Common use of RELEASE TIME FOR IN-SERVICE Clause in Contracts

RELEASE TIME FOR IN-SERVICE. a. Requests in advance to attend workshops related to the employee’s work assignment will be made in writing to the employee’s supervisor for review. Denial is not subject to grievance. b. A professional growth fund of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be established for specialized training of classified employees to enhance their individual job performance or to provide group in-service opportunities. The fund will be distributed at the discretion of the Labor-Management Committee. If the fund is not depleted during the designated school year, it will carry over for one (1) year only. Funds carried over shall be used first. District sponsored in-service costs shall be paid by the District. Staff Development Fund guidelines along with the Classified Staff Development Reimbursement or Advance Payment form are available on the District intranet. c. If additional in-service days are scheduled that are not on the school year calendar, after the beginning of the school year, all permanent employees will be given the opportunity to work their regularly scheduled number of hours on that day or to make up any time lost due to that in-service day. d. During in-service days employees who are scheduled to work in the District may request to be released from their regularly assigned duties to attend in-service activities related to improving their job performance with no loss of pay. If a supervisor doesn’t approve the request, the employee may request to take leave with pay or unpaid leave. Requests for unpaid leave must be approved by Human Resources. All other leave requests must be approved by the employee’s supervisor.

RELEASE TIME FOR IN-SERVICE. a. Requests in advance for release time to attend in-service workshops related to the employee’s work assignment will be made in writing to the employee’s his/her supervisor for review. Denial is not subject to grievance. b. A professional growth fund of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be established for specialized training of classified employees to enhance their individual job performance or to provide group in-service opportunities. The fund will be distributed at the discretion of the Labor-Labor Management CommitteeTeam. If the fund is not depleted during the designated school year, it will be returned to the general fund carry over for one (1) one year only. Funds carried over shall be used first. District sponsored in-service costs shall be paid by the District. Staff Development Fund guidelines along with the Classified Staff Development Reimbursement or Advance Payment form are available on the District district intranet. c. If additional in-service days are scheduled that are not on the school year calendar, after the beginning of the school year, all permanent employees will be given the opportunity to work their regularly scheduled number of hours on that day or to make up any time lost due to that in-service day. d. During in-service days employees who are scheduled to work in the District district may request to be released from their regularly assigned duties to attend in-service activities related to improving their job performance with no loss of pay. If a supervisor doesn’t approve the request, the employee may request to take leave with pay or unpaid leave. Requests for unpaid leave must be approved by Human Resources. All other leave requests must be approved by the employee’s supervisor. If the employee is requesting professional development monies, the request must be approved by the Labor Management Team.

RELEASE TIME FOR IN-SERVICE. a. Requests in advance for release time to attend in-service workshops related to the employee’s work assignment will be made in writing to the employee’s his/her supervisor for review. Denial is not subject to grievance. b. A professional growth fund of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be established for specialized training of classified employees to enhance their individual job performance or to provide group in-service opportunities. The fund will be distributed at the discretion of the Labor-Labor Management CommitteeTeam. If the fund is not depleted during the designated school year, it will carry over for one (1) year only. Funds carried over shall be used firstreturned to the general fund. District sponsored in-service costs shall be paid by the District. Staff Development Fund guidelines along with the Classified Staff Development Reimbursement or Advance Payment form are available on the District district intranet. c. If additional in-service days are scheduled that are not on the school year calendar, after the beginning of the school year, all permanent employees will be given the opportunity to work their regularly scheduled number of hours on that day or to make up any time lost due to that in-service day. d. During in-service days employees who are scheduled to work in the District district may request to be released from their regularly assigned duties to attend in-service activities related to improving their job performance with no loss of pay. If a supervisor doesn’t approve the request, the employee may request to take leave with pay or unpaid leave. Requests for unpaid leave must be approved by Human Resources. All other leave requests must be approved by the employee’s supervisor. If the employee is requesting professional development monies, the request must be approved by the Labor Management Team.