Outside Professional Activities A. A faculty member may engage in outside professional activity or act in a consulting or advisory capacity to public or private clients, recognizing that suitable contact with the public and private sector offers a desirable means whereby he/she may relate his/her professional activities and teaching to current practice, trends and developments, subject to the following: 1. Such professional activity shall not conflict or interfere with the fulfilment of his/her duties and responsibilities to the University as provided in this agreement; 2. Such professional activities shall not reflect adversely on, or be to the detriment of the University; 3. A faculty member must disclose and seek approval from the Xxxx to undertake outside professional activity when such activity has the potential of not complying with clauses 1 and 2 above. The disclosure shall be in writing and shall include: a) a full description of the work or activity; b) an estimate of the time required or the time period to perform the work (number of hours per week over a period of time, number of weeks, the term or terms when the majority of the activity is scheduled to take place.); c) the extent of the use, if any, of University facilities, supplies, support staff or students; d) any other external activities that have already been approved in that year or that are continuing from an earlier year; and e) the impact of the activity will have on teaching, research, and service responsibilities. The following factors shall serve as guidelines to determine whether the outside professional activity requires prior disclosures to, and approval by the Xxxx: a) The activity is one that conflicts with the faculty member’s teaching activities, e.g. necessitates a rescheduling of teaching sessions, or that reduces student access to the faculty member, etc.; b) The activity is one that results in the faculty member having less time to devote to his/her SRC duties and conflicts with his/her obligations set out in Article 7 Obligations and Article 10 Workload; or c) The activity is one that reduces the faculty member’s ability to meet his/her service duties and conflicts with his/her obligations set out in Article 7 Obligations and Article 10
Professional Development Leave A. Policy. Professional development leave shall be made available to employees who meet the requirements set forth below. Such leaves are granted to increase an employee's value to the University through enhanced opportunities for professional renewal, educational travel, study, formal education, research, writing, or other experience of professional value, not as a reward for service.
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.