Professional, Personal, and Association Sample Clauses

Professional, Personal, and Association. 1. At the discretion of Administration, a Member may be granted time off during the school year to attend conferences, workshops, seminars, training sessions, or to view other instructional techniques or programs. (This may include more than one (1) conference.) Reasonable expenses related to the attendance at such events will be reimbursed. a. Conference days may not be granted when, as a result of other absences, the total amount of instructional time missed impairs the quality of the instructional program. b. Reasonable expenses include: registration fee, lodging, meals, and miscellaneous expenses as approved by the District.

Professional, Personal, and Association. 1. At the discretion of Administration, a Member may be granted time off during the school year to attend conferences, workshops, seminars, training sessions, or to view other instructional techniques or programs. (This may include more than one (1) conference.) Reasonable expenses related to the attendance at such events will be reimbursed. a. Conference days may not be granted when, as a result of other absences, the total amount of instructional time missed impairs the quality of the instructional program. b. Reasonable expenses include: registration fee, lodging, meals, and miscellaneous expenses as approved by the District. i. All travel by Members will be in accordance with Administrative Guideline 3440A (Job-Related Expenses). ii. Miscellaneous expenses will be restricted to those expenses directly related to the function. Expenses for optional social activities are the responsibility of the individual. No expenses for alcoholic beverages will be paid. iii. The rates of reimbursement for meals are not to exceed the amounts established by Administration Guideline 3400A without prior Administrative approval. However, a line item may be exceeded as long as a single meal does not exceed the allowable amounts for lunch and dinner combined. In the event any meals are included in the registration fee, an appropriate adjustment to the allowable amounts will be made. However, the allowable amounts for Members shall in no circumstance fall below the following: Breakfast $ 8.00 Lunch $ 12.00 Dinner $ 25.00 Lodging per night $100.00 or group rate c. In granting conference days, consideration will be given to the following: i. Out-of-state or in-state conferences shall be evaluated by the same criteria; ii. Priority for attending a conference shall be given to Members that have not attended a conference during the previous one (1) or two (2) years; iii. The conference should be related to the instructional program; iv. Cost; and v. Budgetary constraints. x. XXXXX will be given copies of all conference requests.