave Fund, shall be established to support professional development activities as defined in 23.2. On April 1st of each year, the College will allocate an amount equal to no less than 0.9% of total faculty salary (exclusive of severance payments) to the Professional Development Support Fund, and an amount equal to no less than 0.6% of total faculty salary to the Educational Leave Fund. Any unused balances in these funds shall carry over to the next budget year. 23.1.2 The College agrees to provide the Association with the authority to administer the program on behalf of the College for those activities approved by the College in accordance with 23.2, 23.4 and 23.5. 23.1.3 Nothing in this Agreement prevents the College from funding professional development activities in addition to those activities supported through the Professional Development Funds (23.1.1) in accordance with the procedures described in this Article.

  • Outside Professional Activities 27.01 Outside professional activities conducted with professional and academic responsibility can enhance the reputation of the University and the abilities of its academic staff and librarians. This article applies only to outside professional activities that involve the application of special skills and knowledge within the member’s particular professional expertise. While a member has a primary obligation to fulfil their University responsibilities, they have the right to engage in outside professional activities subject to the following conditions: 27.01.01 A member shall notify the Xxxx/University Librarian in writing of the type, time commitment, and location of any such proposed professional activity. If the proposed activity involves the teaching at another educational institution of a course related to the faculty member's professional expertise, the faculty member shall obtain the prior written permission of the Xxxx/University Librarian, and such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld; 27.01.02 Such activities shall not require the commitment of a block of time on a regular basis which might interfere with the faculty member's normal timetable for teaching activities or a librarian's performance of normal professional responsibilities. For faculty, such activities shall not require the member to devote more than an average of one working day per five-day week on an annual basis. For librarian members, such activities shall not require the member to devote more than 20 working days per calendar year. 27.01.03 Such activities shall not hinder the fulfilment of the member's obligations to the University; 27.01.04 The name of the University and University letterhead shall not be used in such activities unless agreed to in advance by the President, although nothing shall prevent a member from stating the nature and place of employment, rank, and title in connection with such professional activities, provided that they shall not purport to represent the University or to speak for it, or to have its approval, unless such approval has been given in advance in writing by the Xxxx/University Librarian; 27.01.05 Use of University facilities, equipment, supplies, services or other personnel shall require prior written authorization from the member's Xxxx/University Librarian or from the appropriate administrative officer. Financial arrangements for such use shall be made in advance. University activities shall have priority in the use of such facilities, equipment, supplies, services and personnel; 27.01.06 A member engaged in outside professional activities shall hold the University harmless against any loss or damage that the University may suffer from such activities; and, 27.01.07 In preparing their Annual Report, each member shall include a statement of their outside professional activities in the previous year. 27.02 If the Xxxx/University Librarian has cause for concern, the Xxxx/University Librarian has the right to review a member's current or proposed outside professional activities and may require the member to provide information concerning the time devoted to current and past outside professional activities. The Xxxx/University Librarian shall inform the member in writing of the results of the review and, if necessary, of any corrective action which might be required of the member.

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