Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave. 2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following: a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research. b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant. c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools. 3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years. 4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended. 5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave. 6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties. 7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced. 8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due. 9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions. 10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that such leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full-time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not less than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Xxxxxxx County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healthshall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxx County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any The bargaining unit member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify shall be restored to the Treasurer not less than same position, if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty (30) days prior to the commencement date of the leave and pay return if before April 1. All other conditions of employment provided to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any active bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit shall also be restored.
6. Group hospitalization and medical insurance, including disability income protection and group term life insurance, shall continue while on sabbatical leave.
7. An agreement shall be signed by the participating partners. Successful applicants must indicate within thirty (30) days of being awarded the sabbatical that they plan to accept and agree to the terms of the sabbatical. If an individual should decline the sabbatical before August 1, the sabbatical shall be offered to another qualified applicant. Should the bargaining unit member receiving sabbatical leave voluntarily separate his/her employment or has his/her employment separated for cause within five (5) years after returning from leave, the bargaining unit member shall be required to pay the Xxxxxxx County Public Schools a prorated portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10amount paid on his/her behalf. All such sabbatical leaves Such payment shall be granted in conformity to the provisions made within one (1) year of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codehis/her separation from employment.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member 4.04.1 A teacher who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least has completed five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use years of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety service, shall, upon written request at least sixty (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (3060) days prior to the commencement leave initiation date, be entitled to take a leave of absence with part pay, for one or two semesters subject to the following restrictions: the teacher shall present to the Superintendent for approval, a plan for professional growth which calls for full-time study related to public education and at the conclusion of the leave and pay provide evidence that the plan was followed. The teacher may be required to return to the Treasurer an amount equal district at the end of the leave for a period of at least one year, unless the teacher has completed twenty-five (25) years of teaching in this state. The Board of Education may not grant such a leave unless there is available a satisfactory substitute, nor grant such leaves to fifty more than five percent (505%) of the total monthly professional staff at any one time nor allow a part salary in excess of the difference between the replacement's cost and the teacher's cost, nor grant a leave longer than one school year, nor grant a leave to any teacher more often than once for each five (5) years of service, nor grant a leave a second time to the same individual when other members of the staff have filed a request for such a leave. A year of sabbatical leave shall count as a year of credit for placement on the salary schedule.
4.04.2 Reinstatement from sabbatical leave shall be at the beginning of each school semester. If a teacher desires to return to active service prior to the stated date in the application for leave, the teacher may do so with the approval of the Superintendent. If early return is granted, the teacher shall be assigned to the assignment held prior to such leave, or to a substantially equivalent position. At the expiration of the leave period as originally granted, the teacher shall be reinstated on the same terms and conditions as though he/she returned from leave at the time set forth in the application.
4.04.3 An employee on sabbatical leave shall receive compensation that is the difference between the substitute's salary and the employee's compensation who is on the sabbatical leave. If the cost of the insurance not substitute's benefits are less than ten (10) days in advance the cost of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both employee's benefits, then the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsshall receive the difference in pay or an amount to be provided to his/her insurance benefits.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationPursuant to the terms of the School Code, not later than April 1 teachers who have been employed by the Dexter Community Schools for the required minimum period of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall time may be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications A teacher may apply for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting one of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchA sabbatical for a full year and paid half (1/2) salary.
b. The value of A sabbatical for one (1) semester and paid half (1/2) salary during the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicantsemester on leave or three-quarters (3/4) salary on an annualized basis.
c. A sabbatical for one-half (1/2) day each day for a full year and paid full salary. In all cases, the teacher will receive full fringe benefits. Sabbatical leaves shall be granted to not more than three (3) members of the faculty at any one time and it is further agreed that such leaves must be used for earning credit towards an approved advanced degree program at an accredited college or university, research work under the guidance of competent research personnel, domestic or foreign travel, or advance study for a specialty program. The applicant’s total length study, research or travel plans for the year or semester must be submitted to the Superintendent for approval by August 30 for leaves to be granted for the second semester of that year, or by March 30 for the following fall semester or school year. The Board will give equal weight to the following criteria for applicant priority:
a. Date of filing application.
b. Purpose of leave.
c. Length of service with Pickerington Schoolsin school system.
3d. Professional growth of staff member.
e. Potential benefit to school system.
f. Demonstrated dedicated service to the school system. In order After due consideration of all the applications, the Superintendent shall present each request to the Board with his/her written recommendation of acceptance or rejection. A copy of the Superintendent's recommendation to the Board will be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in furnished the Pickerington School District for teacher applicant at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report prior to the Superintendent detailing Board meeting at which the use, decision in respect to the granting of the leave will be rendered by the Board. The teacher involved will then be asked to be present at the meeting when his or her program comes up for consideration. It is agreed that accepting any sabbatical leave carries an obligation to return to the District and to teach for a period of time at least double the length of the period for which was made of his/her leave. If the sabbatical leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present or to refund to the Superintendent District a transcript from full value of the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved salary received during the sabbatical period and, therefore, as a condition to receiving final approval for a sabbatical leave a teacher shall file with the personnel office a written agreement stipulating that following the leave s/he will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for remain in the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary service of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools Board for a period of either one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require of teaching service in the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning Dexter Community Schools commencing with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period semester following termination of the leave and shall return to their same period (in the case of semester leave) or to a similar position as they held at two (2) years of teaching service in the time Dexter Community Schools commencing with the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement semester following termination of the leave and pay to period (in the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) case of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duea year's leave.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.)
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A Bargaining Unit Member who has completed five (5) consecutive years of service will be entitled to take a leave of absence with part pay, for either one semester (fall or spring) or one year, subject to the following restrictions:
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 The Bargaining Unit Member shall submit to the Superintendent a request which includes a plan for professional growth. This plan must be approved prior to the granting of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave. For a full year or fall semester, the request must be submitted by April 1. Requests for spring semester must be submitted by November 1.
2. All applications for Upon return from sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualificationsleave, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program Bargaining Unit Member shall submit to the Pickerington SchoolsSuperintendent a report containing transcripts of courses taken while on leave, its pupils, a description of travel and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length other information pertaining to evaluation of service with Pickerington Schoolshis or her program.
3. The Bargaining Unit Member may be required to return to the district at the end of the leave for a period of at least two years. In order the event the Bargaining Unit Member does not return to the district for the requisite period, he/she may be required to return any money received from the Board during the sabbatical year.
4. A satisfactory replacement must be available. The actual teaching assignment may be filled by any satisfactorily certified employee, existing or new hire. For purposes of pay calculation the Bargaining Unit Member’s replacement shall be the person employed on the most temporary contract, regardless of the replacement’s actual teaching assignment. For these purposes a substitute contract is the most temporary type of contract. In the event two or more Bargaining Unit Members are hired on the same type of contract (i.e. one-year limited), the Bargaining Unit Member who has been advised that this is a temporary, one-year position shall be considered to be eligible for on the most temporary contract. In the case of a semester sabbatical, the building administrator and Bargaining Unit Member must agree on a satisfactory substitute.
5. No more than two (2) percent of the certified staff may be granted sabbatical leave, leave at any one time.
6. The excess difference between the replacement's pay and the Bargaining Unit Member's expected salary shall be paid the Bargaining Unit Member.
7. No Bargaining Unit Member may be granted a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least leave more often than once each five (5) years.
48. No Bargaining Unit Member may be granted a leave a second time when other members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical staff have filed a request to be granted such leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves Upon return from a full-year sabbatical, a Bargaining Unit Member shall be granted in conformity returned to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of same or similar assignment held prior to such leave. Similar assignment means K-4 teachers to K-4, 5-8 teachers to 5-8 and high school teachers to high school. Supplemental contracts or extended service do not apply. Bargaining Unit Members shall notify the Ohio Revised CodeSuperintendent by March 15 if they do not intend to return.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted The Superintendent may grant a sabbatical leave of absence for study or independent research for one (1) year at half pay or for one-half year at half pay whenever school is in session to any regularly appointed teacher who has completed seven (7) consecutive years of service in the Providence School Department. The teacher shall have the option of selecting the period of leave.
2. All applications Approval of a request shall not be unreasonably withheld. The number of requests approved shall not be capped. Requests for sabbatical leave will for a full year or for a half year commencing at the beginning of the first semester shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives submitted to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by Superintendent or his/her designated representative on or before May 31 in the Association Presidentschool year preceding the school year for which the request is made. The committee Superintendent shall consider, among other qualifications, render a decision regarding such request as soon as possible after receipt but in no case will the following:
a. The proposed program decision be made later than the last day of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, school year. Request for sabbatical leave for a full year or research.
b. The value a half year commencing at the beginning of the proposed program second semester shall be submitted to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and Superintendent or his/her designated representative no later than December 1 of the individual applicant.
c. school year for which the leave is requested. The applicant’s total length Superintendent shall render a decision regarding such request as soon as possible after receipt but in no case will the decision be made later than January 1 of service with Pickerington Schools.
3the school year for which the leave is requested. In order to be eligible for When a teacher has received a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed further eligibility shall not commence until seven (7) more consecutive years of service are completed in the Pickerington Providence School District for at least five (5) years.
4Department. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within Absences totaling more than ninety (90) school days after within a teacher’s school year shall be considered as breaking the continuity of seven (7) consecutive years. A teacher’s school year shall be that period between his/her annual increments. Any teaching activities connected with a scholastic fellowship or grant shall not be considered as employment. FURTHER, a teacher requesting such leave must undertake a program of studies approved by the Superintendent carrying no less than twelve (12) classroom credits per semester unless the writing of a thesis is involved or the proposed study is towards a doctorate. Where the writing of a thesis or a doctoral study is involved, the Superintendent shall be empowered to approve a program of studies of less than twelve (12) classroom credits, but the combined credits for classroom work and the writing of a thesis should total twelve (12) credits. FURTHER, a teacher requesting such leave for independent research shall be required to submit a synopsis indicating that the leave will be beneficial to the school system and/or the community. FURTHER, a teacher who receives a leave with pay must agree to return to the Providence School Department at the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools remain for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty two (302) days prior years. Any teacher who decides to resign and thereby fails to serve for the commencement of the two (2) full years following his/her leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent must refund one- twentieth (50%1/20) of the total monthly cost salary received while on leave for each month he/she failed to serve short of the insurance not less than ten twenty (1020) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duemonths.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 The District will award up to thirty (30) sabbatical leaves per school year to applicants who will use said leave for the purpose of any school year, obtaining certification in an area in which the Board determines that a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveshortage of employees is developing.
2. All applications The District will develop each school year a list of certification areas in which a shortage of employees is developing.
3. Applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed screened by a committee consisting Committee of three six (6) members. Three (3) representatives members of the Sabbatical Committee are to be named appointed by the SuperintendentPresident of the BTU, and three (3) representatives members are to be named appointed by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsSuperintendent.
4. Unit members requesting An applicant must agree to pursue a plan approved by the Committee and leading to certification in an area in which a shortage of employees is developing.
5. The applicant must provide a written recommendation from his/her principal, department head and the affected curriculum supervisor.
6. Seniority shall not be a factor in awarding critical shortage sabbaticals.
7. An application for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the Superintendent not later than March 1st (or the last workday preceding March 1st) preceding the school year for which the leave is sought. However, this deadline may be extended by mutual agreement between the parties. If the Committee requests clarification of an application, the Committee will inform the applicant of the time limit for supplying the information.
8. The Superintendent will give written notice not later than the second Board meeting in April to each applicant regarding the disposition of the employee's application.
9. An employee granted a sabbatical leave shall inform the Superintendent in writing of his/her intention to either accept or decline such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leavesleave. Within ninety Such notification shall be given not later than fifteen (9015) days after the expiration applicant has received notice of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted approval for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
610. As If more critical shortage sabbatical applications are received than the projected number of critical shortage vacancies for a condition of being granted a critical shortage subject area, then the applicants shall be rank-ordered by critical shortage subject area based upon the Sabbatical Committee ratings. The sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return vacancies shall be offered to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning applicants in order from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund highest to the Board lowest ranking applicant in a subject area until all payments received from projected critical shortage area vacancies are filled or the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement maximum of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior sabbaticals are offered. Should any of the original choices decline his/her sabbatical leave due to a change in plan or lack of acceptance in a program, the next ranked applicant in that critical shortage subject area shall be notified and considered. This process shall continue through the list of alternate-designates until all approved applications have been accepted or rejected.
11. There shall be separate application forms for sabbatical leave and tuition reimbursements under this provision.
12. The Sabbatical Committee is hereby authorized by the parties to issue a recommendation to the commencement President of the leave BTU and pay the Chief Human Resources & Equity Officer who are authorized to reach a final agreement on the Treasurer an amount equal procedures that will be printed and distributed to fifty all work locations and will become part of this Agreement.
13. Employees granted critical shortage sabbaticals shall receive seventy-five percent (5075%) of their base salary while on said leave.
14. Employees who are granted this leave shall agree in writing to teach in the total monthly cost District for three (3) years after returning from said leave.
15. The period of such leave shall count as regular service for the insurance not less than ten (10) days purpose of retirement, if approved in advance by the retirement system, and the contribution to the appropriate retirement system therefore shall continue. The employee's insurance benefits normally paid by the District and provided in this Agreement will be paid by the District while the employee is on sabbatical leave. The leave shall count for purpose of the time that the Board premium payment is duesalary increments but such increments shall not be applied retroactively. The leave shall not count for vacation or sick leave.
916. Any bargaining unit member An employee who purchases retirement credit for returns from completion of a critical shortage sabbatical shall be placed in a position requiring the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both certification earned by the employee and employer share of retirement contributionswhile they were on said leave provided that such a position exists in the District. If no position exists, the District shall employee the person in another position for which he/she is qualified until a vacancy in the critical shortage area is announced.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that such leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full-time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not less than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Garrett County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health[either for one-half (1/2) of a school year or for a full school year] shall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to return to employment in the Garrett County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any The bargaining unit member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify shall be restored to the Treasurer not less than same position, if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty (30) days prior to the commencement date of return is less than one (1) year. All other conditions of employment provided to active bargaining unit member shall also be restored.
6. Group hospitalization and medical insurance, including disability income protection and group term life insurance, shall continue while on sabbatical leave.
7. An agreement shall be signed by the participating partners. Successful applicants must indicate within thirty (30) days of being awarded the sabbatical that they plan to accept and agree to the terms of the sabbatical. If an individual should decline the sabbatical before August 1, the sabbatical shall be offered to another qualified applicant. Should the bargaining unit member receiving sabbatical leave and voluntarily separate his/her employment or has his/her employment separated for cause within five (5) years after returning from leave, the bargaining unit member shall be required to pay the Garrett County Public Schools a prorated portion (each of the five (5) years shall equate to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty twenty percent (5020%)) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10amount paid on his/her behalf. All such sabbatical leaves Such payment shall be granted in conformity to the provisions made within one (1) year of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codehis/her separation from employment.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will may be reviewed made by a committee consisting members of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentbargaining unit. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program employee must have rendered service to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington Petaluma School District for at least five (5) yearsseven consecutive years preceding the granting of the leave. Sabbatical leave may be granted by the District. Sabbatical leave may be requested only for one or more of the following reasons:
a. Study, independent research or a special project by the employee which will benefit the schools and pupils of the District.
b. Travel by the employee which will benefit the schools and pupils of the district.
2. A bond, in amount equal to the total salary payment for the duration of the leave, shall be posted by the employee, if required by the District, upon approval of the leave by the Board of Education. If the employee does not remain in the employ of the District for at least two years after the termination of the sabbatical leave, the bond shall be forfeited.
3. Request for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the Superintendent, or his/her designee, in writing by October 1 of the school year prior to the leave. The Superintendent, or his/her designee, with the advice of the District Evaluation Committee, may present recommendations to the Board of Education at the second regular meeting of the Board of Education in November of the year prior to the leave.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their A sabbatical leavesleave which is approved shall not exceed one year. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the The leave was may be granted for graduate study, a shorter period than one year providing suitable arrangements can be made by the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedDistrict.
5. Unit members approved for a Any unit member granted sabbatical leave shall, with the approval of the Superintendent, or his/her designee, be paid the difference between his/her regular salary and that of the substitute employed to take the place of the employee (or the amount which would have been paid had a substitute been employed), or one-half (1/2) of the salary he/she would normally receive from the District, whichever is the greater benefit to the employee. Compensation shall be paid in the same manner as if the unit member were teaching in the District.
6. At the expiration of the sabbatical leave, the employee, unless he/she otherwise agrees, shall be reinstated in the same or in a reasonably like position held by him/her at the time the leave was granted. If such a position no longer exists, he/she shall be assigned to another position. The employee shall have the right to seek and accept another position in the District by utilizing the District procedures regarding transfer.
7. The number of unit members granted sabbatical leave for any one period of time from each District shall not exceed two percent of the total number of unit employees in that District. If the requests submitted by deadline are in excess of the number of leaves recommended by the Superintendent or his/her designee a rank order of alternates shall be determined by the Superintendent or his/her designee, in order to provide replacements for any person(s) who withdraw their leave requests; year or fall semester leaves before May 1, or spring semester leaves before November 1. If the number of requests submitted by the deadline does not equal the number of leaves recommended by the Superintendent or his/her designee, requests submitted thereafter will be notified considered in chronological order of their approval filing until February 1. The Superintendent or his/her designee may present his/her recommendations to the Board of Education by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possibleits first regular meeting in March.
8. A Two consecutive withdrawals of approved sabbatical leave by a unit member on a shall result in ineligibility to apply for the next two years unless there are unusual circumstances as determined by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
9. Not more than one sabbatical leave shall be given granted to an employment contract individual unit member in any seven-year period. The time spent on sabbatical leave shall not count in the seven-year period.
10. Individuals granted sabbatical leave will advance normally on the salary schedule.
11. Health and welfare benefits approved for the year of leave and bargaining unit shall be entitled to a salary equal paid by the District while the unit member is on sabbatical leave.
12. Xxxx leave will neither accumulate to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them employee nor be charged against him/her while on sabbatical leave.
613. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for College credits and inservice credit may be earned during sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was and utilized to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesmeet salary requirements.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that sabbatical leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full- time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Xxxxxxx County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healtheither for one-half (1/2) of a school year or for a full school year shall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to employment in the Xxxxxxx County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon returning from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary scale at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any The bargaining unit member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify shall be restored to the Treasurer not less than same position if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty (30) days prior to the commencement date of return if before April 1. All other conditions of employment provided to active bargaining unit members shall also be restored.
6. Medical insurance and group term life insurance, shall continue while on sabbatical leave at the employee’s expense.
7. An agreement shall be signed by the participating partners. Successful applicants must indicate within thirty (30) days of being awarded the sabbatical that they plan to accept and agree to the terms of the sabbatical. If an individual should decline before August 1, the sabbatical shall be offered to another qualified applicant. Should the bargaining unit member receiving sabbatical leave and voluntarily separate his/her employment or has his/her employment separated for cause within five (5) years after returning from leave, the bargaining unit member shall be required to pay the Xxxxxxx County Public Schools a prorated portion each of the five (5) years shall equate to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty twenty percent (5020%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10amount paid on his/her behalf. All such sabbatical leaves Such payment shall be granted in conformity to the provisions made within one (1) year of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codehis/her separation from employment.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. A teacher shall, conditional only on the operational requirements of the District and the numerical limit provided below, be granted, "Sabbatical Leave" under the following conditions::
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, The teacher must have completed six (6) years continuous service as a unit member who meets teacher in the following qualifications shall be granted a District since the last sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave teacher shall be given an employment contract for paid at the year rate of leave and shall be entitled to a 75% of annual salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes prorated for the period of the leave whether it be for a full year or one half year.
3. Requests for sabbatical leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing on forms designated by the BOARD no later than January l and shall return action must be taken on all such requests no later than the third week in March of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested.
4. The teacher must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and be engaged in a formal program leading to their same or an advanced degree leading to a similar position as they held specialization which is needed by the District.
5. Requests for sabbatical leave on a basis other than the criteria established above shall be given consideration and nothing contained herein shall prohibit the BOARD from granting such leaves. However, such requests must contain significant rationale setting forth the value of such leave to the District. Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and the approval of the BOARD, such leave shall be granted.
6. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a teacher shall receive active service credit and appropriate annual salary, including increases granted during the period of sabbatical leave.
7. Any teacher granted a sabbatical leave of absence must agree in writing to continue working for the District for at least two (2) years following the time the leave commencedsabbatical leave.
8. A bargaining unit member on report or summary of the sabbatical leave may maintain healthshall be submitted to the Superintendent of Schools and the BOARD upon the completion of the leave. Periodic progress reports of the sabbatical leave, lifeas requested by the BOARD and the administration, and dental insurance benefits shall be furnished by the individual during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueperiod.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit The number of leaves granted under this Article shall not exceed l% of the number of teachers eligible for sabbatical leave. In the event a request for sabbatical leave is denied, the Superintendent shall, within fifteen (15) days of the denial of the request, give a written explanation of the reasons for the portion denial to the teachers involved.
B. A teacher may be granted sabbatical leave to pursue enrollment in courses as specified under 5:8D subject to the remaining provisions of their salary forfeited during Section A.9 above. This benefit is limited to a total of two (2) teachers per contract year, in addition to the allotment of sabbatical leaves provided under Article 6:11A of the sabbatical leave will pay provision, and shall be provided to STRS both current employees only. In the employee and employer share event the number of retirement contributions.
10. All such leaves taken under Article 6:11A above is less than the number of sabbatical leaves for which the unit is eligible, the number of sabbatical leaves for which the unit is eligible under this Article 6:11B shall be granted in conformity to increased by the provisions number of leaves under Article 6:11A for which the unit is eligible less the number of sabbatical leaves taken under Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.6:11A.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that such leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full-time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not less than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Garrett County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healthshall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to return to employment in the Garrett County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any The bargaining unit member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify shall be restored to the Treasurer not less than same position, if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty (30) days prior to the commencement date of the leave and pay return if before April 1. All other conditions of employment provided to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any active bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit shall also be restored.
6. Group hospitalization and medical insurance, including disability income protection and group term life insurance, shall continue while on sabbatical leave.
7. An agreement shall be signed by the participating partners. Successful applicants must indicate within thirty (30) days of being awarded the sabbatical that they plan to accept and agree to the terms of the sabbatical. If an individual should decline the sabbatical before August 1, the sabbatical shall be offered to another qualified applicant. Should the bargaining unit member receiving sabbatical leave voluntarily separate his/her employment or has his/her employment separated for cause within five (5) years after returning from leave, the bargaining unit member shall be required to pay the Garrett County Public Schools a prorated portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10amount paid on his/her behalf. All such sabbatical leaves Such payment shall be granted in conformity to the provisions made within one (1) year of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codehis/her separation from employment.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 The Board will award up to thirty (30) sabbatical leaves per school year to applicants who will use said leave for the purpose of any school year, obtaining certification in an area in which the Board determines that a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveshortage of employees is developing.
2. All applications The Board will develop each school year a list of certification areas in which a shortage of employees is developing.
3. Applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed screened by a committee consisting Committee of three six (6) members. Three (3) representatives members of the Sabbatical Committee are to be named appointed by the SuperintendentPresident of the BTU, and three (3) representatives members are to be named appointed by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsSuperintendent.
4. Unit members requesting An applicant must agree to pursue a plan approved by the Committee and leading to certification in an area in which a shortage of employees is developing.
5. The applicant must provide a written recommendation from his/her principal, department head and the affected curriculum supervisor.
6. Seniority shall not be a factor in awarding critical shortage sabbaticals.
7. An application for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the Superintendent not later than March 1st (or the last workday preceding March 1st) preceding the school year for which the leave is sought. However, this deadline may be extended by mutual agreement between the parties. If the Committee requests clarification of an application, the Committee will inform the applicant of the time limit for supplying the information.
8. The Superintendent will give written notice not later than the second Board meeting in April to each applicant regarding the disposition of the employee's application.
9. An employee granted a sabbatical leave shall inform the Superintendent in writing of his/her intention to either accept or decline such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leavesleave. Within ninety Such notification shall be given not later than fifteen (9015) days after the expiration applicant has received notice of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted approval for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
610. As If more critical shortage sabbatical applications are received than the projected number of critical shortage vacancies for a condition of being granted a critical shortage subject area, then the applicants shall be rank-ordered by critical shortage subject area based upon the Sabbatical Committee ratings. The sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return vacancies shall be offered to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning applicants in order from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund highest to the Board lowest ranking applicant in a subject area until all payments received from projected critical shortage area vacancies are filled or the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement maximum of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior sabbaticals are offered. Should any of the original choices decline his/her sabbatical leave due to a change in plan or lack of acceptance in a program, the next ranked applicant in that critical shortage subject area shall be notified and considered. This process shall continue through the list of alternate-designates until all approved applications have been accepted or rejected.
11. There shall be separate application forms for sabbatical leave and tuition reimbursements under this provision.
12. The Sabbatical Committee is hereby authorized by the parties to issue a recommendation to the commencement President of the leave Broward Teachers Union and pay the Chief Human Resources & Equity Officer who are authorized to reach a final agreement on the Treasurer an amount equal procedures that will be printed and distributed to fifty all work locations and will become part of this Agreement.
13. Employees granted critical shortage sabbaticals shall receive seventy-five percent (5075%) of their base salary while on said leave.
14. Employees who are granted this leave shall agree in writing to teach in the total monthly cost district for three (3) years after returning from said leave.
15. The period of such leave shall count as regular service for the insurance not less than ten (10) days purpose of retirement, if approved in advance of by the time that retirement system, and the contribution to the appropriate retirement system therefore shall continue. The employee's insurance benefits normally paid by the Board premium payment and provided in this Agreement will be paid by the Board while the employee is dueon sabbatical leave. The leave shall count for purpose of salary increments but such increments shall not be applied retroactively. The leave shall not count for vacation or sick leave.
916. Any bargaining unit member An employee who purchases retirement credit for returns from completion of a critical shortage sabbatical shall be placed in a position requiring the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both certification earned by the employee and employer share of retirement contributionswhile they were on said leave provided that such a position exists in the district. If no position exists, the district shall employee the person in another position for which he/she is qualified until a vacancy in the critical shortage area is announced.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall Sabbatical leave may be granted a sabbatical leave.
2in accordance with Section 1235 of the School Code of 1976, as amended. All applications Eligibility for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by of absence shall require a committee consisting minimum of three (3) representatives years continuous employment by the Board immediately prior to such leave of absence. In order to apply for sabbatical leave, the teacher must submit to the Superintendent in writing an application which will state the purpose, specific plans and the program to be named pursued an how it will assist the school system and the teacher's students to grant such a leave. All applications must be filed no later than April 1 to be considered for the next succeeding school year. The Superintendent will ordinarily approve applications in order of their submission dates; however, he/she may deviate from this if, in his/her judgment, it would work a hardship upon the system. If the sabbatical leave is granted, the teacher must upon return from the sabbatical leave, submit to the Board in writing, a synopsis of the program he/she pursued and the proof of the work accomplished. If the Board shall grant the application for sabbatical leave, the teacher will be eligible to receive one-half (1/2) salary during said sabbatical leave provided that teacher shall execute a promissory note in favor of the Board for the amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the salary received during the sabbatical leave period. It is understood that this promissory note may be paid off by return to the Superintendent, and school system for a period of three (3) representatives years, in lieu of a cash repayment. As the teacher serves three (3) years, the amount of the promissory note will be reduced by one-third (1/3) for each school year of service rendered upon return from the leave. During the period of the leave of absence the Board will pay health insurance premiums and forward to be named by the Association PresidentMichigan Public School Employees' Retirement Fund the necessary contribution to properly maintain the teacher's retirement status. Teachers may at their own expense retain dental and life insurance. The committee teacher shall consider, among other qualifications, be responsible to notify the following:
a. The proposed program business office of the applicant as related place where payroll checks will be forwarded while he/she is on said leave. Checks will be mailed to professional graduate study, travel, writing, that address on or research.
b. The value of before the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3regular pay days. In order to be eligible for a Upon return from sabbatical leave, a unit member must have the teacher shall be advanced on the salary schedule as though he/she had been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes district during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return be restored to their same his/her former position if possible, or to a similar position as they held at of comparable status and seniority. It is expressly understood that the time the teacher shall maintain tenure, accumulated leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical days and all other accrued benefits provided under this Agreement, except that sick leave may maintain health, life, provisions and dental insurance benefits bereavement leave provisions and personal business day provisions shall not apply during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueabsence.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Tentative Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationSection 1 An employee, not later than April 1 who has completed seven (7) years of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named employment by the SuperintendentCommittees, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, leave for a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five period not to exceed one (51) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans year for the proposed use purpose of their sabbatical leavescompleting study beyond the master’s degree or engaging in other educational endeavors. Within ninety Not more than one (901) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a employee may be absent on sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15that any one time. An employee, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being who has been granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to shall not be eligible for another grant of sabbatical leave until he has served in the employ of the Committees an additional seven (7) years after his return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from sabbatical leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board .
Section 2 An applicant for sabbatical leave purposes during shall, on or before February 1 immediately preceding the work year for which the sabbatical leave is desired, submit to the Superintendent an application for approval of Activities for Professional Improvement, specifying the reasons for which the leave periodis requested. Such refund The Superintendent shall evaluate each application on the basis of the services rendered by the applicant and the use to be made within a four (4) month period beginning with of the first full month said unit member was to have returned to dutysabbatical leave. Such time limit may be extended by agreement The Superintendent shall notify each applicant of both partiesits decision no later than May 1 of the same year.
7. Unit members Section 3 An employee on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on paid sixty percent (60%) of the salary schedule which he would have received if he had remained on active duty with the Committees. During the time an employee is on sabbatical leave he shall receive the proportional amounts allowed by law for Blue Cross Blue Shield, group life insurance and credit retirement.
Section 4 The Superintendent shall require an employee on sabbatical leave to submit four reports to him concerning the manner in which his leave is being used.
Section 5 Prior to the granting of a sabbatical leave, the employee shall enter into a written agreement with the Committees, that upon the termination of such leave, he will return to service in the Somerset or Somerset-Berkley School Systems for seniority purposes for a period equal to twice the period length of the sabbatical leave and that, in default of such service he shall refund to the Town of Somerset or the Somerset-Berkley Regional School District an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him while on said leave as the amount of service not actually rendered bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered.
Section 6 Upon his return from sabbatical leave, an employee’s salary shall be the same as he would have received had he remained actively employed in the Somerset or Somerset-Berkley School Systems, he will have restored to him all benefits to which he was entitled at the time his leave commenced, including unused accumulated sick leave, and he shall return to their the same or to a similar position as they which he held at the time the his leave commenced, if such position is available and if not, to a substantially equivalent position for which he is certifiable.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Content Coordinators Contract, Content Coordinators Contract, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, A. A sabbatical leave may be granted for professional study leading to a unit doctoral degree.
B. A member who meets has completed five (5) years of service in the following qualifications shall Princeton City Schools may, with the recommendation of the Superintendent and the approval of the Board, be granted a sabbatical leaveleave of absence for not more than two (2) consecutive semesters within the same school year. (The semesters referred to are as shown on the Princeton school calendar.)
2. All applications C. Request for sabbatical leave will should be reviewed made by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by April 1st for leaves beginning the Superintendentfirst semester, and three (3) representatives to be named by November 1st for leaves beginning the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, second semester.
D. A member requesting a leave must submit with his application a detailed plan for the following:
a. The proposed program use of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety sixty (9060) days after the expiration of his/her a leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was use made of his/her the leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit The member will also present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit E. The Board will not grant a leave unless there is a satisfactory substitute available.
F. Compensation for members approved for under teacher contract shall be the difference between the base salary he would receive if rendering service and the salary of a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member substitute teacher.
G. Professional staff members on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract full credit on the salary schedule for the year period of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. H. As a condition of for being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to service in the Pickerington Princeton City Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall will require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesincluding medical coverage, dental coverage and life insurance.
7. Unit members on sabbatical I. Upon return to service, the member shall resume the contract status which was held prior to the leave of absence.
J. Sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit discretionary on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period part of the Board and will not be granted, in any case, where such leave and shall return would:
1. Cause a violation of any law or regulation pertaining to their same the operation of the district; or
2. Create a hardship on the district; or
3. Not be calculated to improve the instructional program or to a similar position as they held at operation of the time the leave commenceddistrict.
8. A bargaining unit member K. Members on approved sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted an additional leave of absence of no longer than one (1) year in conformity to the provisions duration under Policy 4162.8, i.e., a leave of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codeabsence without pay and without Board benefits.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave Sabbatical leaves will be reviewed by a committee consisting limited to professional growth activities; i.e., activities which subsequently relate to the person's assignment. A maximum of three two and one-half (32.5) representatives percent of the prior academic year regular full-time bargaining unit members may be permitted sabbatical leaves each academic year. In determining the 2.5 percent, the District shall use the standard rounding rules to the nearest whole number. The Governing Board may, at its sole discretion, approve or disapprove sabbatical leaves. Faculty who are granted sabbatical leaves will not be eligible to retain any District assignment, unless it’s part of the sabbatical design. Faculty who are granted sabbatical leaves will not engage in their regular contract duties. Any requests for services or supplies need to be named preapproved by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentappropriate executive administrator. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program If a regular faculty member receives an overall evaluation of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, “Needs Improvement” or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to “Unsatisfactory,” that faculty member will not be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have leave unless and until the faculty member’s evaluation has been employed in determined to be satisfactory. In the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for event that a sabbatical leave has been approved prior to the receipt of a “Needs Improvement” or “Unsatisfactory” evaluation, said sabbatical shall be revoked until the successful completion of a remedial/development plan and the faculty member’s evaluation has been determined to be satisfactory.
14.10.1 Application for sabbatical leaves will be notified made in writing using the appropriate form. By October 1 of their approval by May 15ththe preceding academic year, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall the form will be given an employment contract sent to Human Resources to certify the employee has met the service requirements, is in good standing, and meets other contractual and legal conditions for the year of leave and shall requested sabbatical. Upon certification by Human Resources, the form will be entitled to a salary equal forwarded to the difference between their previous salary appropriate first-level manager who will determine whether the requested leave presents any major difficulties for the ongoing activity of the educational program. Upon recommendation by the first-level manager, the form will be forwarded to Faculty Senate by November 1. Faculty Senate will ensure the application has appropriate content and objectives that are likely to enhance professional development of the applicant and the salary educational program of the substitute teacher replacing them while District. After Faculty Senate recommendation, the Chief Instructional Officer, through the superintendent/president, shall make a recommendation based on sabbatical leaveacademic and professional criteria as agreed upon by Faculty Senate and the CIO, to the Governing Board.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools 14.10.2 The request for a period of single or multiple term, (not to exceed one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so academic year) sabbatical leave as provided for in Section 14.10.7 shall require the unit member to refund be submitted to the Board all payments received from Chief Instructional Officer or designee on or before January 15 of the Board for preceding academic year.
14.10.3 If recommended applications exceed two and one-half (2.5) percent, first priority will be greater number of years of consecutive service without a sabbatical; second priority will be lesser number of previous sabbaticals; third priority will be seniority (based on seniority number). Upon mutual agreement the sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such requested time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesmodified to meet the available FTEF maximum.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall 14.10.4 The bargaining unit members' pay will be given full experience credit computed on the bargaining unit members' base salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for on the period appropriate contract/regular salary schedule.
14.10.5 One hundred (100) percent of the leave and shall return to their same base salary for a single-semester sabbatical or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.eighty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets A Sabbatical Leave may be granted at the Board’s sole discretion for the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leavepurposes:
a. To engage in professional study research.
b. For educational travel and improvement.
c. For extended visitation to approved facilities, educational institutions, and similar installations.
2. All applications Any unit member who has satisfactorily completed seven years of regular school service in the Bear Valley Unified School District shall be eligible for sabbatical Sabbatical Leave at the end of each seven years of continuous service.
3. Service rendered prior to the return from Sabbatical Leave shall not be counted toward fulfilling the requirements of a subsequent Sabbatical Leave.
4. Application for Sabbatical Leave shall be made to the Board through the Superintendent, on the form provided. Such form shall present evidence of service, reasons for desiring leave, length of leave, signatures of approval and any other data necessary to provide an adequate basis for granting such a leave. Application for such leave will shall be reviewed made no later than February 1st. The number of unit members given Sabbatical leave during any one year shall be limited to two unit members. If the number of eligible unit member applicants does not exceed two, each of the Board approved applicants may be granted Sabbatical Leave so long as the purpose of such leave is to pursue a program of study, research, or travel which may be of benefit to the schools. If the number of eligible unit member applicants exceeds two, selection for recommendation to the Board shall be made by the Sabbatical Leave Committee.
5. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall be comprised of the Superintendent or a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named designee, two principals appointed by the Superintendent, an elementary school teacher, a middle school teacher, and three (3) representatives a high school teacher to be named selected by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaverespective school staffs.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a Every unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period granted Sabbatical Leave shall receive fifty (50) percent of one (1) year upon returning from leavehis or her annual salary. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund Fringe benefits shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesmutually agreed upon.
7. Unit members Only 50% of the time spent on sabbatical leave Sabbatical Leave shall count as service towards teacher retirement and only 50% of the regular state retirement contributions are to be given deducted from salary received while on leave. The unit member may receive full experience credit on the salary schedule and retirement credit for seniority purposes time spent on Sabbatical Leave by paying for contributions and the period of District’s contributions to the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days State Teacher’s Retirement System prior to the commencement taking of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duesaid leave.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Certificated Agreement, Certificated Agreement, Certificated Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. The COMMITTEE may grant sabbatical leave for up to five teachers with professional status for study or research, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationTeachers applying for such leave must have completed at least seven consecutive years of satisfactory service in the Winchester Schools since their employment or last sabbatical leave, not to commence the following September.
2. Teachers who receive such sabbatical leave shall be granted full pay for one year, or full pay for one-half year.
B. The president of the ASSOCIATION (or his/her designee) shall notify the Superintendent of Schools prior to December 1 as to how many teachers intend to apply for sabbatical leave to commence the following September.
1. Application for sabbatical leave, commencing in September, shall be submitted in writing to the Superintendent of Schools on or before March 1 and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of any the school year, a unit member who meets year preceding the following qualifications September for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Reasons for rejection of an application for sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leavegiven to the applicant in writing upon the request of the applicant.
2. All applications for Such application shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, information concerning the nature of the sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentleave, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerits purpose, among other qualificationsduration, location, the following:
a. The proposed role that teacher will play in any program for which the leave is taken, the relationship to any academic or non-academic institution, the anticipated results of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupilsleave, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington educational benefits, which will accrue to the teacher and to the Winchester Public Schools.
3. In order C. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher will submit to be eligible for the Superintendent of Schools a written report as required by the Superintendent with respect to such leave taken.
D. Each teacher on sabbatical leave shall receive from the COMMITTEE all the related fringe benefits, which he/she would have received if he/she had remained on active duty.
E. Prior to the granting of a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in teacher shall enter into a written agreement with the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of COMMITTEE that if his/her application is approved and he/she receives sabbatical leave, the unit member will make a written report he/she will, upon expiration of such leave, either return to the Superintendent detailing Winchester School Department and serve therein for a period twice the uselength of the leave granted, which was made or refund to the Town that proportion of the salary paid him/her while on leave that the unexpired period of agreed service bears to the total period of such service. In cases of death, incapacitating illness, or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual as approved by the COMMITTEE, the teacher's liability for repayment is cancelled.
F. Upon his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript return from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund teacher shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit placed on the salary schedule at the level he/she would be on had he/she remained actively employed in the system, and credit for seniority purposes for all benefits to which he/she was entitled at the period commencement of the leave leave, including accumulated unused sick leave, shall be restored to him/her; and shall return he/she will be assigned to their the same or to a similar comparable position as they which he/she held at the time the said leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications A. Sabbatical leaves shall be granted to unit members, under provisions of the Education Code, for the purpose of carrying out an approved program which will enable the unit member to provide improved service to the District and its students. Consideration will be given to programs which involve an appropriate program of organized study, research, or travel.
B. Sabbatical leave application, processing, approval, and compensation for unit members for fiscal year 2006-07 and thereafter shall be in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Faculty members may apply for a sabbatical leave during their sixth consecutive year of full-time service, or during their sixth consecutive year of full-time service following a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave , such that the faculty member will be reviewed by a committee consisting have completed six consecutive years of three (3) representatives to be named full-time service by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentbeginning of his or her sabbatical leave. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for After completing a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District is not again eligible to apply for such leave until he/she has served on a full-time basis for at least five six (56) additional consecutive years. A leave for health, maternity, military service, or professional improvement, while not constituting a break in continuity of service, will not count as one of the six (6) years required for sabbatical eligibility.
2. The District shall allocate funds in the District budget for financing of sabbatical leaves for up to a maximum of twelve (12) of the eligible unit members. Apportionment of sabbatical leaves between the District colleges shall be as follows: the number of leaves assigned to Fresno City College and Reedley College-North Centers shall be based upon the ratio of full-time faculty members at Fresno City College and at Reedley-North Centers to the total of all faculty employed by the State Center Community College District.
3. If an insufficient number of candidates apply, or if an insufficient number of applications are recommended by the committee for sabbatical leave as having met the written criteria for sabbatical leave consideration, the application period will be extended for an additional three (3) weeks. All faculty shall be notified of the extension and reasons for such. If, after the extension an insufficient number still fails to meet the minimum written qualifications, the President may recommend fewer leaves than that number allocated to the college.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for Leaves granted will be distributed among the proposed use various divisions of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after a college so as not to impair the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedinstructional program.
5. Unit members approved The unit member applying for a sabbatical leave will be notified agree to serve the District for at least two (2) years immediately following completion of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possiblethe leave. A The unit member on a is expected to complete his or her sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of as indicated in his or her approved sabbatical leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveproposal.
6. As Each unit member applying for sabbatical leave shall submit a condition formal application (Form No.P-21) to the appropriate committee for sabbatical leaves prior to November 1 of being granted the academic year preceding the academic year of the proposed leave. The committee at each college shall consist of the Vice President of Instruction, acting as chairperson, the division xxxx or comparable position, and an equal number of faculty members appointed by the President of the Academic Senate. The Vice President of Student Services will serve as an ex-officio member when considering applications from the counseling student services area. The committee at each institution shall provide the college president with a sabbatical leaverecommended rank order of leave applications which shall be submitted to the Chancellor, along with the president's recommendations, if any, for subsequent presentation to the Board of Trustees. Applications submitted after the deadline date will be given consideration when accompanied by valid reasons. Valid reasons normally will be limited to government, professional, or academic programs which materialize after the deadline date.
7. Within one (1) semester after return to duty, a unit member must agree to return who has completed a sabbatical leave will submit to the Pickerington Schools committee for sabbatical leaves and for distribution among faculty, a written report covering the period of the sabbatical. When applicable, a transcript or other evidence of completion of the planned program will accompany this report. A copy of each sabbatical leave report, together with the committee's evaluation, shall be forwarded through the college president's office to the Chancellor not later than one (1) year upon returning from leavesemester after return to duty. Failure to do so shall require If the committee's evaluation reflects that the sabbatical leave report is unacceptable and/or the terms and conditions of the sabbatical were not fully met, the unit member has one additional semester to refund rectify the problem. If the evaluation remains "unacceptable" at the conclusion of the semester, the District has the right to the Board all payments received reclaim through automatic payroll deduction from the Board for unit member that percentage of the sabbatical stipend that in the committee's viewpoint reflects the unit member's degree of incompletion.
8. Compensation while on sabbatical leave purposes will be computed in accordance with the salary schedule in effect during the period of leave periodand will be paid in equal monthly payments. Such refund shall A sabbatical leave will be made within a four (4) month period beginning with counted as service and experience on the first full month said unit member was to have returned to dutysalary schedule.
9. Such time limit Sabbatical leaves may be extended by agreement granted as follows:
a. One (1) semester at one hundred percent (100%) of both partiesfull salary, or
b. One (1) full academic year at sixty-five percent (65%) of full salary, or
c. Two (2) semesters within three (3) academic years at sixty-five percent (65%) of full salary. If the option of two (2) semesters within three (3) academic years is elected, the service between semesters will be credited toward a subsequent sabbatical.
710. Unit members on a full-year sabbatical may work for outside employers (or themselves) and receive remuneration, so long as the combined income from the District's 65% salary payment and the outside remuneration does not exceed 100% of what the unit member would receive on the regular faculty salary schedule. Any excess amounts shall adjust the District's 65% salary payment downward to maintain the 100% salary figure. Outside income that a unit member previously and regularly received during a school year is not affected by the provisions of this section, which apply only to additional employment that a unit member secures during the sabbatical year. Income that a unit member may receive from an employer as a part of his or her sabbatical leave also is not affected by the provisions of this section. Unit members, on a one-semester leave, upon approval may work for outside employers and receive remuneration if the income was previously and regularly received during the prior two school years. Additional employment must receive prior approval from the Sabbatical Leave Committee.
11. Time on sabbatical leave will count towards retirement. The District shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule pay retirement benefits and credit for seniority purposes fringe benefits for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such District paid health and welfare benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both shall end if the employee receives reasonably comparable health and employer share of retirement contributionswelfare benefits (including dependent coverage) from any other employer.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of Sabbatical leave may be granted to any school year, a unit member who meets properly certified professional employee under the following qualifications conditions and provisions:
(1) After 7 years of service as a fully certified professional employee defined as a teacher, nurse, supervisor, director, principal, superintendent, coordinator, psychologist and any other professional position in public education in this State, provided that at least 5 consecutive years of such service shall be granted have been in the employ of the school board from which leave of absence is sought, unless such board in its discretion shall allow a sabbatical leave.shorter period of time;
(2. All applications ) For purposes of professional improvement or for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting the recovery of three health after prolonged illness;
(3) representatives The period of leave shall not be shorter than one-half school term or longer than 1 full school term;
(4) While on leave the employee shall not be allowed to be named engage in full-time gainful employment, except by written agreement with the Superintendentleave-granting board. However, and three (3) representatives to be named by this provision shall not preclude the Association President. The committee shall consideremployee from receiving grants such as scholarships, among other qualificationsgifts, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate studyfellowships, travel, writingpart-time employment, or research.other grants of aid as frequently provided by colleges, universities, governmental agencies, corporations, trusts or other individuals to students or other persons engaged in study or travel for purposes of professional improvement;
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report The professional employee shall agree in writing to return to service to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved -granting board for a sabbatical leave will be notified period of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a at least 1 full school year following the completion of the employee's leave;
(6) Request for sabbatical leave shall be given an presented in writing to said leave-granting board at a regular meeting of such board before April 1 for leave to begin at the opening of the next term, and before November 1 for leave to begin at the opening of the second semester of the term;
(7) At the end of any such period of leave of absence the employee shall present evidence of that employee's own professional improvement in such terms as shall have been agreed upon between said employee and said leave-granting board at the time when such leave was granted. Such evidence may consist of college transcripts, degrees earned or written reports by the recipient of the leave of absence;
(8) Said leave-granting board shall accept the employee into full-time employment contract for upon that employee's return from leave and assign the employee to the position from which that employee left or to a similar position. In no case may assignment be made so as to invalidate the employee's certification status or to bring about a demotion in position or salary;
(9) For purposes of salary increments and pension eligibility and computation, a year of leave and shall be entitled considered a year of experience in covered employment under the provisions of local or state salary and pension programs, except that not more than 2 years of leave shall be applied toward salary increments and pension credits to any person. Failure of an employee to return to service of said leave-granting board shall be cause for forfeiture of salary increments and pension credits for the period of the leave.
(10) School boards may set a salary limit on the number of employees who may be granted leave each year, provided that, in any district having fewer than 20 professional employees, 1 eligible applicant may be granted leave each year;
(11) The leave-granting district shall provide to the employee granted leave, under paragraphs (1)-(10) of this section, compensation equal to the difference between their previous salary and 1/2 the salary to which the employee would have been entitled under full-time employment; provided, however, that in no case shall the compensation paid exceed $10,000 for a full school year leave or $5,000 for a 1/2 school year. The State shall continue to pay the state share of other employment costs as specified in § 6340 of Title 29 for the substitute teacher replacing them while employee on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave(12) Sabbatical leave authorized under this section, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund at state expense, shall be made within limited to 1 full year leave or 2 half-year leaves per local school district during a four (4) month period beginning with fiscal year. Nothing in this section, however, shall prevent a school district from granting additional sabbatical leaves if the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on district pays the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes other employment costs for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedemployee who is on leave.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. On completion of six (6) consecutive years of satisfactory full- time employment since July 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year1967, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications in Community College District #517, current full-time employees covered by this contract will qualify for consideration for sabbatical leave will for the purpose of pursuing full-time study, training, or retraining at an appropriate institution designed to broaden individual teaching potential in areas of determined need in the College.
a. A sabbatical leave selection committee shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives appointed to be named by evaluate the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentrequest for leave. The committee shall considerbe composed of one (1) non-teaching faculty member, among other qualificationsone (1) teaching faculty member from each division appointed by the president of the Lake Land College Faculty Association, the following:
a. The proposed program Vice President for Academic Services and the Vice President for Student Services. All appointments shall be for three-year (3) rotating terms except for nondivisional members. In the event a member of the applicant selection committee may request a sabbatical leave, he/she shall resign from the committee prior to the submission of the request, and he/she shall be replaced by another member from the division for the duration of his/her term as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchdivisional representative.
b. The value committee shall establish guidelines for preparing sabbatical requests and make them available not later than November of each year. The Vice President for Academic Services shall chair and preside at all meetings of the proposed program committee.
c. A request in writing for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the Pickerington SchoolsVice President for Academic Services who in turn will present the request to the sabbatical leave selection committee. Such a request must be filed not later than the first class day of the spring semester of the academic year preceding the academic year in which the sabbatical leave is desired. Applicants will be informed in writing of the committee's recommendation.
d. The sabbatical leave committee will review all applications, its pupilsand, based on potential value to the College, the chairperson will submit, in rank order, recommendations to the President. The President will attach his/her own recommendations and submit both sets to the Board. Approval for the granting of the leaves shall be made by the Board. Members selected for sabbatical leave shall be notified following the regularly scheduled March Board meeting of the academic year preceding the academic year in which the leave is desired.
e. A maximum of four (4.0) percent of the full-time College employees covered by this contract may be on sabbatical leave in any given academic year provided that suitable replacements can be found. The number allowed from a given division in any one (1) year will be determined by the President after consulting with appropriate vice presidents.
f. Leaves shall be granted for a period of time not to exceed one (1) year.
g. A written report of compliance with the purpose for which the leave was granted shall be presented to the President at the completion of the leave.
h. Compensation during the sabbatical leave for staff members shall be in an amount equal to 100% of the academic year contractual base salary for a leave of one (1) semester or for a period less than a semester if appropriate arrangements can be made; 50% of the contractual salary if for a leave of two (2) semesters.
i. The compensation described will be paid in the same manner and at the same time as salaries paid other members of the staff or in some other manner mutually agreeable between the President and the employee.
j. All salary increases, fringe benefits, and the individual applicantlike negotiated while the employee is on sabbatical leave shall be recognized during the sabbatical leave if all other requirements are met.
c. The applicant’s total length k. An employee on sabbatical leave will retain his/her status as a member of the State Universities Retirement System and with the College insurance plans.
l. An employee granted a sabbatical leave shall agree to serve at least two (2) academic years at Lake Land College immediately following the leave and shall give a judgment note for the amount of salary paid while on leave. Said note shall be cancelled at the end of the years of service with Pickerington Schoolsrequired or at the death or disability (defined as the employee being unable to perform his/her contracted job) of its maker.
3. In order m. Upon return from a sabbatical leave, an employee will be reinstated to a position which is at least equivalent in rank and salary to the one held at the time the leave was granted.
n. Employees who have been accepted by the Board of Trustees in the College's Planned Retirement Program will not be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. The COMMITTEE may grant sabbatical leave for up to five supervisors with professional status for study or research, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationSupervisors applying for such leave must have completed at least seven consecutive years of satisfactory service in the Winchester Schools since their employment or last sabbatical leave, not to commence the following September.
2. Supervisors who receive such sabbatical leave shall be granted full pay for one year, or full pay for one-half year.
B. The president of the ASSOCIATION (or his/her designee) shall notify the Superintendent of Schools prior to December 1 as to how many supervisors intend to apply for sabbatical leave to commence the following September.
1. Application for sabbatical leave, commencing in September, shall be submitted in writing to the Superintendent of Schools on or before March 1 and action must be taken on all such requests no later than April 1 of any the school year, a unit member who meets year preceding the following qualifications September for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Reasons for rejection of an application for sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leavegiven to the applicant in writing upon the request of the applicant.
2. All applications for Such application shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, information concerning the nature of the sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentleave, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerits purpose, among other qualificationsduration, location, the following:
a. The proposed role that supervisor will play in any program for which the leave is taken, the relationship to any academic or non-academic institution, the anticipated results of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupilsleave, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington educational benefits, which will accrue to the supervisor and to the Winchester Public Schools.
3. In order C. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a supervisor will submit to be eligible for the Superintendent of Schools a written report as required by the Superintendent with respect to such leave taken.
D. Each supervisor on sabbatical leave shall receive from the COMMITTEE all the related fringe benefits, which he/she would have received if he/she had remained on active duty.
X. Xxxxx to the granting of a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in supervisor shall enter into a written agreement with the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of COMMITTEE that if his/her application is approved and he/she receives sabbatical leave, the unit member will make a written report he/she will, upon expiration of such leave, either return to the Superintendent detailing Winchester School Department and serve therein for a period twice the uselength of the leave granted, which was made or refund to the Town that proportion of the salary paid him/her while on leave that the unexpired period of agreed service bears to the total period of such service. In cases of death, incapacitating illness, or other circumstances beyond the control of the individual as approved by the COMMITTEE, the supervisor's liability for repayment is cancelled.
F. Upon his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript return from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund supervisor shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit placed on the salary schedule at the level he/she would be on had he/she remained actively employed in the system, and credit for seniority purposes for all benefits to which he/she was entitled at the period commencement of the leave leave, including accumulated unused sick leave, shall be restored to him/her; and shall return he/she will be assigned to their the same or to a similar comparable position as they which he/she held at the time the said leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that such leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full-time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Xxxxxxx County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health[either for one-half (1/2) of a school year or for a full school year] shall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to return to employment in the Xxxxxxx County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon return from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any The bargaining unit member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify shall be restored to the Treasurer not less than same position, if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty (30) days prior to the commencement date of the leave and pay return if before April 1. All other conditions of employment provided to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any active bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit shall also be restored.
6. Group hospitalization and medical insurance, including disability income protection and group term life insurance, shall continue while on sabbatical leave.
7. An agreement shall be signed by the participating partners. Successful applicants must indicate within thirty (30) days of being awarded the sabbatical that they plan to accept and agree to the terms of the sabbatical. If an individual should decline the sabbatical before August 1, the sabbatical shall be offered to another qualified applicant. Should the bargaining unit member receiving sabbatical leave voluntarily separate his/her employment or has his/her employment separated for cause within five (5) years after returning from leave, the bargaining unit member shall be required to pay the Xxxxxxx County Public Schools a prorated portion [each of their salary forfeited during the five (5) years shall equate to twenty percent (20%)] of the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10amount paid on his/her behalf. All such sabbatical leaves Such payment shall be granted in conformity to the provisions made within one (1) year of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codehis/her separation from employment.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that sabbatical leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full- time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Garrett County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healtheither for one-half (1/2) of a school year or for a full school year shall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to employment in the Garrett County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon returning from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary scale at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any The bargaining unit member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify shall be restored to the Treasurer not less than same position if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty (30) days prior to the commencement date of return if before April 1. All other conditions of employment provided to active bargaining unit members shall also be restored.
6. Medical insurance and group term life insurance, shall continue while on sabbatical leave at the employee’s expense.
7. An agreement shall be signed by the participating partners. Successful applicants must indicate within thirty (30) days of being awarded the sabbatical that they plan to accept and agree to the terms of the sabbatical. If an individual should decline before August 1, the sabbatical shall be offered to another qualified applicant. Should the bargaining unit member receiving sabbatical leave and voluntarily separate his/her employment or has his/her employment separated for cause within five (5) years after returning from leave, the bargaining unit member shall be required to pay the Garrett County Public Schools a prorated portion each of the five (5) years shall equate to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty twenty percent (5020%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10amount paid on his/her behalf. All such sabbatical leaves Such payment shall be granted in conformity to the provisions made within one (1) year of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codehis/her separation from employment.
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Samples: Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement, Comprehensive Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. For purposes of improving public services, the Employer may grant sabbatical leaves of absence under conditions set forth in this Article.
B. An Employee who has served six (6) continuous years within the applicable governmental jurisdiction may qualify for a sabbatical leave of absence. Such leave shall be for a period not to exceed one (1) year and may not be granted again to the same Employee until the Employee has served an additional period of six (6) continuous years within the applicable governmental jurisdiction. For the purpose of computing continuous years of service in this Article, periods of unauthorized leaves without pay shall not be counted; however, such leaves shall not constitute a break in service.
C. The Employer shall consider at least the following matters in reviewing a request for sabbatical leave:
1. Upon written applicationThe purpose of the leave is mutually beneficial to the Employee and the Employer;
2. The nature, length and pertinency of educational course work, research, or other professional/educational activity which the Employee plans to undertake during the sabbatical leave are consistent with the needs of the service;
3. The Employee's absence will not later than April 1 adversely affect the operations of any school yearthe department; and
4. The Employee's work performance record and seniority (continuous length of service in the applicable governmental jurisdiction).
D. In the event a request for sabbatical leave is denied, a unit member who meets the following qualifications Employee may request and shall be provided the reasons for denial in writing from the Employer.
E. Employees on sabbatical leave shall be paid an amount equal to one-half of the basic compensation which the Employee was receiving at the commencement of the leave. Basic compensation shall include any negotiated increase in the schedule as may be provided for in the Agreement. The payments shall be made in accordance with regular pay periods.
F. An Employee granted sabbatical leave may engage in other employment provided the primary purpose for which the leave was granted is met.
G. Before being granted a sabbatical leave, an Employee shall enter into a contract with the Employer which shall provide for the following:
1. The Employee shall agree to return to work upon termination of sabbatical leave or any other leave which may be granted by the Employer immediately following the sabbatical leave. If the Employee fails to report for work upon termination of sabbatical and/or any other leave granted under this Agreement, the Employee shall be considered to have resigned and shall refund all monies received while on sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for Upon return from sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among and/or any other qualificationsleave granted under this Agreement, the following:
a. The proposed program Employee shall agree to work in the appropriate department for a period of two (2) continuous years. If the Employee fails to do so, the Employee shall refund all monies received from the Employer while on sabbatical leave; provided, however, in the event of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value death of the proposed program Employee, the requirement to refund all monies shall be waived. In the Pickerington Schoolsevent the Employee is unable to continue employment due to illness or injury, its pupils, the Employer and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington SchoolsUnion, by mutual agreement, may shorten the return period.
3. In order The Employee shall be guaranteed a return to the Employee's position or an equivalent position at the expiration of the sabbatical leave and/or any other leave granted under this Agreement. Upon the Employee's return, the Employee shall have the same salary range and step that the Employee had at the time of taking the leave and the Employee's increment date shall be eligible for a sabbatical advanced equivalent to the duration of the leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsprovided it is not inconsistent with terms of this Agreement.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for The Employee shall not accrue any vacation or sick leave credits during the proposed use period of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will Any other provisions deemed necessary by the department to be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for included in the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leavecontract.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Unit 03 Agreement, Unit Contract, Unit Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. 22.2.1 Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school yearproper application to the Human Resources Division, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting Sabbatical Leave of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period Absence of one (1) school year upon returning from leaveduration may be granted for completion of advanced program of study in the employee's area of specialization or an allied employment field. Failure to do so shall require The application requires (if applicable): (2007) • A description of the unit member to refund to course of study for which the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during is requested, including the leave periodspecific classes to be taken (department, class number & title, if possible). Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement • Confirmation of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule formal acceptance into an advanced study program; and credit for seniority purposes for the period • A description of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during how the sabbatical leave will pay benefit the District. • Should an employee be denied a sabbatical leave, he/she has a right to STRS both appeal the decision to the Superintendent of HR and the President of the Association within 10 working days. (2007)
22.2.2 Employees must have completed seven (7) consecutive years with the District by September 1 of the year in which the leave is to commence and must not have taken Sabbatical Leave during the preceding seven (7) years.
22.2.3 No more than 1/2 of 1% of the full-time employee staff may be on Sabbatical Leave during any one (1) school year. Employees must apply by March 1 of the year in which the Sabbatical Leave is to be taken using forms developed by the Human Resources Division. Employees must substantiate the benefit of Sabbatical Leave to the District and must describe the nature of the course of study.
22.2.4 If an employee receives a grant, scholarship, fellowship, job study program, or other academic award, after March 1, but not later than August 1, of a school year, the Superintendent shall consider the request for Sabbatical Leave provided the number of employees approved for Sabbatical Leave has not already exceeded the 1/2 of 1% limitation. (2001)
22.2.5 Salary will be one-half (1/2) of the employee's annual rate in effect during the Sabbatical Leave year exclusive of any extra duty pay, etc. While on leave the employee and employer share shall furnish a surety bond indemnifying the District against loss in the event the employee fails to render the minimum service required after return from leave. If the employee does not wish to furnish a surety bond, payment of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall Sabbatical Leave salary is to be granted made in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.twelve
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 12-1 of any school year, a unit member who meets Sabbatical leave: A Teacher may be granted sabbatical leave under the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveconditions:
12-1.1 Must have completed seven years' service in the District; the last four (4) years must have been consecutive.
2. All applications 12-1.2 Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing on such forms as designated by the Board no later than November 1st, and three (3) representatives action must be taken on all such requests no later than December 15th of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested.
12-1.3 The Teacher must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and be engaged in a formal program leading to be named an advanced degree leading to a specialization which is needed by the Association PresidentDistrict.
12-1.4 The degree requirements must be completed during the period of sabbatical leave if the program is for work toward either a Master's Degree or a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Specialization. The committee above policy shall considerbe waived for those persons engaged in a program leading to a Doctorate Degree.
12-1.5 Requests for sabbatical leave on a basis other than the criteria established herein shall be given consideration and nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Board from granting such leaves. However, among other qualifications, such requests must contain significant rationale setting forth the following:
a. The proposed program value of such leave to the District. Upon the recommendation of the applicant as related to professional graduate studySuperintendent and the approval of the Board, travel, writing, or researchsuch leave shall be granted.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a 12-1.6 Upon return from sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in Teacher shall be placed on the Pickerington School District for salary schedule at least five (5) yearsthe level which he/she left.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for 12-1.7 A report or summary of the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal submitted to the difference between their previous salary Superintendent and the salary Board upon the completion of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition During the leave period, the Teacher shall furnish periodic progress reports of being granted a the sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to as requested by the Board all payments received from and the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesadministration.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1SECTION 1 Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, a sabbatical leave may be granted by the School Committee for advanced study or research to teachers who have completed seven (7) consecutive years of service in the Needham system, where such experience would, in the opinion of the Committee, increase the teacher's professional ability. Upon written application, The School Committee and the Association will seek alternative sources of funding in order to grant sabbaticals if the Committee determines it is unable to do so through its own budget.
SECTION 2 Personnel requesting such leave must submit their application in writing to the Superintendent of Schools on or about November l of the school year preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. Action shall be taken on all such requests as soon as possible but not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
215. All applications those who have applied for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary in writing of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveoutcome.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools SECTION 3 Sabbatical will be for a period of one (1) year upon or one-half (1/2) year and will be scheduled so that no more than two (2) teachers will be absent during any one period.
SECTION 4 Successful applicants for a one (1) year sabbatical will receive one-half (1/2) of the salary to which they would have been entitled for that period. Successful applicants for a one-half (1/2) year sabbatical will receive full salary to which they would have been entitled during that one-half (1/2) period.
SECTION 5 Before accepting such sabbatical leave, the teacher shall enter into a written agreement in accordance with the terms of General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 41A, to return to the active service of the Needham School Department for a period of at least twice the length of such leave. A teacher who does not fulfill the agreement shall have agreed in writing to pay the Town the amount of salary received by the sabbatical leave, provided that the teacher may be released from such payment if his/her failure to serve twice the length of the leave is due to disability, death, or if he/she is discharged from his/her position by the School Committee.
SECTION 6 A teacher returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit placed in a comparable position to the one he/she previously held and on the step at the salary schedule he/she would have attained had he/she remained in the school system, and credit shall be eligible for seniority purposes insurance benefits according to Town policy while on leave.
SECTION 7 No teacher may reapply for the period a second sabbatical leave until he/she has completed seven (7) consecutive years since his/her last leave.
SECTION 8 Upon completion of the leave and leave, the recipient shall return to their same or to submit a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior written report to the commencement Superintendent containing transcripts of the leave all college and pay university work done while on leave, together with any other pertinent or interpretive material considered essential to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) evaluation of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duehis/her program.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. The Employer may grant a sabbatical leave of absence to an Employee for a period of at least four (4) school months but not to exceed one
(1) school term. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications Such leave shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentresident study, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate studyresearch, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of other purposes designed to improve the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3Employer's school system. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on Granting a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract in accordance with the following conditions.
9.6.1 The number of Employees on sabbatical leave during any school term shall not exceed four (4).
9.6.2 General qualifications for a sabbatical leave are as follows:
(a) An Employee shall have a minimum of six (6) years of satisfactory service as a full-time Employee with the Employer and shall not have received a sabbatical leave during the six (6) school terms immediately preceding application for the year of leave.
(b) The leave and shall be entitled conditional upon a written plan for resident study, research, travel, or other purposes provided by the Employee and deemed by the Employer to a benefit the School District. Such plan shall be approved by the Employer Board of Education and not thereafter modified without approval of such Employer Board.
(c) The Employee shall not engage in any activity for which salary equal or other compensation is paid unless the activity is directly related to the difference between their previous salary purpose for which the leave is granted; however, such leave may be granted to enable the applicant, if otherwise eligible, to accept scholarships for study or research.
9.6.3 A joint administration-Association sabbatical leave committee shall be established to review sabbatical leave applications and to make recommendations to the salary Superintendent for his evaluation and presentation to the Board of Education. Such committee shall be composed of an equal number of administrators and Association members representing the substitute teacher replacing them elementary and secondary levels. The Association shall appoint its members of such committee.
9.6.4 An Employee granted a sabbatical leave shall agree in writing to return to and perform his assigned duties in the Employer's School District for a minimum of two (2) consecutive school terms after his return, unless such return and performance is prevented by illness, incapacity, or death. The Employer may release such Employee prior to completing the two (2) year minimum; provided, the Employee reimburses the Employer the compensation paid him while on sabbatical leaveleave or a proportionate part of such compensation as determined by the fraction of the unfulfilled portion of the two (2) year minimum.
6. As a condition of being 9.6.5 An Employee granted a sabbatical leaveleave shall receive compensation that is not less than the minimum salary provided by The School Code of Illinois or one-half (½) of the Employee’s regular basic compensation, a unit member must agree to return whichever is greater. The Employer will pay such Employee’s contribution to the Pickerington Schools for a period Illinois Employees’ Retirement System in accordance with Section 24-6.1 of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave periodThe School Code. Such refund Employee shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with receive the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such same health and life insurance benefits as provided other full-time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesemployees.
7. Unit members 9.6.6 An absence while on sabbatical leave shall not be given full experience credit construed as a discontinuance of service for any purpose, including progression on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period any applicable compensation schedule. The contractual continued service status of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member an Employee on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer shall not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duebe affected.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 A. Sabbatical leaves of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications absence for professional employees shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2governed by Sections 1166 through and including 1171 of the School Code, which includes any amendments that may become effective during the term of this Agreement. All applications A copy of Sections 1166-1171 is attached hereto for informational purposes. Sabbatical leave requests shall be made on forms provided by the Superintendent’s Office. Requests for sabbatical leave for professional development must be made by April 15, of the year preceding the school term for which the leave is requested. Persons granted a leave shall receive one half (1/2) their regular salary and shall be required to submit quarterly reports of academic progress to the Superintendent or health assessment to the Director of Human Resources during the leave of absence.
B. Employees taking a leave for professional development shall complete nine (9) graduate credits, twelve (12) undergraduate credits, or one hundred eighty (180) hours of professional development activities for each half school term of sabbatical leave. A full school term requires the completion of either eighteen (18) graduate credits, twenty-four (24) undergraduate credits, or the equivalent of (360) hours of professional development activities (Professional development responsibilities for which the individual is employed and will be reviewed by the Board or its designee on a committee consisting case-by-case basis to determine applicability to assignment).
C. At the completion of three (3) representatives each half term the employee shall provide proof in the form of transcripts or other documentation from professional development activities that the requirements of the sabbatical request are being satisfied with the Superintendent’s office. If the requirements of the preceding paragraph or the courses listed on the application have not been completed satisfactorily, the employee shall forfeit all payments and benefits received during sabbatical but shall have no right to return to employment until the period for which the sabbatical was originally requested has expired.
D. Employees requesting sabbatical leave for reasons of health shall provide a doctor’s certification to the Human Resource Department explaining the necessity for sabbatical leave with the application. The Board or its designee, at its expense, may require validation from a District medical representative prior to granting the leave or an examination at any time during the leave to substantiate the continuing need for medical leave. Failure of the employee to comply with this requirement shall cause the District to terminate salary payment until such obligation is fulfilled. If the employee is certified by the examining physician as fit to return to employment, the Board or its designee may terminate salary payments unless the employee returns to service. Prior to returning to service, following a sabbatical granted for restoration of health, the employee shall provide documentation from a doctor that he or she is medically capable of performing the duties to be named assigned.
E. No sabbatical leave of absence shall be granted unless the employee agrees to return to work for at least the duration of the sabbatical. If the employee fails to return to employment for at least the duration of the sabbatical, unless prevented by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualificationsillness or disability, the following:
a. The proposed program of employee shall forfeit and/or repay all payment and benefits received during the applicant sabbatical as related well as payment made on the employee’s behalf to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchthe Public School Employee’s Retirement Fund.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for F. Credits taken during a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed as provided for in the Pickerington School District for this article, shall be reimbursed at least five one hundred percent (5100%) years(actual or maximum) of Pennsylvania State University credit rate.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans G. Teachers who take a sabbatical for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her a full school term shall not be awarded sick leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedas per case law.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1.
37.1 Upon written applicationrecommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall sabbatical leaves may be granted a to members of the bargaining unit by the BOARD. Should the Superintendent fail to recommend sabbatical leaveleave(s), the teacher(s), involved may appeal the Superintendent's decision directly to the BOARD.
2. All applications 37.2 The BOARD will budget for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives sabbatical leaves annually. The BOARD may grant up to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives sabbaticals annually based on the merit of these requests. If denied, reasons in writing will be sent to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchcandidates.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant37.3 No more than three (3) sabbatical leaves will be granted simultaneously.
c. 37.4 The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member teacher must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least completed five (5) yearsconsecutive years in the Portsmouth School System.
437.5 The teacher will be paid half salary with full benefits for a one-year leave or full pay and benefits for a half-year leave.
37.6 Requests for leave must be received by the Superintendent in writing no later than January 15, and action must be taken by the BOARD no later than March 31.
37.7 Teachers who have been granted a sabbatical in March recognize that the sabbatical may be delayed until a suitable teaching replacement can be found. Unit members requesting such leaves A final determination will be made no less than three weeks before the sabbatical is scheduled to begin. Any determination to delay a sabbatical shall not be subject to the grievance procedure outlined in Article 32.
37.8 Requests for sabbatical leave may be granted by the BOARD for any reason; however, the leave must accompany their applications with detailed plans be of a significant nature and value.
37.9 Before leaving for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member teacher will make a written agree in writing to continue working in the system for at least two (2) years. Upon the teacher's return, he/she will be paid on the step he/she would have received if leave had not been taken. A report of the sabbatical will be made to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary BOARD upon completion of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Sabbatical leave will be determined by the Board on the basis of the recommendation of the Sabbatical Committee. Such recommendations will be made in accordance with the conditions stipulated herein.
(a) No more than one per cent (1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 ) of any school year, a the bargaining unit member who meets the following qualifications shall will be granted a sabbatical leaveleave in each school year.
2. All applications (b) Application for sabbatical leave shall be made on a form provided by the Administration. Such application must be fully completed and all the information shall be supplied if requested. The application shall, upon completion, be submitted to the Director of Personnel and Labor Relations who shall consider if such is intended to improve the New Haven School System and shall be submitted to the Sabbatical Committee. The Committee will review the application and after consideration and discussion the Committee shall make recommendations, in writing (with minority report, if desired) with accompanying reasons either to approve or disapprove application for sabbatical leave and shall forward such to the Superintendent. The Superintendent, if s/he approves the recommendation of the Committee, shall so indicate on the Committee's recommendation. If s/he disapproves the committee's recommendation, s/he shall so indicate and specify the reasons therefore in writing. After the Superintendent has acted on each application, upon which the Committee makes a recommendation, the Committee's recommendation shall be forwarded to the Board for final decision and disposition.
(c) After six (6) years of consecutive service, an applicant may submit an application to the Superintendent no later than December 31 of that school year for sabbatical leave for the following school year.
(d) Sabbatical leaves shall be awarded no later than March 1.
(e) Sabbatical leaves shall be reviewed by a and/or awarded in the following manner:
(1) A committee consisting composed of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, administrators and three (3) representatives to be named appointed by the Association President. The committee Federation, plus the Superintendent or her/his designee, shall consider, among other qualificationsmeet and consider all applications on their merit.
(2) After consideration by the Committee, the following:
a. The proposed program of Superintendent shall make recommendations with accompanying reasons either to approve or disapprove applications for sabbatical leaves and forward same to the Board for its action, with a copy to the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchupon request.
b. The value of the proposed program (f) Remuneration to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have teacher who has been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on awarded a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract three-fourths (3/4) of her/his annual salary and all other benefits provided for the year of leave and in this Agreement shall be entitled to a salary equal accrue to the difference between their previous salary and teacher. However, no sick leave shall accumulate during the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being (g) Sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to for not more than the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four and no less than one full term (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesSeptember-January; February-June).
7. Unit members (h) Teachers on sabbatical leave shall will be given full experience credit on credited with service in the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes system for the period of the leave.
(i) Teachers who are awarded a sabbatical leave and shall return to their same the system for at least one (1) school year after the termination of the leave. Teachers who leave before the completion of one such year shall be deemed unprofessional.
(j) Sabbatical leaves are not to be granted if such are aimed at obtaining a Standard Teaching Certificate or to a similar position obtain an additional certificate in another area of teaching specialization; preference will be given to applications which fall within the applicant's major field of specialization, or an area designated as they held at an educational priority by the time the leave commencedBoard.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30k) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the Those awarded sabbatical leave will pay upon their return be required to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity submit to the provisions Board a detailed written report as to the scope of Section 3319.131 content of the Ohio Revised Codeprogram and application of such to the New Haven School System.
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Samples: Staffing Flexibility Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a A. Tenured bargaining unit member members who meets have been employed in the following qualifications shall Okemos Public Schools for seven (7) consecutive years may be granted a sabbatical leave.
2leave upon request. Any bargaining unit member desiring a sabbatical leave shall submit a written application to the Deputy Superintendent in February, for a leave beginning the following September and in June, for a leave beginning the second (2nd) semester of the following school year. All applications for sabbatical leave shall contain a statement of value to the Okemos Public Schools. All applications will be reviewed screened by a committee consisting of one (1) teacher and one (1) principal from each of the three (3) representatives to be named by levels of the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by school District along with the Association PresidentAssistant Superintendent for Instruction. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, make recommendations to the following:
a. The proposed program Board. This does not guarantee any particular number of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchsabbatical leaves.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to B. Requests for sabbatical leave shall be eligible considered only for a full semester or a full year and shall not exceed two (2) semesters. During said sabbatical leave, a the bargaining unit member must have been employed shall be in the Pickerington School District for at least five employ of the Okemos Public Schools and shall be paid one-half (51/2) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the scheduled salary and full fringe benefits.
C. The bargaining unit member will make a written report shall return to service with the Superintendent detailing Okemos Public Schools immediately upon termination of the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to continue service with the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Okemos Public Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure year, or subject to do so shall require such conditions as may be mutually agreed between the bargaining unit member to refund and the Board. If the bargaining unit member does not return to the Board service of the Okemos Public Schools after termination of his/her sabbatical leave, s/he must refund in full all payments compensation received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members Okemos Public Schools while on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8leave. A bargaining unit member on returning from a sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during must submit a written statement within forty-five (45) calendar days after the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement conclusion of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) Board of Education indicating the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited accomplishments achieved during the sabbatical leave will pay and showing how these accomplishments related to STRS both the employee and employer share betterment of retirement contributionsthe district.
10. All such D. A bargaining unit member, upon return from sabbatical leaves leave, shall be granted restored to his/her former position, if available, and if not, then to a position for which s/he is certified and qualified as defined by Board Policy 4115.
E. In computing service to determine the bargaining unit member's position on the salary schedule at the expiration of leave, time spent on leave shall be counted as active service in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of Okemos School District.
F. Part-time employment while on sabbatical leave is discussed in the Ohio Revised CodeLetter Of Agreement on page 60.
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Samples: Recognition Agreement, Recognition Agreement, Recognition Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. The Board agrees that the following extended leave policy shall be in effect:
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a A bargaining unit member who meets shall have five (5) years of consecutive service may, with the permission of the Board and the Superintendent of Schools, take a leave of absence for not less than one (1) semester or not more than two (2) semesters subject to the following qualifications restrictions:
a. The bargaining unit member shall present for approval by the Superintendent, a plan for professional growth in the field of education. Course work shall be granted a sabbatical directly related to the bargaining unit member's area of certification/licensure unless the plan's intent will result in an additional area of certification.
b. At the conclusion of the leave, the bargaining unit member shall provide evidence that the plan was followed by providing official documentation.
c. Failure to follow the above plan will result in the bargaining unit member having to reimburse to the Board all salary and compensation including the cost of fringe benefits paid to the bargaining unit member during the leave.
2. All applications A bargaining unit member must make application for sabbatical extended leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives prior to be named by April 15 for the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolssubsequent school year.
3. In order An applicant shall be notified of decision prior to the end of the current school year. (The time limitation set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 herein may be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in waived by the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsBoard.)
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for An applicant granted leave shall be paid at the proposed use rate of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, difference between the substitute's pay and the bargaining unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedmember's expected salary.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical An applicant granted leave shall be given an employment contract for relieved of all responsibilities during the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary term of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being An applicant granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree leave is required to return to the Pickerington Schools District at the end of leave for a period of at least one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require year, unless the bargaining unit member to refund to has completed twenty-five (25) years of teaching in the State, or unless the Board all payments received from has waived the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesrequirements in writing.
7. Unit members A bargaining unit member on sabbatical such leave shall have the option of purchasing from the Board all fringe benefits (i.e., hospitalization, surgical, major medical, vision, dental, and life insurance.)
8. Not more than one percent (1%) of the certified bargaining unit members shall be given full experience credit eligible for leave at the same time.
9. No bargaining unit member may receive leave under this section more often than once for each five (5) years of service, nor be granted a leave a second time when other members of the bargaining unit member have filed a request for such leave.
10. When a bargaining unit member returns from leave, he/she shall be placed on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for at the period level he/she would have been on had he/she remained actively employed in the Ashtabula Area City School District. All benefits to which he/she was entitled at the commencement of the leave and leave, including accumulated sick leave, shall return be restored to their him/her. He/she shall be assigned to the same position or a position comparable to a similar position as they that held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 a) After an employee has completed five (5) years of any school yearemployment, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave regular employee will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leaveof up to three (3) months. For a full-time employee, the first one hundred and forty (140) hours of the sabbatical will be paid. For a unit member must have been employed part-time employee who works twenty (20) or more hours per week, the paid sabbatical benefit will be pro-rated based on the hours per week the employee has worked in the Pickerington School District twelve (12) month prior to the sabbatical. If an employee elects to take further sabbatical leave beyond the one hundred and forty (140) hours of sabbatical leave (or the pro-rated amount for part-time employees), they must first use any vacation leave accrued in excess of thirty-five (35) hours. After the vacation hours in excess of thirty-five (35) hours are expended, the employee may take unpaid leave for the remainder of the sabbatical.
b) Requests for sabbaticals must be made in writing at a minimum four (4) months in advance of the sabbatical and for a time that will not adversely affect the work of the organization. The sabbatical will be subject to approval by the Executive Director or their designee after consultation with the appropriate supervisor(s). Requests will be responded to within ten (10) working days. If one or more requests for sabbatical leave are submitted while another request is pending, but has not been approved, priority will be given to staff members with more seniority unless the needs of the organization requires otherwise. Where client needs or the efficient management of the Employer, its offices, or units requires, the Executive Director or their designee may require reasonable adjustments in the proposed sabbatical schedule or other necessary changes. It is understood that, in most circumstances, only one employee will be able to take a sabbatical in each unit of the Seattle and Tacoma offices or in each of the Xxxxxxx, and Wenatchee offices during any one six (6) month period and that this might lead to some employees not being able to take a sabbatical when they become eligible for one. An employee requesting a sabbatical will receive a written explanation if the sabbatical needs reasonable adjustments to the proposed sabbatical timeframe or if the sabbatical is not approved.
c) The Employer will maintain the employee’s health, disability and life insurance including spousal, domestic partners and dependent contributions. The employee will accrue vacation and health related leave during the sabbatical. An employee who has taken a sabbatical will be eligible for another sabbatical five (5) years after the date the prior sabbatical ended.
d) Every employee who takes a sabbatical from the Employer does so with a commitment to return to work at the Employer for at least one (1) year following the end date of the sabbatical. If the employee leaves the Employer for any reason other than a layoff during the year following the end of the sabbatical, the one hundred and forty (140) hours of salary paid by the Employer during the sabbatical must be repaid in full. If the employee does not return to the Employer at the end of the sabbatical period, the employee will be terminated unless otherwise agreed to by the Executive Director or their designee, and such termination shall be deemed for just cause.
e) An employee will not be paid for unused sabbatical leave upon termination or separation from the Employer. Sabbatical leave cannot be taken at the end of any employment period with the Employer, for example, upon resignation or layoff. Employees do not acquire a right to a partial sabbatical if they have worked less than five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationA. A leave of absence not to exceed one year for the purpose of permitting study and travel by the employee that may benefit the schools and pupils of the District may be granted by the Governing Board.
B. A leave of absence may be granted to employees who have served seven continuous years in the District preceding the granting of the leave, and not later more than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications one leave shall be granted a sabbatical leavein each seven (7) year period.
2. All applications for sabbatical C. The Governing Board, in granting the leave will be reviewed by of absence shall, subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, prescribe the standards of service which shall entitle the employee to a committee consisting leave of absence.
D. The number of teachers on leave of absence during any one semester shall not exceed three (3) representatives to be named percent of the total classroom teachers employed by the Superintendent, and District at the time such leaves are granted.
E. If number of eligible teacher applicants exceeds the three (3) representatives to percent maximum, selection shall be named based on criteria established by the Association President. The committee Governing Board.
X. Xx employee granted leave of absence for travel and study shall consider, among other qualifications, agree in writing to render a period of service in the following:
a. The proposed program employ of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of following his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, return from such leave of absence which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary is equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for twice the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedleave.
8X. Every employee granted a leave of absence for travel or study may be required to perform such services during such leave as may be agreed upon in writing by the Governing Board and the employee.
X. The employee granted a leave of absence for study or travel for a year shall receive fifty (50) percent compensation of the salary that would have been earned had the employee been teaching in the District. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical Employee granted study and travel leave may maintain health, life, of one semester would receive full compensation of the salary and dental benefits that would have been earned had the employee been teaching in the District.
I. Compensation shall be paid in the same manner as if the employee were teaching in the District.
X. The employee granted a leave of absence for travel or study shall receive full medical and insurance benefits in the amount of dollars as received by other employees during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement .
K. No absence from service of the District under leave of absence for study or travel shall be deemed a break in continuity of service, and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted entitled to all leaves enumerated in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codethis agreement.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given granted to unlimited full-time, temporary full-time and unlimited part-time faculty who meet the following criteria:
A. The applicant must have continuously served the equivalent of six (6) or more academic years in the Minnesota state colleges with an employment contract for aggregate of twelve (12) semesters of actual service without having been granted such an experience. All continuous service in the year of leave and Minnesota state colleges shall be entitled to a salary equal to included in the difference between their previous salary and the salary calculation of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6full-time equivalency. As a condition For purposes of being granted a sabbatical leavethis section, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of continuous service shall mean holding an assignment during each academic year. No more than one (1) year upon returning from leaveof service will be counted for each academic year. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall This total must be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days achieved prior to the commencement of the leave. Faculty members may have one (1) semester in which the faculty member was on an approved unpaid leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent count as one (50%1) of the total monthly twelve (12) semesters. If a faculty member is on an unpaid leave for one (1) year or more, the calculation of equivalent FTE will resume on the date of return. Faculty members on notice of layoff are not eligible for a sabbatical leave. In the event that the faculty member's layoff notice is rescinded, a faculty member who has applied for and met all other requirements for a sabbatical leave shall be granted the sabbatical regardless of the number of sabbaticals that have already been granted if the faculty member is more senior than the least senior faculty member who was granted a sabbatical leave at that college.
B. The faculty member has submitted a plan for a sabbatical leave that is designed to serve the purpose described above.
C. The college president has certified that a replacement can be found. In individual cases where a replacement cannot be found, a faculty member determined to meet the other eligibility requirements in the year of request will not be denied a sabbatical leave in subsequent years based solely on this reason. This provision shall not be applicable to the faculty member after a sabbatical leave request is granted (unless the situation recurs after six (6) more years of service).
D. Funds to cover the cost of the insurance sabbaticals are available. Except in situations of financial exigency for the Minnesota state colleges, sabbatical leaves will not less than be denied for this reason.
E. The number of sabbaticals approved for a stand-alone community college does not exceed ten percent (10%) days in advance rounded up to the next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the unduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and the total FTE of the minimum guarantees for unlimited part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit year for the portion former MCCFA bargaining unit. The number of their salary forfeited during sabbaticals approved for a stand-alone technical college does not exceed two and one-half percent (2 ½%) rounded up to the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the employee unduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and employer share the total FTE of retirement contributions.
10the minimum guarantees for unlimited part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that year for the former UTCE bargaining unit. All such sabbatical leaves The number of sabbaticals approved for a consolidated college shall be granted in conformity the combined total not to exceed ten percent (10%) for former MCCFA and two and one-half percent (2 ½%) for former UTCE, each rounded up to the provisions of Section 3319.131 next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the Ohio Revised Codeunduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and the total FTE of the minimum guarantees for unlimited part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that year for the MSCF bargaining unit.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Section 380.1235 of the Revised School Code allows the Board to grant a sabbatical leave to teachers holding Life, Permanent, or Continuing Certificates, who have been an employee of the District for a period of seven (7) consecutive years. Section 380.1235 limits the leave to two (2) semesters and provides that upon return the teacher shall be restored to his/her position, or a position of like nature, seniority, status and pay.
1. Upon written applicationSubject to applicable Michigan Statutory provisions and any amendments thereto, not later the Board may grant sabbatical leaves for study, at one-half (1/2) base pay, providing:
a. Not more than April one (1) teacher in the school system shall be absent on sabbatical leaves at any one time.
b. Requests are made in writing to the Superintendent on or before February 1 of any the school year, year proceeding the school year for which the leave is sought.
c. The teacher shall agree to remain in the employment of the District for a unit member who meets the period of not less than one (1) year following qualifications shall be granted a his return from sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for d. The employee on sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of required to file three (3) representatives to be named by reports with the Superintendent, . One report shall be presented during the sabbatical containing ideas and three (3) representatives to objectives which may be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program utilized upon returning to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and school system. One report each semester will be submitted during the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days year after the expiration of person returns from his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedsabbatical.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on e. Teachers who have been granted a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract required to take a minimum of ten (10) semester hours for two full semesters. For the year writing of leave and a dissertation, the above hours may be waived by the Superintendent.
f. Approval by the Board will be contingent upon securing a certified employee qualified to assume the applicant's duties while on leave. Upon return, the teacher shall be entitled to a salary equal advance to the difference between their previous salary and next level of the salary schedule providing all requirements of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveleave policy have been fulfilled satisfactorily.
6. As a condition of being granted a g. During the sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period sick leave policy will not apply. Sick leave days shall not accrue, but unused sick leave days held at the start of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedreinstated.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Sabbatical Leave may be granted to teachers who have been in the Narragansett School System for at least seven (7) years. Thus, an individual will be eligible for sabbatical during his/her eighth (8th) teaching year in Narragansett. The following basic provisions shall be met for an individual to be eligible for this sabbatical program.
1. Upon written Complete necessary candidate forms as may be required and submit to the Superintendent of Schools through the Principal by December 15th of the year previous, to which a statement of what is to be done during the sabbatical and a positive statement of the value of the leave to the individual and the Narragansett School System. The candidate must notify the Association of this application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications The Superintendent of Schools will make recommendations to the Committee for sabbatical final approval prior to annual budget preparations following the January School Committee meeting. If leave is denied, the teacher will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant informed in writing as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, reasons. Leave will be denied only for good and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsjust cause.
3. In order to The sabbatical leave period will be eligible for a sabbatical leaveone (1) school year, a unit member must have been employed in or one-half (1/2) of the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsschool year.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member Teachers on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to receive fifty percent (50%) of their scheduled salary for a full year. Teachers on one-half (1/2) year sabbatical shall receive fifty percent (50%) of their scheduled salary (i.e. twenty-five percent (25%) of their annual salary) during the total monthly cost sabbatical leave. Fringe benefits will continue to be provided by the Committee.
5. The candidate shall agree in writing, prior to final approval by the Committee, that upon termination of the insurance sabbatical he/she will return to the Narragansett School System and fulfill a minimum of two (2) years as an employee.
6. The candidate who fails to fulfill this obligation shall indemnify the school system for the amount paid during the sabbatical leave and forfeit accrued benefit for that period.
7. The candidate shall be returned to the appropriate step in his/her salary program as though he/she had not less than ten (10) days in advance been on leave.
8. A written evaluation of the time that year and the Board premium payment is duevalue such leave will provide to the school system shall be required of the sabbatical leave participant upon completion of the leave.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for Said report may also be presented to the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsCommittee in person.
10. All such The total number of acceptable candidates in the sabbatical leaves leave program for any given school year shall be granted in conformity to no more than two (2).
11. The candidate may reapply annually if not first accepted.
12. A candidate that has been on sabbatical leave under the provisions of Section 3319.131 this Article may be eligible again after seven (7) years from the date of the Ohio Revised Codelast leave terminated.
13. As a safeguard, both to the teachers and to the Committee, should a teacher who has been granted a sabbatical leave fail to accept it, he/she then shall forfeit the right to sabbatical leave for three
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1The Board may grant any regular faculty member a leave of absence not to exceed one year for the purpose of permitting study or travel by the employee which will benefit the college and students of the District. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit A faculty member who meets the following qualifications shall be has been granted a sabbatical leaveleave and refuses it after 30 days from Board approval may not re-apply for 7 years.
29.11.1 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for a full year or for one semester for regular faculty who have rendered at least six (6) consecutive years of service to the District or at least six (6) years of service since initial hire or the last sabbatical leave. All A one semester leave shall constitute a complete sabbatical.
9.11.2 The number of faculty on a full year or semester leave during any one year shall be limited to three percent (3%) of the contract and regular faculty employed by the District.
9.11.3 Granting a sabbatical leave is to permit the faculty member an opportunity to pursue a planned and definite project of study, travel or research, or a combination of these, which will have a substantial benefit to the District and its students.
9.11.4 The Faculty Professional Growth Committee shall make available to the faculty Sabbatical Leave Application forms no later than September 1 of each year. The faculty shall be informed of the availability of the applications in a timely manner.
9.11.5 The formal application requesting sabbatical leave for the fall or spring semester, or both, will be submitted to the Faculty Professional Growth Committee on or before October 1 of the school year prior to the year for which leave is being requested.
9.11.6 The Faculty Professional Growth Committee will submit its decision either to recommend or not to recommend the application to the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Instruction or Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Student Services, as appropriate. The Assistant Superintendent/Vice President will review the proposals and submit a decision either to recommend or not recommend to the Superintendent/President by January 15. Applicants will be notified within 7 working days of the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President’s decision. The Superintendent/ President will consider the recommendation(s) of the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The Superintendent/President or designee will notify the applicant within 24 hours of the Board's action. Within thirty (30) days after the Board action, those applicants who were rejected for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentgiven, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualificationsin writing, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchspecific reasons for rejection.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit 9.11.7 A faculty member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a who is on sabbatical leave will be notified paid full salary by the District for a semester's leave and at a level of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possiblesixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%) of salary for a full year's leave. A unit member on a sabbatical leave There shall be no reduction in employee benefits during the term of a faculty member's sabbatical leave. Faculty shall not be given an employment contract for any work assignment including overload during the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary period of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leavesabbatical.
6. As 9.11.8 Upon request the District and a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit faculty member must agree who is to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members go on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary develop a payment schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return which is acceptable to their same or to a similar position as they held both, at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than least thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during before the sabbatical leave will pay is scheduled to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionscommence.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract, Master Contract
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationA. A tenured administrator who has successfully completed seven (7) years of continuous full-time employment as an administrator in the Evesham Township School District, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall may be granted a sabbatical leaveleave for one (1) full academic year for the purposes of study in the area of the assignment, research, travel or for any such activity which will contribute to the administrator’s professional development.
2B. Leaves shall coincide with the district’s school year. Applications for leaves must be made by November 1 of the year preceding the requested sabbatical. All applications for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named made on the form developed by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named . A decision by the Association PresidentBoard will be made by March 1 preceding the sabbatical year.
C. No more than one (1) administrator may be on sabbatical at any one time. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, Decisions will be based upon: the following:
a. The proposed program purpose of the applicant as related leave and its potential benefit to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchthe district; the administrator’s demonstrated performance to succeed in this task; the needs of the district; the viability of replacement staff and of budgetary funds.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member D. An administrator on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year receive half of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of he/she would have earned had he/she remained in the substitute teacher replacing them while district. While on sabbatical leave.
6sabbatical, the administrator shall receive all benefits that he/she would have received if he/she had remained in the district. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to Upon return to the Pickerington Schools district, the administrator shall be placed on the guide where he/she would have been had he/she remained in the district, so long as the sabbatical’s purpose was successfully completed.
E. During the sabbatical year, an administrator must report two (2) times each semester describing the progress he/she has made in fulfilling the purpose of the leave. Such report shall be filed using forms developed by the Superintendent. In addition, official transcripts, if applicable, must be submitted as soon as available.
F. Upon return to the district from a sabbatical, the administrator agrees to remain in the employ of the district for a period of at least one (1) year upon returning from leaveunless discharged by the Board. Failure If an administrator fails to do so shall require the unit member to refund to fulfill this obligation, he/she must repay the Board all payments or a proportionate ratio of the salary he/she received from the while on sabbatical. The Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesmake an exception based on extenuating circumstances.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall G. To be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit eligible for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healthsubsequent sabbatical, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits an administrator must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than successfully complete ten (10) days in advance years of full-time employment following return from the time that the Board premium payment is duefirst sabbatical leave.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Sabbatical leave will be determined by the Board on the basis of the recommendation of the Sabbatical Committee. Such recommendations will be made in accordance with the conditions stipulated herein.
(a) No more than one per cent (1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 ) of any school year, a the bargaining unit member who meets the following qualifications shall will be granted a sabbatical leaveleave in each school year.
2. All applications (b) Application for sabbatical leave shall be made on a form provided by the Administration. Such application must be fully completed and all the information shall be supplied if requested. The application shall, upon completion, be submitted to the Director of Personnel and Labor Relations who shall consider if such is intended to improve the New Haven School System and shall be submitted to the Sabbatical Committee. The Committee will review the application and after consideration and discussion the Committee shall make recommendations, in writing (with minority report, if desired) with accompanying reasons either to approve or disapprove application for sabbatical leave and shall forward such to the Superintendent. The Superintendent, if s/he approves the recommendation of the Committee, shall so indicate on the Committee's recommendation. If s/he disapproves the committee's recommendation, s/he shall so indicate and specify the reasons therefore in writing. After the Superintendent has acted on each application, upon which the Committee makes a recommendation, the Committee's recommendation shall be forwarded to the Board for final decision and disposition.
(c) After six (6) years of consecutive service, an applicant may submit an application to the Superintendent no later than December 31 of that school year for sabbatical leave for the following school year.
(d) Sabbatical leaves shall be awarded no later than March 1.
(e) Sabbatical leaves shall be reviewed by a and/or awarded in the following manner:
(1) A committee consisting composed of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, administrators and three (3) representatives to be named appointed by the Association President. The committee Federation, plus the Superintendent or her/his designee, shall consider, among other qualificationsmeet and consider all applications on their merit.
(2) After consideration by the Committee, the following:
a. The proposed program of Superintendent shall make recommendations with accompanying reasons either to approve or disapprove applications for sabbatical leaves and forward same to the Board for its action, with a copy to the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchupon request.
b. The value of the proposed program (f) Remuneration to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have teacher who has been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on awarded a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract three-fourths (3/4) of her/his annual salary and all other benefits provided for the year of leave and in this Agreement shall be entitled to a salary equal accrue to the difference between their previous salary and teacher. However, no sick leave shall accumulate during the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being (g) Sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to for not more than the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four and no less than one full term (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesSeptember-January; February-June).
7. Unit members (h) Teachers on sabbatical leave shall will be given full experience credit on credited with service in the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes system for the period of the leave.
(i) Teachers who are awarded a sabbatical leave and shall return to their same the system for at least one (1) school year after the termination of the leave. Teachers who leave before the completion of one such year shall be deemed unprofessional.
(j) Sabbatical leaves are not to be granted if such are aimed at obtaining a Standard Teaching Certificate or to a similar position obtain an additional certificate in another area of teaching specialization; preference will be given to applications which fall within the applicant's major field of specialization, or an area designated as they held at an educational priority by the time the leave commencedBoard.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30k) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the Those awarded sabbatical leave will pay upon their return be required to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity submit to the provisions Board a detailed written report as to the scope of Section 3319.131 content of the Ohio Revised Codeprogram and application of such to the New Haven School System.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1A sabbatical leave of absence may be granted for the purpose of study or travel to teachers who have taught full-time for six (6) or more years at Illinois Valley Community College. Upon written application, A teacher is eligible for consideration for leave after the sixth consecutive full year of teaching. Special consideration will be given to granting an out-of-sequence leave to a teacher enrolled in a doctoral program who may require such a leave to complete residence requirements. A teacher who has taken a sabbatical leave will not later again be eligible until he/she has taught full-time for an additional successive six-year period. No more than April 1 three percent of any school the full-time faculty may be granted sabbatical leaves during the same academic year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications . Application for sabbatical leave shall be granted made in writing by the teacher requesting leave and submitted to the President of the college prior to March 15, preceding the academic year for which leave is requested. The applicant will submit a statement describing the length of leave and the program he/she intends to follow during the leave. Recommendations for approval of requests for sabbatical leave.
2leave shall be made to the Board by the President. All applications for The primary factor to be considered in granting sabbatical leave will be reviewed its relative benefit to the college, to the students, and to the teacher. The interest of District 513 shall be protected by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives written agreement providing that the teacher will return to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program service of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, District and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length will render at least one year of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her upon return from leave. If the leave was granted for graduate studyteacher wishes to receive compensation while on leave, the unit member will present Board may request a bond or written agreement, as appropriate, indemnifying the Board for the total salary paid in the event the teacher fails to return and render at least one year service in the Superintendent a transcript from employ of District 513 following the university or college attended.
5sabbatical leave. Unit members approved for a Teachers granted sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave for one semester shall be given an employment contract paid full salary during such leave. Teachers granted leave for one full year shall be paid one-half salary for the year of in which leave and is taken. The salary shall be entitled to paid in the same manner as if the teacher were teaching in District 513. The teacher may accept a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary fellowship or grant-in-aid in accomplishment of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools purpose for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during which the leave periodwas granted. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members Time spent on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the credited toward salary schedule increment and credit for seniority purposes for the period as time spent in full-time teaching. Upon completion of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay and within sixty (60) days of the teacher's return to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves duty, he/she shall be granted in conformity submit to the provisions of Section 3319.131 President one of the Ohio Revised Codefollowing: If the leave was for formal study, a transcript of credit and a brief description of the program studied, including a detailed evaluation of the program with respect to its contribution to the leave; If the leave was for travel, a written report setting forth the teacher's reaction to the travel and a statement of the benefits received.
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Samples: Union Contract, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Labor Contract
Sabbatical Leave. 20.1 Teachers who have been employed in the district for seven (7) years may apply for sabbatical leave for one (1) year. Upon written applicationDuring this sabbatical leave, not later the teacher shall be considered to be in the employ of the Board and shall receive a salary equivalent to one-half (1/2) of his annual salary.
20.2 To qualify for sabbatical leave a teacher must hold a permanent, continuing, life or professional teaching certificate and shall have accumulated at least ten (10) semester hours toward a master’s degree.
20.3 No more than April 1 two (2) teachers may be on sabbatical leave during the year.
20.4 Sabbatical leave may be granted for one of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications reasons:
A. Formal study at an accredited college or university toward an advanced degree.
B. Research work under the guidance of competent research personnel.
C. Special program accepted by the Board as recommended by the Superintendent.
20.5 Sabbatical leave must be applied for by February 15 of the year prior to the requested leave. Sabbatical leave must be requested in writing on the proper forms from the Superintendent. Teachers may be asked to be present during the consideration of their request for sabbatical leave at the Board meeting.
20.6 The Board shall be act upon the sabbatical leave requests prior to June 1.
20.7 Any teacher granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications leave shall be required to work for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting minimum of three (3) representatives to be named by years upon his return from sabbatical leave for the Superintendent, and Board. Any Teacher who does not complete the three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member years minimum will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of Board all monies funded him under this agreement and shall proportionately return these monies funded him under this agreement as follows: works one (1) year upon returning from leaveafter sabbatical, refunds two-thirds (2/3) monies; works two (2) years after sabbatical, refunds one-third (1/3) money. Failure to do so Any teacher who does not work for the Board at all after his leave shall require the unit member to refund return all monies afforded him under this agreement. The teacher shall obtain a performance bond which meets these conditions prior to the Board all payments received from the Board final approval for said sabbatical leave.
20.8 Restitution of said sabbatical leave purposes during money does not apply in cases where the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with teacher becomes incapacitated or where the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended rule is waived by agreement of both partiesthe Board.
720.9 During the sabbatical leave the teacher shall not be allowed to hold any full-time paid position. Unit members on However, this section shall not be construed to deny any teacher the right to fellowships, scholarships, grants and aides, or other scholastic stipends. The granting of sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on made solely upon the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period recommendation of the Superintendent and the authorization of the Board, providing funds for such sabbatical leaves are available. The Board reserves the right to reject any request for any reason for leaves as defined by this Agreement.
20.10 An employee who is absent on sabbatical leave and for academic study shall return be required to their same or to a similar position as they held furnish evidence of satisfactory progress in his academic study. Specific details of this requirement shall be arranged at the time of approval of the leave commenced.
8sabbatical request. A bargaining unit member Any employee on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during who fails to meet the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days agreed upon requirements in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit his application for the portion of their salary forfeited during the said sabbatical leave will pay shall forfeit all rights to STRS both continue leave unless specifically permitted to continue by the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsBoard.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Sabbatical Leave. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, a sabbatical leave may be granted to any member of this unit by the Board, subject to the following conditions;
1. Upon written application, not later The leave may only be used for study in a recognized graduate level college or university for the purpose of general enhancement of the educational resources of the school district.
2. The sabbatical leave applicant shall present verification of intent to attain:
a. No less than April 1 twelve hours of any school year, a graduate study applicable to the improvement of the current employment responsibilities.
b. At least one interim report.
c. Proof that the original intent has been attained.
3. Only one member of this unit member who meets the following qualifications shall may be granted a sabbatical leaveleave per year.
24. All applications Request for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the Superintendent, in writing, in such form as may be required and three (3) representatives to shall be named by in the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program Superintendent’s possession no later than December 31st of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of calendar year preceding the proposed program to school year for which the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedis requested.
5. Unit members approved for Recipient of a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for would retain and receive all negotiated benefits during the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary term of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As The recipient would be eligible for the following employment considerations upon return:
a. The salary increments will be added as if the employee had been in the employment of the Board actively during the time of the sabbatical.
b. Accumulated sick leave shall be retained.
c. Sick leave shall continue to accumulate during the term of the sabbatical as if the employee were actively employed by the Board of Education only during the summer sabbatical.
7. All applicants shall have completed seven years in an administrative position in the employment of the Lindenwold Board of Education.
8. There shall be two kinds of sabbatical leaves.
a. A sabbatical leave may be granted for one full year and the recipient shall receive 60% of their salary as determined by their then appropriate position on the unit salary schedule. This sabbatical plan shall be available to all members of the unit.
b. All members of the unit may choose the option of a condition summer sabbatical in accordance with the following terms:
1. A summer sabbatical may be granted for up to but not more than two consecutive xxxxxxx.
2. Summer sabbaticals shall be subject to conditions of being granted a this article with the exception of paragraph 8a.
3. The administrators choosing this option shall be available to pursue their graduate study as of the first work day after the last teacher work day after the last teacher work day of the school year. This shall be providing the recipient has completed all the school closing requirements to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. The last day of the summer sabbatical shall be August 31st and the recipient shall report to work on the first central office work day of September.
4. During the years of the summer sabbatical option, vacation entitlement shall be forfeited.
5. Salary for the summer option shall be at full salary.
6. Prior to commencing the sabbatical leave, an administrator shall enter into a unit member must agree contract to return to active service in the Pickerington Schools District for a period of one at least two (12) year upon returning from years after the expiration of such leave. Failure to do so Such contract shall require provide for the unit member to refund to the Board return of all payments money received from the Board for while on sabbatical leave purposes during in the leave periodevent that the administrator does not return to active service, provided, however, that such reimbursement shall not be required where the failure is due to pregnancy, total incapacity or other incapacity of a physical or mental nature. Such refund shall be made within A determination concerning such a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement return of both parties.
7. Unit members funds received while on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on within the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period sole discretion of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedBoard.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationTeachers covered by this contract may, not later than April 1 subject to the approval of any school yearthe Superintendent, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period absence of one (1) year upon returning from leavefor advanced study beyond the master's degree or for other educational endeavors deemed appropriate by the Superintendent.
2. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board Not more than three (3) teachers may be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time.
3. Application for sabbatical leave purposes during shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Schools on or before February 1 if it is to become effective in September. A teacher requesting such leave shall submit an application for approval of Activities for Professional Improvement, specifying the reasons for which the leave periodis requested. Such refund Evaluation of each application on the basis of service rendered by the applicant and the use to be made of the requested sabbatical leave shall be made within the responsibility of the Superintendent. Applicants shall be notified by May 1 of the disposition of their application.
4. Sabbatical leave shall be granted only to teachers who have served for at least seven (7) years in the Somerset School System. A second or third leave shall not be authorized until a four teacher shall have reestablished eligibility by serving another period of seven (47) month period beginning with years.
5. Teachers on Sabbatical shall receive from the first full month said unit member was to School Committees sixty percent (60%) of the salaries which they would have returned to received if they had remained on active duty. Such time limit may be extended They shall also receive the proportional amount toward Blue Cross - Blue Shield, town life insurance, and teachers' retirement allowed by agreement law.
6. The Superintendent of both partiesSchools shall require that a teacher on sabbatical leave submit three (3) reports to him concerning the manner in which the leave is being used. The Superintendent shall determine a schedule for submission of the reports from the teacher.
7. Unit members on Prior to granting a sabbatical leave leave, a teacher shall be given full experience credit on enter into written agreement with the salary schedule and credit Superintendent of Schools that upon the termination of such leave, he will return to service in the Somerset School System for seniority purposes for a period equal to twice the period length of the leave and that, in default of completing such service, he shall refund to the Town of Somerset or the Somerset-Berkley Regional School District an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered.
8. Upon his return from sabbatical leave, a teacher's salary shall be the same as he would have received had the period of his leave been spent in the Somerset School System, and he shall be returned to their the same or to a similar position as they which he held at the time the said leave commencedcommenced if available, or, if not, to a substantially equivalent position.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1The grant of a sabbatical leave to academic employees is deemed to improve and enrich the educational programs of the District. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall Sabbatical leave may be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications to eligible academic employees for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting one, two, or three quarters for the purpose of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentplanned travel, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerformal education, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travelresearch, writing, or research.
b. other experience of professional value. The object of such leave is to increase each academic employee's value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, District by providing periodic opportunity for renewal and enrichment outside the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3District operation. In order to Academic employees shall be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled up to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year at seventy-five percent (75%) pay upon returning from leavecompletion of six (6) or more consecutive years of full-time academic employment with the District. Failure No more than four percent (4%) of full-time academic employees may be granted sabbatical leave in any one year. The recipient of a sabbatical leave may accept grants, fellowships, or other monies that defray the cost of study, travel, or research. The District may, at its option, grant a sabbatical leave after a shorter period but shall not be required to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave periodso. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement The granting of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on contingent upon the salary schedule execution of a contractual agreement between the District and credit for seniority purposes for the period employee providing that he or she shall return to the District following the completion of the leave and serve in his or her appointment for a period commensurate with the amount of leave so granted. The contractual agreement shall return also specify (a) the basic tasks to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits be performed during the period leave, (b) the type of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify documentation required to confirm that the Treasurer not less than thirty tasks have been completed, (30c) days prior to the commencement method for modifying the tasks during the course of the leave if such modification becomes necessary, and pay (d) the consequences of not substantially completing the tasks, including repayment provisions, if any. The employee shall have the right to AFT-Y representation in the Treasurer development of such an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9agreement. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit First priority for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted given to providing career teachers, counselors, or librarians opportunity for renewal and enrichment within their disciplines. Second priority shall be given to requests for academic retraining. A sabbatical leave committee shall be established in conformity consultation with the College President, for academic- employee sabbatical leave requests; to receive and screen such requests; to interview sabbatical leave applicants; and to submit a ranked list of approved applications to the provisions College President. The committee's guidelines shall be published by December 1 of Section 3319.131 each year and shall promote requests for sabbaticals containing opportunities for individual study, for independent research, for formal academic training programs, for the completion of writing projects, and for planned travel. The committee shall be established annually by the end of the Ohio Revised Code7th week of spring quarter for the following academic year. Sabbatical leave requests consistent with the committee's guidelines shall be submitted to the committee by the end of the first (1st) week of winter academic quarter. The committee shall submit its ranked list of approved applications to the College President by the end of the third (3rd) week of the winter quarter. The College President shall determine his or her recommendations for sabbatical leaves by the end of the fifth (5th) week of the winter quarter. He or she shall review such recommendations with the committee at least two weeks prior to submitting them to the Board of Trustees for final approval. Following review of his or her recommendations with the Committee, the College President shall meet with successful candidates and notify unsuccessful applicants at least one (1) week prior to submission of the recommendations to the Board to explain the disposition of the applications. The College President's final recommendations shall be made to the Board not later than April 15 of any regular college year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 A. Any MBU entitled to a sabbatical under the State laws of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall Arizona may be granted a sabbatical leaveleave for professional study or research which benefits the school program and pupils of the District.
2. All applications for B. Any MBU who shall have completed seven (7) consecutive full years of satisfactory service immediately prior to the time the sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives is to be named by the Superintendentcommence, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have who has not previously been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will of absence in the Tucson Unified School District is eligible to apply.
C. Applicants shall submit their proposed sabbatical program for the following school year to the sabbatical committee prior to winter vacation. Applicants shall be notified by the office of the Superintendent of the status of their approval application by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveFebruary 15.
6. As a condition of being X. Xxxxxxxxxx leaves may be granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to by the Pickerington Schools Governing Board for a any period of one time, but not to exceed two (12) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first consecutive full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiessemesters.
7. Unit members E. A MBU on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on considered to be in the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period employ of the leave District and shall have a contract.
F. A MBU granted sabbatical leave must return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer District not less later than thirty (30) days prior to the one year after commencement of the sabbatical leave and pay for renewal of employment for at least one year. If he/she chooses not to return, he/she shall be required to refund the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of compensation received from the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited District during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsperiod.
10X. A sabbatical committee shall be comprised of seven (7) members, one of whom will be a representative from the Human Resources Department (who will act as chairperson) and six (6) members who will be mutually selected by the District and the Association. All such If the District and Association cannot reach agreement on the committee members by November 1, each party will select three (3) members. The committee shall use the following criteria when reviewing the applications:
1. Merit of the applicant's proposed program;
2. Applicant's length of service in the District;
3. Distribution from the areas of elementary, middle school and secondary.
H. The number of sabbatical leaves granted in any one school year shall be granted in conformity determined by the Board. The sabbatical committee shall make the final recommendations for selection from the list of applicants. These recommendations along with the Superintendent's recommendations, shall be submitted to the provisions Governing Board for consideration. For the 2005-2007 school years, the Governing Board will not consider requests for sabbatical leave.
I. Any change in an approved sabbatical plan must be approved in advance by the Exec. Director of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised CodeHuman Resources.
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Samples: Consensus Agreement, Consensus Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationSabbatical leave for study, not later than April 1 of any school yearresearch, a unit member who meets educational travel, or other such reason as approved by the following qualifications sabbatical committee shall be granted a by the Board to teachers who have four (4) or more years of service in Osceola County. Such leave shall be granted under the following conditions, upon the approval of the Board.
10.10-1 Such sabbatical leave shall be in recognition of significant service through teaching for the purpose of encouraging achievement, which contributes to the professional effectiveness in education of the members of the staff and the value of their subsequent service to the School District.
10.10-2 No more than one percent (1%) of the teachers who are eligible, rounded to the closest whole number, shall be granted sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical 10.10-3 Sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a granted for one (1) full year at one-half (1/2) pay.
10.10-4 The Board will provide the full fringe benefits as are provided for all teachers under this Master Contract.
10.10-5 A sabbatical committee consisting of six (6) members, three (3) representatives to be named of whom are appointed by the Superintendent, Superintendent and three (3) representatives of whom are appointed by the President of the Association, shall serve as a screening committee. Teachers serving on the Sabbatical Committee shall receive no less than five (5) days’ notice of the Screening Committee Meetings.
(1) Criteria to be named considered by the Association Presidentcommittee in reviewing applications shall include need, area, and plan of study and/or travel, seniority, and past contributions to the School District. A standard sabbatical leave form shall be developed by the Committee and shall be made a part of this Contract. In all cases, a teacher making application for the teacher’s first sabbatical leave shall have preference over a teacher who has previously been granted a sabbatical leave from the teacher’s county.
(2) The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, nominate the following:
a. The proposed program of candidate(s) for sabbatical leave to the applicant as related Superintendent for the Superintendent’s recommendation to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchthe Board.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
(3. In order to be ) If more applications are received than are eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must list of alternates shall be established by the committee. This list shall be structured in order of precedence. Should any teacher granted a sabbatical leave by the Board decline the teacher’s sabbatical leave due to a change in plans or lack of acceptance in a program, or other extenuating circumstances, the first alternate shall be notified and considered for sabbatical leave. This process will continue through the ranked order until all approved applications have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsutilized.
410.10-6 The applications for sabbatical leave, including a plan of study and/or travel study, must be submitted to the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee during the period of February 1 through March 31 preceding the year for which the leave is granted. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for Applicants will be notified no later than April 20 as to the proposed use disposition of their applications. A teacher receiving permission to take sabbatical leavesleave shall
10.10-7 After July 1, the applicant cannot withdraw the sabbatical leave except under extreme hardship conditions. Within ninety (90) days after When such conditions do occur, the expiration teacher involved shall be placed in any available position for which the teacher is certified, or if no such position is available, the teacher shall be placed in such position when it becomes available.
10.10-8 The Board agrees that, following termination of his/her this leave, the unit member teacher will make a written report be reassigned to the position held at the time of commencement of this leave, if available; provided, however, reassignment to a permanent instructional position shall be made only at the beginning of the school year, or the beginning of the second semester of a school year. In the event the Board is unable to reassign the teacher to the position held at the time of granting of the leave or to a similar position, then the teacher and the Superintendent detailing may agree on a suitable position of employment for the usepurpose of both parties fulfilling their duties and obligations under this part; and if no such position can be agreed upon, which was made then the teacher's future obligations as hereafter set forth shall be deemed to be waived by the Board. In defining the "same" or "similar" position of his/her employment, the salary to be paid shall be that as currently stated in the salary schedule for that position in effect at the time whether the same be higher or lower than the salary being paid the teacher at the time of the granting of this leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave The teacher shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled considered to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of have gained one (1) year of teaching experience.
10.10-9 The teacher agrees that, upon returning from termination of the sabbatical leave, the teacher will return to the employment of the Board under the terms and conditions set forth above and shall remain in such employment for at least one (1) full school year. Failure If the Board has not waived the obligation of the teacher to return to employment upon expiration of this leave and the teacher fails to do so so, unless prevented by illness or physical disability, the teacher shall require forfeit all rights and benefits to which said teacher would have been entitled or which has accrued during the unit member period of this leave; and the teacher shall be required to refund to repay the Board all payments received from sums paid during this leave for salary and all additional sums paid by the Board for on behalf of the teacher including but not limited to contributions to retirement funds, FICA, insurance premiums, and other such similar expenditures incident to employment by the Board. In the event that a full year of service is not completed, such repayment of sabbatical leave purposes benefits shall be on a pro-rata basis. In the event of the death of the teacher during the leave period. Such refund term of this leave, or prior to fulfilling any of additional obligations shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement deemed cancelled and all parties relieved of both partiesany further duties, obligations and liabilities created herein.
7. Unit members on 10.10-10 In the event it should become necessary for either party to take legal action against the other for collection of funds as provided under this sabbatical leave, the losing party shall pay all costs of such action, including reasonable attorney fees.
10.10-11 The individual contract between the teacher and the Board covering sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to consistent with the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codethis Contract.
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Samples: Instructional Employees Contract, Instructional Employees Contract
Sabbatical Leave. A. A joint committee consisting of four (4) teachers and four (4) members from the Board and/or Administrative and Supervisory Council shall be established to review all sabbatical leave requests. Said committee shall be convened by the Superintendent no later than September 15th of each school year and shall be responsible for establishing rules, regulations and forms, with necessary administrative support to be furnished by the office of the Superintendent.
1. Upon written application, not later No more than April 1 ten (10) members of the total professional staff may be on sabbatical leave during any one school year.
2. No one shall be eligible for sabbatical leave unless he shall have been employed by the Toms River School District for a minimum of seven (7) years. No one shall be eligible for a repeated sabbatical leave without an intervening seven (7) years of continuous employment by the Toms River School District.
3. Sabbatical leave may be granted for purposes of study, a unit member who meets research, or writing. In all cases there must be demonstrable and immediate benefit to the following qualifications educational program of the district. The committee shall make final and binding recommendations in regard to the granting of sabbatical leaves.
4. Sabbatical leave shall be granted a for one (1) school year and the recipient shall receive half pay (½) for one (1) school year sabbatical. All other fringe benefits to be continued during the period of the employee’s sabbatical leave.
25. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a Upon return from sabbatical leave, a unit member must teacher shall be placed on the salary schedule of the level which he would have been employed achieved had he remained as a teacher in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearssystem during the period of his absence.
46. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their Upon return from sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member teacher will make be returned to his grade level or subject areas as a written report regular classroom teacher if a vacancy exists. The Board reserves the right to utilize such a teacher in any capacity covered by the Superintendent detailing teacher’s certification if the use, which was Board deems it necessary.
7. Regular deductions for the state retirement fund and other normal deductions shall be made from the salary of his/her any person on leave. If the leave was granted for graduate studyThe Board will match retirement funds, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedas required by law.
58. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified The granting of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled contingent upon a commitment to a salary equal return to the difference between their previous salary District and serve a minimum of two (2) years beginning with the salary first school year following completion of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
69. As All sabbatical leave recipients must sign a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree promissory note to ensure their return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year District upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period completion of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedsabbatical leave.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. The purpose of the Sabbatical Leave Policy is threefold:
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 Recognition of any school year, professional excellence as a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveteacher.
2. All applications Encouragement of professional growth for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsteachers.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed Improvement of the Mattapoisett Public Schools.
B. Any teacher who has served continuously in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Mattapoisett Public Schools for a period of one at least seven (17) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require years may, at the unit member to refund to recommendation of the Board all payments received from the Board for Superintendent of Schools, be granted sabbatical leave purposes during of absence not to exceed one year for study or research. The applicant must provide with his/her written request for such leave a plan which will include a complete statement of aims and objectives and the leave period. Such refund shall procedure whereby these aims and objectives are to be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesachieved.
7. Unit members C. A teacher on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on receive a salary equal to one-half (1/2) of the salary schedule and credit to which he/she would have been entitled had he/she remained in the school system for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation For teachers, salary will be interpreted to mean the basic salary excluding supplemental payments for special assignments.
D. Preliminary requests for a leave of such benefits must notify absence shall be made in writing to the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days Superintendent of Schools on or before October 15 of the school year prior to the commencement school year for which the leave is requested. Final determination of the request for a leave of absence on the part of the teacher and pay the Mattapoisett School committee shall be made no later than April 30 of the school year prior to the Treasurer school year for which the leave of absence is requested.
E. Before beginning the sabbatical leave, the teacher shall agree to the Committee that, upon termination of such leave, he/she will return to service in the Mattapoisett Public Schools for a period of at least two (2) years and that, in default of completing such service, he/she will refund to the Town of Mattapoisett an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) such proportion of salary received by him/her on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered. The Committee may terminate a sabbatical leave if the employee on such leave violates the expressed terms of the total monthly cost Sabbatical Leave Agreement agreed to by the Committee and such employee prior to such leave.
F. A teacher returning from sabbatical leave shall be placed on the step of the insurance not less than ten (10) days salary schedule that he/she would have attained had he/she remained in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueMattapoisett Public Schools.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for G. If possible, on return to the portion of their salary forfeited during Mattapoisett Public Schools, a teacher shall be assigned to the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both position that he/she held before leaving the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsMattapoisett Public Schools.
10. All such sabbatical leaves H. For this school year and ensuing school years, not more than one leave of absence shall be granted in conformity to under the provisions herewith listed and Section 41A of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.Chapter 71, M.G.L.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationA member of the faculty who has served full time for at least six (6) years, not later than April 1 who has the rank of any school year, a unit member assistant professor or above and who meets the following qualifications is tenured shall be granted eligible for a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will Sabbatical leaves may be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university post-doctoral study, research or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools other professional improvement for a period of one (1) year at half pay, or for one-half (1/2) year at full pay.
3. Sabbatical leave shall be granted with the understanding that the recipient shall upon returning from the termination of this leave return to their duties at the College for at least one (1) year, unless by mutual agreement of the faculty member and the President it is deemed inadvisable for her/him to do so. At the close of the leave period, the faculty member shall file with the appropriate Academic Xxxx a detailed report of their professional activities during their absence in which the faculty member relates goals attained with those proposed in the leave request.
4. Upon completion of the academic year during which the sabbatical leave is taken, the faculty member shall begin again to accumulate leave service credit, becoming eligible for another sabbatical leave upon the accumulation of an additional (minimum) six (6) year period of service credit. A faculty member on sabbatical leave will accrue time towards promotion but will not accrue sick leave. Failure Faculty members granted extended leaves of absence beyond a sabbatical leave shall not accrue time toward promotion or sick leave.
5. If a faculty member shall serve more than six (6) years before their first sabbatical leave, or between sabbatical leaves, the additional years beyond six (6) shall not be credited toward the service-credit requirement for the next or any subsequent sabbatical leave.
6. However, a faculty member whose approved sabbatical leave has been deferred or postponed because of replacement or other operational difficulties, shall begin to do so accumulate service credit for their next sabbatical leave as of the scheduled start of the deferred or postponed leave but not including the time, if any, eventually spent on the deferred or postponed leave.
7. When on a sabbatical leave, a faculty member shall require be permitted to receive travel expenses, fellowships, grants-in-aid or other financial assistance from sources other than the unit member College, provided the employee is not required to refund perform duties detrimental to the Board all payments received from objective for which the Board leave has been granted; however, if the faculty member accepts employment for sabbatical leave purposes pay during the leave period. Such refund shall , their college compensation will normally be made within reduced by the amount necessary to bring their total compensation for that period to a four (4) month period beginning level comparable with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiestheir normal professional income.
78. Unit members Nothing in this section on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return construed to their same mean or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time imply that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.two
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Tentative Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationTeachers covered by this contract may, not later than April 1 subject to the approval of any school yearthe Superintendent, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period absence of one (1) year upon returning from leavefor advanced study beyond the master's degree or for other educational endeavors deemed appropriate by the Superintendent.
2. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board Not more than three (3) teachers may be absent on sabbatical leave at any one time.
3. Application for sabbatical leave purposes during shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Schools on or before February 1 if it is to become effective in September. A teacher requesting such leave shall submit an application for approval of Activities for Professional Improvement, specifying the reasons for which the leave periodis requested. Such refund Evaluation of each application on the basis of service rendered by the applicant and the use to be made of the requested sabbatical leave shall be made within the responsibility of the Superintendent. Applicants shall be notified by May 1 of the disposition of their application.
4. Sabbatical leave shall be granted only to teachers who have served for at least seven (7) years in the districts. A second or third leave shall not be authorized until a four teacher shall have reestablished eligibility by serving another period of seven (47) month period beginning with years.
5. Teachers on Sabbatical shall receive from the first full month said unit member was to School Committees sixty percent (60%) of the salaries which they would have returned to received if they had remained on active duty. Such time limit may be extended They shall also receive the proportional amount toward Blue Cross - Blue Shield, town life insurance, and teachers' retirement allowed by agreement law.
6. The Superintendent of both partiesSchools shall require that a teacher on sabbatical leave submit three (3) reports to him/her concerning the manner in which the leave is being used. The Superintendent shall determine a schedule for submission of the reports from the teacher.
7. Unit members on Prior to granting a sabbatical leave leave, a teacher shall be given full experience credit on enter into written agreement with the salary schedule and credit Superintendent of Schools that upon the termination of such leave, he/she will return to service in the Somerset School District for seniority purposes for a period equal to twice the period length of the leave and that, in default of completing such service, he/she shall refund to the Town of Somerset or the Somerset Berkley Regional School District an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered.
8. Upon his/her return from sabbatical leave, a teacher's salary shall be the same as he would have received had the period of his/her leave been spent in the Somerset School District, and he/she shall be returned to their the same or to a similar position as they which he/she held at the time the said leave commencedcommenced if available, or, if not, to a substantially equivalent position.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given granted to unlimited full-time, temporary full-time and unlimited part-time faculty who meet the following criteria:
A. The applicant must have continuously served the equivalent of six (6) or more academic years in the Minnesota state colleges with an employment contract for aggregate of twelve (12) semesters of actual service without having been granted such an experience. All continuous service in the year of leave and Minnesota state colleges shall be entitled to a salary equal to included in the difference between their previous salary and the salary calculation of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6full-time equivalency. As a condition For purposes of being granted a sabbatical leavethis section, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of continuous service shall mean holding an assignment during each academic year. No more than one (1) year upon returning from leaveof service will be counted for each academic year. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall This total must be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days achieved prior to the commencement of the leave. Faculty members may have one (1) semester in which the faculty member was on an approved unpaid leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent count as one (50%1) of the total monthly twelve (12) semesters. If a faculty member is on an unpaid leave for one (1) year or more, the calculation of equivalent FTE will resume on the date of return. Faculty members on notice of layoff are not eligible for a sabbatical leave. In the event that the faculty member's layoff notice is rescinded, a faculty member who has applied for and met all other requirements for a sabbatical leave shall be granted the sabbatical Article 17 regardless of the number of sabbaticals that have already been granted if the faculty member is more senior than the least senior faculty member who was granted a sabbatical leave at that college.
B. The faculty member has submitted a plan for a sabbatical leave that is designed to serve the purpose described above.
C. The college president has certified that a replacement can be found. In individual cases where a replacement cannot be found, a faculty member determined to meet the other eligibility requirements in the year of request will not be denied a sabbatical leave in subsequent years based solely on this reason. This provision shall not be applicable to the faculty member after a sabbatical leave request is granted (unless the situation recurs after six (6) more years of service).
D. Funds to cover the cost of the insurance sabbaticals are available. Except in situations of financial exigency for the Minnesota state colleges, sabbatical leaves will not less than be denied for this reason.
E. The number of sabbaticals approved for a stand-alone community college does not exceed ten percent (10%) days in advance rounded up to the next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the unduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and the total FTE of the minimum guarantees for unlimited part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit year for the portion former MCCFA bargaining unit. The number of their salary forfeited during sabbaticals approved for a stand-alone technical college does not exceed two and one-half percent (2 ½%) rounded up to the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the employee unduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and employer share the total FTE of retirement contributions.
10the minimum guarantees for unlimited part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that year for the former UTCE bargaining unit. All such sabbatical leaves The number of sabbaticals approved for a consolidated college shall be granted in conformity the combined total not to exceed ten percent (10%) for former MCCFA and two and one-half percent (2 ½%) for former UTCE, each rounded up to the provisions of Section 3319.131 next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the Ohio Revised Codeunduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and the total FTE of the minimum guarantees for unlimited part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that year for the MSCF bargaining unit.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationA. Teachers, not later than April 1 counselors, deans of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentboys, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program deans of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length girls who have completed 7 years of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal sabbatical leave of 1 year, the compensation for which shall be 60 percent of the teacher's annual contracted wage. It must be verified and a transcript must be furnished upon completion of the formal education. The number of persons on sabbatical leave in any 1 year shall be limited to 5. Sabbatical leave shall not be granted to any person for longer than 1 school year.
B. Sabbatical leave shall be granted only for the purpose of improving the professional ability of the staff member and improving the standard of instruction in the District. Satisfactory programs or projects for sabbatical leave periods include study, research, or related work in other institutions or private or business organizations, for any reason which will contribute to the difference cultural and technical qualifications of the staff member for his/her work in the District.
C. The salary amount to be paid while on leave shall be paid on the usual monthly basis. A teacher, counselor, xxxx of boys, and xxxx of girls, absent on sabbatical leave, shall receive any regularly scheduled salary increases negotiated and agreed to between their previous salary the Board of Trustees and the salary Butte Teachers' Union.
D. Applications must be filed on or before April 1 or November 1 immediately preceding the semester when it is proposed that the sabbatical leave shall become effective. Leaves may be granted for periods of 1 semester or 1 year.
E. Applications for sabbatical leave shall be made upon a form furnished by the Human Resource Director. The application shall contain information as follows: Applicant's name, educational purpose of sabbatical leave, whether work remuneration will be received while on leave, and the amount of such remuneration, if any.
F. Applicants for sabbatical leave, after having been determined to qualify otherwise under this rule, shall be recommended to an eligibility list of the substitute Board in order of their seniority of service in the District. Such applicant may maintain his/her position on this eligibility list by renewing his/her application annually.
G. Social Security and Teachers' Retirement benefits shall be computed and paid as provided by law.
H. The District shall pay its contribution for the hospitalization plan for teachers while the teacher replacing them while is on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a I. The applicant for sabbatical leave shall execute an agreement with the District as follows: "I, the undersigned applicant for sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools employment of School District No.1, Silver Bow County, State of Montana, at the expiration of the sabbatical leave, and to serve in my present teaching capacity at the salary scale provided by agreement between the School District No. 1 and the Butte Teachers' Union, for a period at least 1 year after the expiration of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes in exchange for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited compensation received during the sabbatical leave will pay leave. I, the undersigned applicant for sabbatical leave, agree that if I fail to STRS both return to serve School District No. 1 for 1 year after the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 expiration of the Ohio Revised Codesabbatical leave or unconditionally offer my services to School District No. 1 for 1 year after the expiration of the sabbatical leave, I must repay School District No. 1 all wages, insurance, social security and teacher's retirement received by me and/or for my benefit during the sabbatical leave." Signature of Applicant Chairman, Board of Trustees, School District No. 1
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Sabbatical leave will be offered to faculty members on the basis of the following requirements.
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, Full-time teachers who have completed seven (7) years service to the district will be qualified to apply for a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a one-year sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave Leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting for the purpose of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as educational advancement in or directly related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, one's specific teaching field or research.
b. The value of the proposed program fields valuable to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsdistrict.
3. In order to The teacher must be eligible for enrolled in and attend as a sabbatical leave, full-time student in a unit member college or university whose credits will be accepted by this state. The teacher must have been employed successfully complete all classes contained in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsapproved sabbatical application.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave Leave will be notified granted with a stipend of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not teacher's annual gross salary, less than taxation, and other payroll deductions necessary. This stipend will be paid in ten (10) days in advance or twelve (12) equal installments.
5. If the applicant does not fulfill his/her obligation to the district, then all district monies plus the annual lending rate percentage for monies used during the leave year are to be returned to the district as stipulated by a promissory note.
6. No more than two percent (2%) of the time that faculty may be granted leave for any one school year.
7. Teachers accepting leave will agree to return to the Board premium payment is duedistrict for two (2) consecutive years upon completion of leave.
8. Applicants for leave must submit a formal request and letter of application with other pertinent data to the building administrator no later than November 1.
9. Any bargaining unit member All applications will be reviewed and screened by the leave committee. This committee will consist of one faculty member, one administrator and one board member, each appointed by his/her constituents. Alternates will also be appointed.
a. Leave will be reviewed on the basis of merit of request, benefits to district and seniority. The committee's recommendation shall be made to the Superintendent, who purchases retirement credit for shall bring that recommendation to the portion Board with his/her comments.
b. Applicants will be notified of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsBoard's decision by January 1.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to A teacher will remain on the provisions of Section 3319.131 same experience step of the Ohio Revised Codesalary schedule that he/she would have been eligible for at the time the leave commenced and all other benefits acquired up to that time will be retained.
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Samples: Master Contract, Master Contract
Sabbatical Leave. Teachers presently covered by this contract and matriculating in an advanced program or other activity, subject to the approval of the Superintendent and the Board, may be granted sabbatical leave of absence.
1. Upon written applicationOne year or one-half year for study, not travel or research, subject to the following conditions:
a. Applications for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the Superintendent on or before February 1st for either a full year or one semester leave in the subsequent school year. The Superintendent will notify the applicant of the action taken on such leave application no later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications June 1st.
b. Sabbatical leave shall be granted only to teachers who have served at least seven years in the district. A second and third such leave shall not be authorized until a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed teacher shall have reestablished eligibility by a committee consisting serving another period of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicantseven years.
c. The applicant’s total length of service Compensation for teachers on sabbatical shall be guaranteed as follows: one year leave with Pickerington Schoolshalf pay; or one-half year leave at full pay at the salary they would have received if they had remained on active duty with the district.
3. In order d. Prior to be eligible for granting a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in teacher shall enter into a written agreement with the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting Superintendent, that upon termination of such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member teacher will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so year, and that in default of completing such service, the teacher shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer school district an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) such portion of the total monthly cost salary received by the teacher while on such leave.
e. The Superintendent agrees to consider qualified candidates to take sabbatical leave each school year. The criteria for selection of said candidates are as follows:
(1) Availability of qualified substitutes
(2) Benefit to district
(3) Benefit to individual
(4) No previous sabbatical leave
(5) Order of application
(6) Seniority
f. Selection shall be made by the joint decision of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of Superintendent and the time that the Board premium payment is dueBoard.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member Professional employees who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named have been employed by the Superintendent, and three Plymouth-Canton Community Schools for a minimum of seven (37) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee consecutive years shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in . If granted the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration said employee shall be paid one half of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedannual salary and full related fringe benefits.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible2. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given available to eligible professional personnel in order to provide an employment contract opportunity for professional improvement through formal study, research, writing and travel, or other types of experiences through which the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary general welfare of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leavePlymouth-Canton Community Schools will benefit.
6a. An applicant must hold a permanent type teaching certificate.
b. Absence from service in the district for a period of not more than one year, under a leave of absence without pay granted by the Board for professional improvement or restoration of health, shall not be deemed a break in the continuity of service required in this section. As Subsequent sabbatical leaves may be granted after eligibility has been re-established by service of an additional seven (7) years as a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member full-time employee.
c. Applicant must agree to return to the Pickerington service of the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools immediately upon termination of sabbatical leave and to continue in such service for a period of two (2) years, unless physical disability makes this impossible or there is mutual agreement to the contrary. A signed agreement in the form of a promissory note shall stipulate that the failure of the teacher to provide such service shall result in the obligation to reimburse the district a proportionate part of the salary paid to him/her during the sabbatical leave, determined by the fraction of the two (2) years not served following the leave.
3. Application shall be made to the sabbatical leave committee not later than February 1 for a leave beginning the first semester of a school year or October 1 for a leave beginning the second semester of a school year. Such application shall be accompanied by a detailed plan for the period of the sabbatical leave as outlined on the prescribed form and in accordance with the criteria listed on that form.
4. The sabbatical leave committee shall consist of two representatives of the Association and a principal. They shall prepare a priority listing of eligible candidates and recommend names for sabbatical leave appointments within 30 days of application deadlines to the Superintendent, or his/her designee, for Board approval. In recommending approval of an application the committee shall consider the date of application, the purpose of the leave, the seniority of service to the school system, the professional growth of the staff member, the potential benefit to the school system and other factors deemed pertinent by the committee. The Board shall grant sabbatical leaves not to exceed two percent (2%) of the total teaching staff. Notice of the Board's decision shall be given the applicant within sixty (60) days of application deadlines.
5. A teacher, upon return from a sabbatical leave, shall be restored to his/her former position or to a position of like nature and status and shall be placed at the same position on the salary schedule as he/she would have been had he/she taught in the district during such period.
6. A sabbatical leave may be granted for a period of not less than one (1) year upon full semester nor for more than two (2) full consecutive semesters.
7. The employee shall immediately request approval from the Superintendent, or his/her designee, for substantial change in the planned program of the leave as outlined in the approved application.
8. Each employee on a sabbatical leave shall submit a mid-point written report stating his/her progress and on returning from leave. Failure to do so leave shall require file a final written report with the unit member to refund Superintendent, or his/her designee, including the names of institutions attended, courses pursued, credits received, experience gained together with the applicant's appraisal of the professional value of the activities while on leave and the manner in which the knowledge and experience gained may be applied to the benefit of the school system.
9. The Board all payments received from reserves the Board for right to extend a sabbatical leave purposes during at full pay to an applicant on a special assignment for the leave period. Such refund shall be made within Plymouth-Canton Community Schools provided the applicant guarantees to fulfill a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesyear commitment immediately following his/her return.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1A. The Employer may grant sabbatical leave to qualified AVTECTA bargaining unit members.
B. The leave may be for up to one full year and shall count as a year’s service for salary placement at AVTEC. Upon written applicationIf the Employer determines a sabbatical leave is appropriate, not later than April 1 the Employer and bargaining unit member agree to make TRS/PERS contributions for the period of any sabbatical leave in accordance with AS 14.20.330. The Employer shall pay a teacher’s employer-sponsored health insurance premium while the teacher is on sabbatical leave.
C. If the Employer determines a sabbatical leave may be taken during the following school year, a unit member who meets Sabbatical Leave Committee composed of three representatives appointed by the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All Association and three representatives appointed by the Employer will meet during the first week of April to review applications submitted prior to April 15 for sabbatical leave consideration. In the event the committee’s vote is a tie, the Director or designee shall make the final decision among tied candidates. The bargaining unit member will be reviewed by a committee consisting notified of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program his/her selection on or before May 1 of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researcheach year.
b. The value of the proposed program D. To qualify to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible apply for a sabbatical leavesabbatical, a bargaining unit member must have been employed in served with the Pickerington School District Employer as a bargaining unit member at AVTEC for at least five (5) continuous years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a The sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract granted only for the year of leave and shall educational purposes. The educational purposes must be entitled to a salary equal directly related to the difference between their previous salary and bargaining unit member’s AVTEC position. The criteria to be considered for each applicant shall be: 1) benefit to the salary educational program of AVTEC, 2) educational improvement of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a bargaining unit member must agree to return to and, 3) the Pickerington Schools for a period quality of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require educational program chosen by the bargaining unit member to refund enter.
E. Upon return from a sabbatical leave a bargaining unit member shall be assigned to the Board all payments received from position s/he previously held unless that position has been eliminated in which case the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund bargaining unit member shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with assigned by the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or Employer to a similar position as they held at after consultation between the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healthand an appropriate AVTEC Administrator. If no similar position is available or if the similar position is filled, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days layoff procedures as provided for in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves Article 12 shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codeinvoked.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. Sabbatical leaves will be granted to unit members, under provisions of the Education Code, for the purpose of carrying out an approved program which will enable the unit member to provide improved service to the District and its students. Consideration will be given to programs that involve an appropriate program of organized study, research, or travel.
B. Sabbatical leave application, processing, approval, and compensation for unit members will be in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Upon written applicationUnit members may apply for a sabbatical leave during their sixth consecutive year of full-time service, not later than April 1 or during their sixth consecutive year of any school year, a unit member who meets the full-time service following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave , such that the unit member will be reviewed by a committee consisting have completed six (6) consecutive years of three (3) representatives to be named full-time service by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentbeginning of their sabbatical leave. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for After completing a sabbatical leave, a unit member must is not again eligible to apply for such leave until they have been employed in the Pickerington School District served on a full-time basis for at least five six (56) additional consecutive years. A leave for professional improvement, while not constituting a break in continuity of service, will not count as one of the six (6) years required for sabbatical eligibility.
2. Subject to the availability of funds and discretion of the District, the District will allocate sabbatical leaves for up to a maximum of twelve (12) of the eligible unit members. Apportionment of sabbatical leaves between the District colleges will be as follows: the number of leaves assigned to Fresno City College, Reedley College, Clovis Community College, and Madera Community College will be based upon the ratio of full-time unit members at Fresno City College, Reedley College, Clovis Community College, and Madera Community College to the total of all faculty employed by the State Center Community College District.
3. If an insufficient number of candidates apply, or if an insufficient number of applications are recommended by the committee for sabbatical leave as having met the written criteria for sabbatical leave consideration, the application period will be extended for an additional three (3) weeks. All faculty will be notified of the extension and reasons for such. If, after the extension an insufficient number still fails to meet the minimum written qualifications, the College/Campus President may recommend fewer leaves than that number allocated to the college.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for Leaves granted will be distributed among the proposed use various divisions of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after a college so as not to impair the expiration of his/her leaveinstructional programs, the unit member will make a written report non-instructional programs and services to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedstudents.
5. Unit members approved The unit member applying for a sabbatical leave will be notified agree to serve the District for at least two (2) years immediately following completion of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possiblethe leave. A unit member on Prior to entering upon a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract the unit member may choose one of two methods of compensation. Under Option I, the unit member must file a suitable bond indemnifying the District for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a any salary equal paid to the difference between their previous salary unit member during the period of sabbatical leave in the event said unit member fails to return and to render two (2) full years of service in the salary District following the completion of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave. Under Option II, the unit member may enter into a written agreement with the District to fulfill the obligations of the leave in lieu of filing a bond for this purpose, as set forth in Option I. Such an agreement form is available in the Office of Human Resources. The unit member is expected to complete their sabbatical leave as indicated in their approved sabbatical leave proposal.
6. As Each unit member applying for sabbatical leave will submit a condition formal standardized application to the appropriate committee for sabbatical leaves prior to November 1 of being granted the academic year preceding the academic year of the proposed leave. The committee at each college will consist of the Vice President of Instruction, acting as chairperson, all division Deans or those in comparable positions, and an equal number of faculty members appointed by the President of the Academic Senate.
a. The Vice President of Student Services will serve as an ex-officio member when considering applications from the counseling student services area.
b. The committee at each institution will provide the College President with a sabbatical leaverecommended rank order of leave applications which will be submitted to the Chancellor, along with the College President's recommendations, if any, for subsequent presentation to the Board of Trustees.
c. Applications submitted after the deadline date will be given consideration when accompanied by valid reasons. Valid reasons normally will be limited to government, professional, or academic programs which became available after the deadline date.
7. Within one (1) semester after return to duty, a unit member must agree who has completed a sabbatical leave will submit to the committee for sabbatical leaves and for distribution among faculty, a written report covering the period of the sabbatical. When applicable, a transcript or other evidence of completion of the planned program will accompany this report. A copy of each sabbatical leave report, together with the committee's evaluation, will be forwarded through the College President's office to the Chancellor not later than one (1) semester after return to duty. If the Pickerington Schools for a committee's evaluation reflects that the sabbatical leave report is unacceptable and/or the terms and conditions of the sabbatical were not fully met, the unit member has one (1) additional semester to rectify the problem. If the evaluation remains "unacceptable" at the conclusion of the semester, the District has the right to reclaim, through automatic payroll deduction, from the unit member that percentage of the sabbatical stipend that in the committee's viewpoint reflects the unit member's degree of incompletion.
8. Compensation while on sabbatical leave will be computed in accordance with the salary schedule in effect during the period of leave and will be paid in equal monthly payments. A sabbatical leave will be counted as service and experience on the salary schedule.
9. Sabbatical leaves may be granted as follows:
a. One (1) semester at one hundred percent (100%) of full salary, or
b. One (1) full academic year at sixty-five percent (65%) of full salary, or
10. Unit members on a full-year sabbatical may work for outside employers (or themselves) and receive remuneration, so long as the combined income from the District's sixty-five percent (65%) salary payment and the outside remuneration does not exceed one-hundred percent (100%) of what the unit member would receive on the regular faculty salary schedule. A proof of income statement completed and notarized by a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is required to verify the unit member’s income. Any excess amounts will adjust the District's sixty-five percent (65%) salary payment downward to maintain the one-hundred percent (100%) salary figure. Outside income that a unit member previously and regularly received during a school year is not affected by the provisions of this section, which apply only to additional employment that a unit member secures during the sabbatical year. Income that a unit member may receive from an employer as a part of their sabbatical leave also is not affected by the provisions of this section. Unit members, on a one (1) semester leave, upon approval may work for outside employers and receive remuneration if the income was previously and regularly received during the prior two (2) school years. Additional employment must receive prior approval from the Sabbatical Leave Committee.
11. The District will maintain full health and welfare benefits for the unit member on leave to the same extent as if the unit member were working in their regular assignment. Sabbatical leave will not count as a break in service for retiree medical insurance benefits. District paid health and welfare benefits will end if the unit member receives reasonably comparable health and welfare benefits (including dependent coverage) from any other employer.
12. Time on sabbatical leave will count towards retirement. Retirement contributions will be made on the basis of the sabbatical leave compensation (one-hundred percent (100%) for one (1) semester sabbaticals and seventy-five (65%) for one (1) year upon returning from leavesabbaticals) and provisions of the State Teacher’s Retirement System (STRS). Failure to do so shall require the The unit member on a one (1) year sabbatical may elect to refund contribute to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four one-hundred percent (4100%) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partieslevel through STRS.
713. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes may not perform any work for the period District during the sabbatical period. This includes, but is not limited to teaching, service on committees, including search committees, grant work, etc., but may teach or perform services during the summer session, if outside of their full-time contractual obligation. Cases in which exceptions may be made will be in the interest of the instructional needs of the District as determined by the College President. Paid sick leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedis not earned during this period.
8. A bargaining unit member a. Acceptance of a request to work for the District while on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duevoluntary.
9. Any bargaining unit member b. Faculty who purchases retirement credit are asked by management to perform work for the portion of their salary forfeited District during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both receive additional compensation at the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsunit member’s applicable Schedule B hourly rate.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a A. Any bargaining unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsyears as an employee of the Board may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for professional study, research and/or professional improvement for one (1) or two (2) semesters, with the provision that the member shall receive a partial annual salary equal to the difference between the substitute teacher's pay and the member's expected salary, in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.
4B. The fringe benefit program shall be continued by the Board for any bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave.
C. Application for sabbatical leave for professional study, research, and/or professional improvement shall be made at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the beginning of the requested leave. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans The application for the proposed use sabbatical leave shall be accompanied by an outline of the program of study or research to be pursued, or the proposal(s) for professional improvement. Application for a sabbatical leave which includes travel as an intended purpose of the leave shall outline the nature of the travel and shall describe the intended enhancement of the curriculum by the bargaining unit member, and shall give reasons why such travel may not be accomplished when schools are not in session and/or when the member is not on duty. The applicant must be notified by the Board of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration disposition of his/her leaverequest within thirty (30) calendar days of their receipt of the request.
D. Application shall be sent to the superintendent. The applications shall include the plans for the use of the sabbatical leave and shall meet all requirements as established by a Sabbatical Leave Committee. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall be composed of the Superintendent, one elementary school principal, one middle school or senior high school principal, one supervisor, and five (5) bargaining unit members. The bargaining unit members shall be selected by the Association. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall be responsible for the final selection(s) of the applicants chosen.
E. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall recommend to the Board for its consideration either the acceptance or rejection of the leave request and in so doing, the committee will not recommend the acceptance of leave requests for more than ten (10) percent of the Bargaining Unit in any one school year nor recommend the approval of a sabbatical leave a second time for the same individual if other bargaining unit members have filed a request for a sabbatical leave nor shall the committee recommend the approval of sabbatical leave to the same person more often than once for each five (5) years that bargaining unit member will make has worked for the Board.
F. Upon return from sabbatical leave a written report to member's salary and fringe benefits shall be the Superintendent detailing same as he/she would have received had the use, which was made period of his/her leave. If leave been spent in the District's schools and he/she shall be returned to the same position that he/she held at the time his/her leave was granted for graduate study, commenced; the bargaining unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedshall accrue seniority while on sabbatical leave.
5. Unit members approved for a G. A bargaining unit member who uses this sabbatical leave will provision shall be notified obligated to return for one year of their approval service in the district for each semester of leave granted by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A the Board upon return from sabbatical leave.
H. The bargaining unit member on a sabbatical leave for which there is no substitute replacement shall be given an employment contract have their salary difference calculated from the BA column, O Step and their current salary.
I. The bargaining unit member on sabbatical shall have escrowed from the salary difference the calculated costs necessary for unemployment benefits for the year of leave and shall be entitled eligible substitute hired to a salary equal to the difference between fill their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes position for the period of the leave and sabbatical leave. Such monies, and/or remainder of monies plus accumulated interest shall return be paid to their same or the bargaining unit member if unemployment compensation is not paid to a similar position as they held at the time substitute hired for the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Contract Agreement, Master Contract Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later No more than April 1 of one (1) professional staff member may be absent on sabbatical leave at any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leavetime.
2. All applications Only those professional staff members who have completed seven (7) continuous and full years of professional service in the Canandaigua City School System shall be eligible for sabbatical leave and no professional staff member having been on sabbatical leave shall again be eligible until he/she has completed seven (7) additional years of professional service in the District after return from such leave.
3. Any professional staff member who desires to apply for sabbatical leave shall submit his application by February 1 of the school year prior to the year for which the leave is requested. The application shall be submitted to the Superintendent in writing on such forms as the Superintendent may require.
4. In considering an application for sabbatical leave, the Superintendent will apply the following criteria: years of service of the applicant, availability of funds, type of research or study planned, educational value of proposed research or study to the Canandaigua City School District, relationship of proposal to professional growth of the applicant, urgency of proposed research or study, and availability of a competent and qualified substitute.
5. The Superintendent shall make his recommendation to the Board of Education which shall act thereon not later than the regular May meeting of the Canandaigua Board of Education following the submission of the application.
6. Professional staff members returning from sabbatical leave will be reviewed by expected to return for a committee consisting minimum of three two (32) representatives school years. Professional staff members who do not return will be required to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program pay 100% of the applicant as related salary received during the sabbatical leave. Professional staff members returning for one year will be required to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value repay 50% of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them received while on sabbatical leave.
67. As When the sabbatical leave has been completed, the professional staff member shall submit a condition report of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to research or study for the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to professional staff and the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund in such form as shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with determined by the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedSuperintendent.
8. A bargaining unit Each professional staff member on granted a sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during shall have the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior right to return to a position substantially equivalent to his former position or to the commencement of the leave same position, if it is available and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueif seniority permits.
9. Any bargaining unit A professional staff member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their shall receive half salary forfeited during the while on sabbatical leave will pay and full health insurance coverage, identical to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionshealth insurance coverage the member would receive if currently employed at Canandaigua City School District.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 Decisions of the Ohio Revised CodeSuperintendent and Board of Education on sabbatical leave requests will not be subject to grievance.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1A. The Board of Education may, at its option grant sabbatical leave to an outstanding teacher after seven (7) consecutive years or more in this school system. Upon written applicationIf a sabbatical leave is granted to a mentor teacher, not later than April 1 of any school yearit must be served within the Lake Orion District.
B. A teacher, a unit member who meets the following qualifications upon returning from sabbatical leave shall be granted restored to his/her former position or to a sabbatical leaveposition of like nature and status and shall be placed at the same position of the salary schedule as he/she would have had, had he/she taught in the district during such period.
2. All applications for C. If a paid fellowship is involved, the sabbatical leave will shall be reviewed by a committee consisting reimbursed at the rate of three not more than one-half (31/2) representatives to the annual salary and be named paid by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association PresidentBoard. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, fellowship and the individual applicantamount paid by the Board shall not exceed the full amount of annual salary.
c. The applicant’s total length D. Such leaves of service with Pickerington Schoolsabsence will be available only to fully certified staff members and advancements in salary step shall accrue during absence.
3. In order to be eligible for a E. Before beginning the sabbatical leave, the teacher shall enter into a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to active service in the Pickerington Lake Orion Community Schools for a period of at least one (1) year upon returning from after expiration of such leave. Failure to do so A teacher who does not fulfill this agreement shall require the unit member to refund repay to the Board all payments with two (2) years the amount received from during the sabbatical leave. This rule does not apply in cases where the person becomes incapacitated or in cases wherein the rule is waived by the Board.
F. To protect the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during against the leave periodteacher’s failure to return to his/her teacher position provided he/she is physically and mentally capable, the teacher shall execute a non-interest bearing note in the amount of the salary payable while on leave. Such refund This note shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to dutypaid off by one of two methods:
1. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period The face amount of the leave and note shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer diminish by an amount equal to fifty percent one-tenth (50%1/10) of the total monthly cost original face amount for each nineteen (19) days of service rendered.
2. The note shall, upon failure of the insurance not less than ten teacher to return to the system to teach, be payable in twenty (1020) days in advance installments, beginning October 1st of the time year the teacher should have returned and continuing for the next twenty-two (22) months, excluding the intervening July and August. During such payments there shall be added to each payment an amount to cover interest so that the effective rate of interest the Board premium payment is duereceives will be seven (7) percent (7%) on the unpaid balance, effective January 1st of the year that the sabbatical was actually used. The teacher shall, after notifying the Board that he/she will not return, have the option of paying the note in full with no interest prior to September 1st of the school year he/she would have assumed his/her normal teaching status.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. G. All such sabbatical leaves shall request must be granted in conformity submitted to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of Board, in writing, My March 1st proceeding the Ohio Revised Codeyear for which the leave is requested.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a 2301 A bargaining unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted has completed a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting minimum of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans consecutive years of service for the proposed use Board may request a leave of their sabbatical leavesabsence for the purpose of professional educational improvement. Within ninety Professional educational improvement shall be defined as full˗time study or work directly related to the bargaining unit member’s current teaching position or as full˗time college course work that would qualify the bargaining unit member for a new position with the Board. Full˗time is defined as forty- (9040) days after hours per week or as defined by the expiration university where the bargaining unit member is to attend, whichever applies. 2302 The bargaining unit member may apply for such leave by submitting an application no later than June 15. All leaves shall be effective at the beginning of his/her the school year. The application shall include the beginning and ending dates of the requested leave, location where study or work is to take place, number of credit hours to be taken, and ultimate goal the bargaining unit member will make a written report to is seeking by applying for the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted All professional improvement leaves shall be for graduate study, the one (1) school year. 2303 A bargaining unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on who is granted a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree required to return to the Pickerington Schools staff for a period of at least one (1) year upon returning from leaveyear. Failure to do so If he/she does not return for one (1) year, he/she shall require the unit member be required to refund to the Board any compensation received during such leave. He/she shall also forfeit all payments received from other rights and privileges including the Board right to any employment and the Board’s STRS contribution for sabbatical leave purposes the bargaining unit member during the leave period. Such refund 2304 If the Superintendent approves the request, the Superintendent shall submit the request to the Board with a recommendation for approval. 2305 The Board may grant sabbatical leaves provided:
2305.1 A satisfactory substitute is available;
2305.2 No more than five percent (5%) of the bargaining unit members shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said granted such leave at any one time.
2305.3 No bargaining unit member was shall be granted such leave more than once every five (5) years of service; and
2305.4 Such leave shall not be granted a second time to the same bargaining unit member when other bargaining unit members have returned to dutyfiled a request for such leave. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members 2306 Bargaining unit member(s) on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on receive the difference between his/her substitute’s pay and the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes he/she would have received if teaching for the period Board. All insurance coverage(s) may be continued for those bargaining unit members who are on such leave provided timely payment of the leave and shall return premium is submitted to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8Treasurer. A 2307 The bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty shall be returned to service (30) days an assignment comparable to that held prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%leave) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time upon providing evidence that the Board premium payment is due.
9approved plan has been followed. Any Upon return to service, the bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for shall retain the portion same contract status, salary status, seniority, and all benefits of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsemployment.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications 10.4.1 Sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leavein accordance with the provisions of Education Code Section 44966 to 44976 inclusive which includes articles on travel, study, and method of payment.
2. All applications 10.4.2 A leave of absence for sabbatical study or travel may not exceed one (1) year and must benefit the schools and the pupils of the ACOE and the District The Board may provide for such leave will to be reviewed by taken in separate six (6) month periods or separate quarters rather than for a committee consisting continuous one (1) year period, provided that the leave of absence for the separate periods shall be commenced and completed within a three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and year period. (Education Code 44966).
10.4.3 No more than three (3) representatives to employees may be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchon sabbatical leave at any time.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to 10.4.4 To be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member the Employee must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for completed seven (7) consecutive years of full-time paid service. Employees granted leave must agree to render at least five two (52) yearsfull years of paid service upon return from sabbatical leave.
410.4.5 Before the sabbatical leave is approved, the Employee must submit a study plan including a detailed description of the program, the name of the educational agency, and a detailed description of how such leave will benefit students. Unit This study plan must be submitted to the Employer not later than six (6) months prior to the proposed beginning date of the leave.
10.4.5.1 The number of sabbatical leaves granted in one (1) school year shall not exceed three (3) at any given time during the year.
10.4.5.2 Sabbatical leaves shall not be granted to permit an Employee to accept other employment.
10.4.5.3 An Employee shall be paid during the period of sabbatical leave at the rate of one-half of the previous year’s regular contract daily rate up to a maximum of 183 days. Such pay shall be made on regular contract pay schedules.
10.4.5.4 Benefits available to other unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans shall be available to those on sabbatical leave if allowed by carrier, if the Employee chooses to pay all costs of the insurance. Employees can choose to pay for the proposed use of benefit costs with cash or by providing substitute services for 48 days during their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for 10.4.5.5 An Employee who is granted a partial-year sabbatical leave will shall be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on paid in proportion to a full-time salary.
10.4.5.6 An Employee who has received a sabbatical leave shall not be given an employment contract considered to be eligible for the year further sabbatical leaves until seven (7) years of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveservice have been completed.
6. As a condition of being granted a 10.4.5.7 Upon return from the sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund an Employee shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit placed on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time level which the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits Employee would have achieved had the Employee remained actively employed in the system during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior absence.
10.4.5.8 Prior to the commencement of sabbatical leave, the leave and pay Employee will sign appropriate documents to ensure repayment to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) Employer of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited and benefits costs paid during the sabbatical leave will pay in the event the Employee fails to STRS both the employee and employer share complete two (2) years of retirement contributionsemployment following such leave.
10. All such 10.4.5.9 Content of project and length of service time will be the controlling factors when more than three (3) Employees request a sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to leave for the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codeyear.
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Samples: Employment Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Desiring to reward professional performance and encourage independent research and achievement, the Committee may grant one (1) year sabbatical leave to teachers for approved scholarly programs subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written application, not later No more than April 1 one (1) teacher of the teaching staff may be absent on sabbatical leave at any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveone time.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received in writing by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to Superintendent in such forms as may be named required by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program Superintendent no later than February 1 of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of year preceding the proposed program to school year in which the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolssabbatical leave is requested.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member The teacher must have been employed completed at least seven (7) consecutive full years of service in the Pickerington New Shoreham School District for at least five (5) yearsSystem.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans The Association as a whole, by majority vote, would decide if a grievance should be filed if the request for sabbatical is rejected by the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedCommittee without good cause.
5. Unit members approved for Health and dental insurance shall be provided in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
6. A teacher on sabbatical leave shall be paid at the rate of one half of his annual basic salary, provided that such pay when added to any salary grant shall not exceed the teacher’s full annual basic salary. To the extent allowed by ERSRI, salary paid during a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possiblesubject to retirement contributions.
7. A unit member on Every teacher who receives a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return for two (2) consecutive school years to the Pickerington Schools New Shoreham School System. In the event a teacher resigns before completing two (2) years of service, he shall refund 1/20 of the salary received while on leave for each month he fails to serve. In the event a period of one teacher is unable to fulfill the two (12) year upon returning from leave. Failure obligation as specified due to do so shall require illness, accident, or acts of God, then the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund reimbursement requirement shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedwaived.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain healthThe teacher, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior upon return to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves New Shoreham School System, shall be granted placed upon the appropriate step in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codesalary schedule as though such teacher had not been on leave.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A sabbatical leave, for the purpose of study (full time student only) or academic travel, may be granted to a VTAA employee subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationEligibility for leave is only after completion of seven (7) consecutive, not later than April 1 full years of any school year, a unit member who meets service in the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveXxxxxx Township School District.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave leaves must be written not later than October 21st of the preceding school year unless a date is mutually agreed upon for a revision by the Board and the VTAA employee for a good cause. A decision will be reviewed rendered by a committee consisting the Board of three (3) representatives Education on all requests not later than March 15th of the preceding school year. Such decisions to be named by the Superintendent, final and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsnon-grievable.
3. In order Sabbatical leaves may be granted to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsmaximum of two VTAA employees per year.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves In the event that the maximum number of leave requests is exceeded, consideration will be given in accordance to the request date in order of receipt.
a) A written application must accompany their applications with detailed plans for be dated, signed, and describe in full the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report including length of leave, purposes, and value to the school district.
b) The Board or Superintendent detailing may require the use, which was made of his/her applicant to appear in person for an interview regarding the request for such a leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for In the event a sabbatical VTAA employee is selected to receive a study grant or as an alternate to a grant, then such notification comes after the cutoff date of leave request, then the leave request date will be notified of their approval extended until April 1st unless a revision is mutually agreed upon by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary Board and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveVTAA employee.
6. As A VTAA employee on sabbatical leave for a full school year shall receive one half (50%) of his salary for that full year period. A VTAA employee on sabbatical leave for a semester or half year, shall be paid at the rate of full pay of his contract year he would have received while on active assignment.
7. Sabbatical leave is not cumulative.
8. A condition stipulated prior to the granting of being granted a sabbatical leave, leave is a unit member must agree written agreement on the part of the applicant to return to the Pickerington Xxxxxx Township Schools for a period length of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require two years of service after the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesis completed.
79. Unit members on sabbatical Sabbatical leave shall not be given full experience credit on granted for the salary schedule and credit purpose of engaging in a gainful occupation or to study for seniority purposes for another profession or occupation. During the period of the leave the VTAA employee on leave will be required to file written reports planned in consultation with the Superintendent and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time will file official transcripts if the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit has been granted for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsformal college study.
10. All such A final sabbatical leaves leave report shall be granted in conformity filed within 90 days following return from the sabbatical leave, containing an account of leave activities, a progress statement relative to the provisions leave application, a proposal statement relative to continued study and application of Section 3319.131 knowledge gained during the leave.
11. If either the Board or its agents or the association learns of an allegation that the VTAA employee on leave is not fulfilling the purposes of such leave, then this shall be reported in writing to the Board and the Association and the Chief Administrative Officer of the Ohio Revised Codedistrict. After a hearing to determine the accuracy of such allegations, the Board may, if allegations are true, terminate the sabbatical leave as of the date of such hearing and the VTAA employee concerned and Board may arrive at a mutual agreement which could include resignation and refunding of any sabbatical leave payment accepted by the VTAA employee concerned.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1The Bloomfield Board of Education, desiring to reward professional performance and encourage independent research and achievement, hereby initiates a policy of sabbatical leave for professional personnel. Upon written applicationThe Board advises the Association to advise its members to consult with the Superintendent or his or her designee concerning the availability of the funds prior to commencing the process of applying for a sabbatical.
a. Members of the professional staff who will have completed at least seven (7) years of full-time service to Bloomfield Schools may, not later than April 1 upon recommendation of any school yearthe Superintendent and with the approval of the Board, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications leave for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, or research and writing, or research.
b. The value At any time not more than one percent (1%) of the proposed program total of professional staff members regularly employed shall be on leave of absence. In case the number of applications shall exceed one percent (1 %), selection shall he made in accordance with the following principles:
(1) Length of service, preference being given to those longest in the Pickerington Schoolsschool system.
(2) Distribution by schools, its pupilscare being taken that the number from any school shall not be comparatively excessive.
(3) Nature of service, provisions being made that the benefits of such leave of absence shall be distributed as fairly as possible among all grades, high school, and the individual applicantsupervisory positions.
c. The applicant’s total length Applications for this leave must be submitted to the Superintendent of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in Schools on the Pickerington School District for at least five prescribed form not later than November 1st or not later than sixty (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (9060) days after the expiration execution of his/her leavethis Agreement in the year preceding the sabbatical year, whichever is later, in order that proper budgetary allowance may be planned and provided.
(1) A member of the unit professional staff applying for a leave to attend college must plan to earn not less than the number of semester hours of credit required of the average student enrolled as a full time student in the graduate program of that institution.
(2) A member will make applying for leave to travel for educational purposes must file with the application a written report detailed itinerary on a form to be jointly developed by the Superintendent detailing Association and the use, which was made Board.
(3) A member applying for leave for research and writing must file with the application an outline of his/her leave. If the plan on a form to be jointly developed by the Association and the Board.
(4) Sabbatical leave was may be granted for graduate study, one-half of the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university school year or college attended.
5for one entire school year. Unit members approved The rate of compensation for a sabbatical leave will be notified at a rate equivalent to three- quarters of the salary in effect immediately prior to the beginning of such leave. Upon return to their approval by May 15thregular teaching duties, staff members will be given credit for regular annual salary increments earned during the time of leave, but in no event shall a teacher receive more than the total salary on the salary scale when the leave pay is added to any grants and/or stipends they may receive. Applicants or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member people on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for advise the year Board of leave any and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveall grants or stipends they receive.
6. As a condition of being granted a d. Upon return from sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund teacher's salary shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to same as the teacher would have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for received had the period of the leave been spent in the Bloomfield School System and the teacher shall return be returned to their the same or to a similar position as they which was held at the time the said leave commenced, if available, or, if not, to a substantially equivalent position.
8. A bargaining unit member on e. Prior to the granting of a sabbatical leave may maintain healthleave, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period teacher shall enter into written agreement with the Board of leave. Any member desiring continuation Education that upon the termination of such benefits must notify leave, the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior teacher will return to service in the commencement Bloomfield School System for a period equal to twice the length of the leave and pay that, in default of completing such service, shall refund to the Treasurer Town of Bloomfield an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) such proportions of salary received while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of services agreed to be rendered.
f. Persons granted sabbatical leave of absence are required to report twice each semester to the Superintendent of Schools during such absence indicating the progress to date with respect to their filed plan. If such reports are unsatisfactory, the leave may be terminated by the Board at any time at the recommendation of the total monthly cost Superintendent of Schools.
g. Applications of such leave of absence for any school year shall be acted on by the Board of Education at its first regular meeting in January of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duepreceding year.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for h. Deviations from the portion of their salary forfeited during above may be recommended by the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsSuperintendent.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationSabbatical Leave is defined as leave of absence granted pursuant to the Education Code to unit members for a period not to exceed one year for the purpose of permitting study which will benefit the school and pupils of the Hayward Unified School District. Subject to budgetary consideration, not later than April 1 Sabbatical Leave will be granted to those qualified teaching personnel who show promise of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications improvement in their present or prospective teaching positions. No personnel shall use this leave to qualify for administrative credentials. Nothing herein shall be granted a sabbatical leaveconstrued to require the Board to grant any Sabbatical Leave whatsoever.
2. All applications It shall be clearly understood that Sabbatical Leave is a privilege granted by the Board and is not an earned right. Such leave, if granted, shall be subject to the following conditions:
a. Sabbatical Leaves must be preceded by at least seven (7) consecutive years of certificated service, all of which shall have been served as a regular full-time certificated unit member in this District. Up to one percent (1%) of the certificated non- management personnel may be granted Sabbatical Leave during the same school year. Sabbatical leave for sabbatical a period of less than one year could be considered.
b. Application for Sabbatical Leave shall be on file in the Office of Human Resources not later than January 15 of the school year prior to the leave and must set forth the purposes for which the leave is requested and procedure for accomplishing same. The applicant will be reviewed notified within 60 days of the final filing date regarding the acceptance or rejection of the application.
(1) An applicant who wishes to undertake formal study shall agree to take ten (10) upper division or six (6) graduate hours per semester at an accredited university or institution of higher learning. At the conclusion of the leave, evidence of successful completion of the study program in the form of a certified transcript of work taken and grades earned shall be submitted to the Superintendent for presentation to the Board.
(2) An applicant who wishes to travel during his/her Sabbatical Leave shall include with his/her application an itinerary of his/her trip, which will include specific ways in which the trip will contribute to his/her improvement as a classroom teacher in the particular field in which he/she is engaged. At the conclusion of the leave, the unit member shall submit to the Superintendent for presentation to the Board a detailed written report verifying the accomplishment of the goals set forth in the application.
3. The application for Sabbatical Leave by unit members shall be screened by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, unit members and three (3) representatives to Management employees. Unit members shall be named appointed by the Association PresidentAssociation. The committee District shall considerappoint the Management employees. The Assistant Superintendent, among other qualificationsHuman Resources, the following:or designee, shall act as an ex-officio nonvoting member.
a. Each appointee to the Sabbatical Leave Committee will serve for a term of at least one year. The proposed program appointments will be made on October 1, following the adoption of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchthis contract.
b. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall base its recommendations on the following factors: value of the proposed program leave to the Pickerington Schoolsstudents, its pupilsDistrict and individual. In the event of requests, and which cannot be ranked according to the individual applicantabove, because of equal overall value, length of service in the District will be used as the deciding factor. It will be left to the discretion of the Committee as to the importance given each factor.
c. The applicant’s total length Committee shall submit to the Superintendent, or designee, only those names of service with Pickerington Schoolsapplicants which the Committee determines are worthy of consideration.
3d. The Superintendent, or designee, shall submit the Committee's recommendations for Sabbatical Leave to the Board. In order addition, the Superintendent may recommend to the Board any other candidate from the list of applicants for Sabbatical Leave.
e. The Board will review the Committee's and the Superintendent's recommendations and determine whether a Sabbatical Leave will be eligible for a sabbatical leave, granted.
f. Upon request by a unit member must have been employed in involved, the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans Superintendent, or designee, will review the reason for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning action taken with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesapplicant.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave Sabbatical leaves will be reviewed by a committee consisting limited to professional growth activities; i.e., activities which subsequently relate to the person's assignment. A maximum of three two and one-half (32.5) representatives percent of the prior academic year regular full-time bargaining unit members may be permitted sabbatical leaves each academic year. In determining the 2.5 percent, the District shall use the standard rounding rules to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentnearest whole number. The committee shall considerGoverning Board may, among other qualificationsat its sole discretion, the following:
a. The proposed program approve or disapprove sabbatical leaves. Faculty who are granted sabbatical leaves will not be eligible to retain any District assignment, unless it’s part of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, sabbatical design. If a regular faculty member receives an overall evaluation of “Needs Improvement” or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to “Unsatisfactory,” that faculty member will not be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have leave unless and until the faculty member’s evaluation has been employed in determined to be satisfactory. In the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for event that a sabbatical leave has been approved prior to the receipt of a “Needs Improvement” or “Unsatisfactory” evaluation, said sabbatical shall be revoked until the successful completion of a remedial/development plan and the faculty member’s evaluation has been determined to be satisfactory.
14.10.1 Application for sabbatical leaves will be notified made in writing using the appropriate form. By October 1 of their approval by May 15ththe preceding academic year, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall the form will be given an employment contract sent to Human Resources to certify the employee has met the service requirements, is in good standing, and meets other contractual and legal conditions for the year of leave and shall requested sabbatical. Upon certification by Human Resources, the form will be entitled to a salary equal forwarded to the difference between their previous salary appropriate first-level manager who will determine whether the requested leave presents any major difficulties for the ongoing activity of the educational program. Upon recommendation by the first-level manager, the form will be forwarded to Faculty Senate by November 1. Faculty Senate will ensure the application has appropriate content and objectives that are likely to enhance professional development of the applicant and the salary educational program of the substitute teacher replacing them while district. After Faculty Senate recommendation, the Chief Instructional Officer, through the superintendent/president, shall make a recommendation based on sabbatical leaveacademic and professional criteria as agreed upon by Faculty Senate and the CIO, to the Governing Board.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools 14.10.2 The request for a period of single or multiple term, (not to exceed one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so academic year) sabbatical leave as provided for in Section 14.10.7 shall require the unit member to refund be submitted to the Board all payments received from Chief Instructional Officer or designee on or before January 15 of the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiespreceding academic year.
7. Unit members 14.10.3 If recommended applications exceed two and one-half (2.5) percent, first priority will be greater number of years of consecutive service without a sabbatical; second priority will be lesser number of previous sabbaticals; third priority will be seniority (based on sabbatical leave shall seniority number).
14.10.4 The bargaining unit members' pay will be given full experience credit computed on the bargaining unit members' base salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for on the period appropriate contract/regular salary schedule.
14.10.5 One hundred (100) percent of the leave and shall return to their same base salary for a single-semester sabbatical or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.eighty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave Sabbatical leaves will be reviewed by a committee consisting limited to professional growth activities; i.e., activities which subsequently relate to the person's assignment. A maximum of three two and one-half (32.5) representatives percent of the prior academic year regular full-time bargaining unit members may be permitted sabbatical leaves each academic year. In determining the 2.5 percent, the District shall use the standard rounding rules to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentnearest whole number. The committee shall considerGoverning Board may, among other qualificationsat its sole discretion, the following:
a. The proposed program approve or disapprove sabbatical leaves. Faculty who are granted sabbatical leaves will not be eligible to retain any District assignment, unless it’s part of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, sabbatical design. If a regular faculty member receives an overall evaluation of “Needs Improvement” or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to “Unsatisfactory,” that faculty member will not be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have leave unless and until the faculty member’s evaluation has been employed in determined to be satisfactory. In the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for event that a sabbatical leave has been approved prior to the receipt of a “Needs Improvement” or “Unsatisfactory” evaluation, said sabbatical shall be revoked until the successful completion of a remedial/development plan and the faculty member’s evaluation has been determined to be satisfactory.
14.10.1 Application for sabbatical leaves will be notified made in writing using the appropriate form. By October 1 of their approval by May 15ththe preceding academic year, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall the form will be given an employment contract sent to Human Resources to certify the employee has met the service requirements, is in good standing, and meets other contractual and legal conditions for the year of leave and shall requested sabbatical. Upon certification by Human Resources, the form will be entitled to a salary equal forwarded to the difference between their previous salary appropriate first-level manager who will determine whether the requested leave presents any major difficulties for the ongoing activity of the educational program. Upon recommendation by the first-level manager, the form will be forwarded to Faculty Senate by November
1. Faculty Senate will ensure the application has appropriate content and objectives that are likely to enhance professional development of the applicant and the salary educational program of the substitute teacher replacing them while district. After Faculty Senate recommendation, the Chief Instructional Officer, through the superintendent/president, shall make a recommendation based on sabbatical leaveacademic and professional criteria as agreed upon by Faculty Senate and the CIO, to the Governing Board.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools 14.10.2 The request for a period of single or multiple term, (not to exceed one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so academic year) sabbatical leave as provided for in Section 14.10.7 shall require the unit member to refund be submitted to the Board all payments received from Chief Instructional Officer or designee on or before January 15 of the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiespreceding academic year.
7. Unit members 14.10.3 If recommended applications exceed two and one-half (2.5) percent, first priority will be greater number of years of consecutive service without a sabbatical; second priority will be lesser number of previous sabbaticals; third priority will be seniority (based on sabbatical leave shall seniority number).
14.10.4 The bargaining unit members' pay will be given full experience credit computed on the bargaining unit members' base salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for on the period appropriate contract/regular salary schedule.
14.10.5 One hundred (100) percent of the leave and shall return to their same base salary for a single-semester sabbatical or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.eighty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a A. Tenured bargaining unit member members who meets have been employed in the following qualifications shall Okemos Public Schools for seven (7) consecutive years may be granted a sabbatical leave.
2leave upon request. Any bargaining unit member desiring a sabbatical leave shall submit a written application to the Superintendent or designee in February, for a leave beginning the following September and in June, for a leave beginning the second (2nd) semester of the following school year. All applications for sabbatical leave shall contain a statement of value to the Okemos Public Schools. All applications will be reviewed screened by a committee consisting of one (1) teacher and one (1) principal from each of the three (3) representatives to be named by levels of the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by school District along with the Association PresidentAssistant Superintendent for Instruction. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, make recommendations to the following:
a. The proposed program Board. This does not guarantee any particular number of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchsabbatical leaves.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to B. Requests for sabbatical leave shall be eligible considered only for a full semester or a full year and shall not exceed two (2) semesters. During said sabbatical leave, a the bargaining unit member must have been employed shall be in the Pickerington School District for at least five employ of the Okemos Public Schools and shall be paid one-half (51/2) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the scheduled salary and full fringe benefits.
C. The bargaining unit member will make a written report shall return to service with the Superintendent detailing Okemos Public Schools immediately upon termination of the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to continue service with the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Okemos Public Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure year, or subject to do so shall require such conditions as may be mutually agreed between the bargaining unit member to refund and the Board. If the bargaining unit member does not return to the Board service of the Okemos Public Schools after termination of his/her sabbatical leave, s/he must refund in full all payments compensation received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members Okemos Public Schools while on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8leave. A bargaining unit member on returning from a sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during must submit a written statement within forty-five (45) calendar days after the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement conclusion of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) Board of Education indicating the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited accomplishments achieved during the sabbatical leave will pay and showing how these accomplishments related to STRS both the employee and employer share betterment of retirement contributionsthe district.
10. All such D. A bargaining unit member, upon return from sabbatical leaves leave, shall be granted restored to his/her former position, if available, and if not, then to a position for which s/he is certified and qualified as defined by Board Policy 4115.
E. In computing service to determine the bargaining unit member's position on the salary schedule at the expiration of leave, time spent on leave shall be counted as active service in conformity to the provisions Okemos School District.
F. Part-time employment while on sabbatical leave is discussed in the Letter of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised CodeAgreement on page 56.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1The Employer and the Union mutually agree that the competence, efficiency, and ability of the employees will be improved by periodic leave of absence for study, teaching and research. Upon written applicationAccordingly, not later than April 1 one plan of any school year, a unit member who meets sabbatical leave shall be established for CSU National Office Component and CEU members which shall contain the following qualifications elements:
(a) The leave plan shall allow for one (1) member of CSU National Office Component or one (1) CEU member to commence a sabbatical leave for each calendar year.
(b) The sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2offered on the basis of seniority accumulated within CSU National Office Component and CEU. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives If the senior employee does not desire to be named by use the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in it shall be offered successively to the Pickerington School District for at least next senior employee until one employee qualifies. However, an employee shall only be eligible to qualify after attaining five (5) yearsyears of seniority. No employee shall qualify for a further sabbatical until he/she has completed six (6) years of service since the previous sabbatical.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for (c) The maximum length of the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of ten (10) months. However, this leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended to a maximum of twelve (12) months by agreement the addition of both parties.
7accumulated vacation credits. Unit members on When an employee is granted sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period purpose of taking a course at a university or other educational institution, the leave and employee shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held have the option of beginning the sabbatical at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueacademic year.
9(d) During the period of sabbatical, the employee shall earn 80% of normal earnings and shall be subject to all the rights and benefits of this Collective Agreement, including the retention and accumulation of seniority. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both The Employer shall also cover such necessary travel expenses as are mutually agreed between the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsthe Employer in writing, and tuition fees.
10(e) In order to apply for sabbatical, the employee shall submit a written plan to the Employer detailing the proposed form of study, research or teaching, outlining how the leave will be beneficial to the employee. All such sabbatical leaves Such judgement shall lie within the employee's sole discretion. If the Employer judges the plan to be beneficial to CUPE, the plan shall be granted in conformity approved. Failure of the Employer and employee to reach agreement on a plan may then be referred by either to a meeting of union and Employer for discussion and review. Failing resolution, the issue may be referred to the provisions of Section 3319.131 grievance procedure. A person's pension will not suffer through the granting of the Ohio Revised Codesabbatical leave.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationthe Board shall grant to two (2) eligible unit adjunct faculty II who shall have appropriately applied for sabbatical leave, provided that, in the judg- ment of the Faculty Development Committee and concurrence of the Board by its resolution, such leave will clearly add to the effectiveness of the faculty member in the performance of his/her responsibilities at the College and/or clearly accrue to the benefit of the College.
2. Unit adjunct faculty II are eligible to seek a sabbatical leave for an academic semester (excluding summer) or academic year (excluding summer) after having completed six (6) years of service as a faculty member of the College since his/her last academic semester or academic year sabbatical leave. A unit adjunct faculty II member shall not later than April 1 be eligible for any sabbatical leave following an academic year in which he/she was on leave of any school absence for sixty (60) days or more.
3. Faculty shall make application for sabbatical leave in writing to the Vice President of teaching, Learning and student Development or designee pur- suant to a reasonable timetable which shall be established. such application shall include all the dates pertinent to such leave.
4. two (2) sabbatical leaves shall be available each calendar year.
A. During the period of sabbatical leave, unit adjunct faculty II shall be com- pensated at his/her current salary for one-half (½) of the average contact hours worked over the preceding six teaching semesters (excluding sum- mer) for a leave of an entire academic year, or all of his/her current salary for the average contact hours worked over the preceding six teaching semesters (excluding summer) for a leave of one (1) academic semes- ter (excluding summer). However, in no case shall unit member who meets adjunct faculty II receive compensation exceeding the following qualifications shall be granted equivalent of 10 contact hours for a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by B. Leave and vertical movement on the Superintendentsalary schedule, and three (3) representatives to be named by if any, shall accrue during the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program term of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchleave.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. C. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member adjunct faculty II on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to not teach at elgin Com- munity College or perform their customary duties, unless a salary equal request is submitted in writing to the difference between their previous salary xxxx and the salary Vice President of teaching, Learning and student Development and approved in writing by the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leavePresident.
6. As a condition of being granted a precedent to sabbatical leave, a unit member must adjunct faculty II shall agree to return to the Pickerington Schools College as unit adjunct II faculty for a period of at least one (1) academic year upon returning from immediately following the conclusion of such leave and shall execute a promissory note assuring restitution of all salary paid during such leave if he/she does not return, such to be payable in bi-monthly install- ments over a term not to exceed twice the length of the leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave adjunct faculty II shall be given full experience credit on make a comprehensive written report to the salary schedule College President and credit for seniority purposes for the period Board at the conclusion of the leave. this report should include, but is not limited to, a summary of the program of study or project, an evaluation of the experience, and how the results of the leave and shall return will be used to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedimprove instruction.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Upon written request, the Superintendent of Schools may recommend to the Board that sabbatical leave be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a given school year for full-time study, including study in another area of specialization, or for travel, research or other educational endeavors that will be of value to the school system, subject to the following conditions:
1. Upon written applicationIf there are sufficient qualified applicants, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications sabbatical leave shall be granted to not fewer than one (1) bargaining unit member during a sabbatical leavegiven school year.
2. All applications Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing, and three (3) representatives to in such form as may be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program no later than March 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. An applicant as related who intends to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value pursue a program other than formal study must present a comprehensive proposal of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsprogram.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a The bargaining unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsfull years of service in the Xxxxxxx County School System.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health[either for one-half (1/2) of a school year or for a full school year] shall be paid by the Board at one-half (1/2) the salary rate which the bargaining unit member would have received if the bargaining unit member had remained on active duty, lifeprovided that such bargaining unit member agrees to employment in the Xxxxxxx County School System for a period of five (5) years.
5. Upon returning from sabbatical leave, and dental insurance benefits a bargaining unit member shall be placed on the salary scale at the level which the bargaining unit member would have achieved had the bargaining unit member remained actively employed in the system during the period of leaveabsence. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any The bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity restored to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.same position if requested in writing, by April 1 or thirty
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Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a Any unit member who meets has rendered service to the following qualifications District for at least seven consecutive regular school years may request, in writing, a leave of absence not to exceed one year, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent and the approval of the Board of Education, for the purpose of engaging in activities that increase knowledge and provide experience which will directly benefit the school(s) and the pupils of the District. Such activities shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives limited to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writingand participation in business and industry fellowship programs. A total of two sabbatical leaves per regular school year may be granted at the District’s discretion, or researchone from the elementary level and one from the secondary level.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant(a) Sabbatical leave may be repeated only after another succeeding 7-year period.
c. (b) The applicant’s total length procedures for application and evaluation of service with Pickerington Schoolsrequests for sabbatical leave shall be established by the District in its discretion.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5c) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use Final approval of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved an application for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A travel during or for which the unit member on is to receive compensation as provided herein, shall not be granted until the applicant has filed with the Superintendent a sabbatical suitable bond indemnifying the District against loss in the event the unit member fails to render four years of service in the District following the return of the unit member from the leave of absence. The bond shall be given an employment contract for in the year amount of the total salary computed to become due to the unit member during his leave and of absence, except that the bond shall be entitled to a salary equal to exonerated if the difference between their previous salary and the salary failure of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to return and render four years of service in the Board all payments received from District following his leave of absence is caused by the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during death or physical or mental disability of the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesor dismissal for cause.
7. Unit (d) The wages paid unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on Class III, Step I of the current salary schedule of the District for the year in which such leave is granted. The salary may, at the District’s discretion, be divided into twelve (12) equal payments.
(e) Upon return to employment after the sabbatical leave, the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period shall be that of the leave and step in which the unit member would have been placed had he not been absent from the District. If a unit member qualifies for a higher classification, the proper transfer shall be made.
(f) Upon return to their same or employment after a sabbatical leave, the unit member shall be returned to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedcomparable assignment.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1The grant of a sabbatical leave to academic employees is deemed to improve and enrich the educational programs of the District. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall Sabbatical leave may be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications to eligible academic employees for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting one, two, or three quarters for the purpose of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentplanned travel, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerformal education, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travelresearch, writing, or research.
b. other experience of professional value. The object of such leave is to increase each academic employee's value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, District by providing periodic opportunity for renewal and enrichment outside the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3District operation. In order to Academic employees shall be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled up to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year at seventy-five percent (75%) pay upon returning from leavecompletion of six (6) or more consecutive years of full-time academic employment with the District. Failure No more than four percent (4%) of full-time academic employees may be granted sabbatical leave in any one year. The recipient of a sabbatical leave may accept grants, fellowships, or other monies that defray the cost of study, travel,or research. The District may, at its option, grant a sabbatical leave after a shorter period but shall not be required to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave periodso. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement The granting of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on contingent upon the salary schedule execution of a contractual agreement between the District and credit for seniority purposes for the period employee providing that he or she shall return to the District following the completion of the leave and serve in his or her appointment for a period commensurate with the amount of leave so granted. The contractual agreement shall return also specify (a) the basic tasks to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits be performed during the period leave, (b) the type of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify documentation required to confirm that the Treasurer not less than thirty tasks have been completed, (30c) days prior to the commencement method for modifying the tasks during the course of the leave if such modification becomes necessary, and pay (d) the consequences of not substantially completing the tasks, including repayment provisions, if any. The employee shall have the right to AFT-Y representation in the Treasurer development of such an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9agreement. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit First priority for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted given to providing career teachers, counselors, or librarians opportunity for renewal and enrichment within their disciplines. Second priority shall be given to requests for academic retraining. A sabbatical leave committee shall be established in conformity consultation with the College President, for academic- employee sabbatical leave requests; to receive and screen such requests; to interview sabbatical leave applicants; and to submit a ranked list of approved applications to the provisions College President. The committee's guidelines shall be published by December 1 of Section 3319.131 each year and shall promote requests for sabbaticals containing opportunities for individual study, for independent research, for formal academic training programs, for the completion of writing projects, and for planned travel. The committee shall be established annually by the end of the Ohio Revised Code7th week of spring quarter for the following academic year. Sabbatical leave requests consistent with the committee's guidelines shall be submitted to the committee by the end of the first (1st) week of winter academic quarter. The committee shall submit its ranked list of approved applications to the College President by the end of the third (3rd) week of the winter quarter. The College President shall determine his or her recommendations for sabbatical leaves by the end of the fifth (5th) week of the winter quarter. He or she shall review such recommendations with the committee at least two weeks prior to submitting them to the Board of Trustees for final approval. Following review of his or her recommendations with the Committee, the College President shall meet with successful candidates and notify unsuccessful applicants at least one (1) week prior to submission of the recommendations to the Board to explain the disposition of the applications. The College President's final recommendations shall be made to the Board not later than April 15 of any regular college year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationLeave will be considered for the purpose of full-time study, not later than April 1 research, work experience or other professional activities which would enhance the teacher's value to the students of the school district or any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveother reason.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by During the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualificationsleave, the following:
a. The proposed teacher would be entitled to participate in the school district's health and dental program by paying the amount of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program premiums to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and district. Teachers on leave would not lose their position on the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolssalary schedule as attained at the time the leave started. Teachers who earn educational credits during the leave shall be placed on the appropriate lane on the salary schedule.
3. In order Teachers on leave shall be entitled to be return to the district to their former position or to a comparable position.
4. The Board will decide whether or not to grant leave.
5. A teacher who has taught in the district for a minimum of five (5) consecutive years is eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed . Applications are available in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for superintendent's office and will be offered on the proposed use contingency of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report money available to the Superintendent detailing district. No more than the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period equivalent of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure annual leave will be granted per school year.
(a) The applicant must specify whether the leave is to do so shall require be for a full year's duration or a semester and the unit member to refund stipend will be prorated to the Board all payments received from term of the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiessemester/year).
7. Unit members (b) The applicant must also outline a planned education program for the requested leave showing that the applicant will be involved with education experience on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for a full-time basis during the period of the leave.
(c) To be considered, a signed application must be received in the superintendent's office by February 1 of the year preceding the requested leave and shall a decision made by the Sabbatical Committee reached by February 25 of the same year. The Sabbatical Committee will then make its recommendation to the District School Board for a final decision.
(d) The sabbatical committee will be composed of the superintendent, two administrators and three teachers not currently serving in the same building as the applicant. District Credited Years Stipend 5 $8,100 6 9,300 7 10,500 8 11,700 9 12,900 10 or more 14,100 The district agrees to provide insurance benefits as currently provided in the Negotiated Agreement. Teachers on Sabbatical Leave from the district must return to their same the district for at least three (3) full school years or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, repay stipend and dental insurance benefits during received from the period of district while on leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Negotiated Agreement, Negotiated Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall a. Sabbatical leaves may be granted to members of the bargaining unit for the purpose of carrying out an approved program which will enable the member to provide improved service to the District and its students. Consideration will be given to programs which involve an appropriate program of organized study or research. Pursuant to the Education Code, the bond may be waived at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
b. Members who have satisfactorily completed at least seven consecutive years of full- time service in this District are eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications After completing a sabbatical leave, an individual is not again eligible to apply for sabbatical such a leave will be reviewed by until he/she has served on a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicantfull-time basis for at least seven additional consecutive years.
c. The applicant’s maximum number of leaves granted under this section in any one semester shall not exceed four percent (4%) of the total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been full-time faculty employed in the Pickerington School prior academic year.
d. Members of the bargaining unit who are granted a leave under the terms of this section must agree in writing to return to the District for at least five (5) yearsa period of service equal to twice the period of time for which the leave is granted.
4e. Members of the unit contemplating a sabbatical leave shall submit applications to the appropriate Division Chairperson, Director, or Xxxx. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their The Division Chairperson shall forward all applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of and his/her recommendations to the appropriate administrator as designated by the District. With the application for sabbatical leave, the unit member will make a shall submit for approval guidelines for the written report to report. Upon Board of Trustees' approval of the Superintendent detailing application for sabbatical leave and the useguidelines for the written report, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate studyapplication, guidelines, any applicable Board policy, and state law shall constitute the agreement between the unit member will present to and the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedDistrict. The agreement shall not be changed except by mutual consent.
5. Unit members approved f. Applications for sabbatical leave must be received by the office of the District- designated administrator prior to January 5th of the academic year preceding the academic year (or part thereof) of the proposed leave, or prior to September 15th, if the proposed leave is for the spring semester.
g. Upon return to duty, a member of the bargaining unit who has completed a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal submit to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As appropriate administrative office a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for written report covering the period of the sabbatical leave. When applicable, a transcript or other evidence of completion of the planned program will accompany this report. A copy of each sabbatical leave and report shall return be forwarded to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time office of the leave commencedCEO.
8. A h. Compensation and full benefits to be paid the bargaining unit member who is on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits will be computed in accordance with the salary schedule in effect during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount will be paid in equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duepayments.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1Bargaining unit members shall notify the District in writing prior to March 15 of their intent to return to the District. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets Sabbatical leave has the following qualifications objective: To improve the educational offerings to students of the District by making it possible for selected bargaining unit members to participate in advance study. The following shall be granted a apply to the determination and administration of sabbatical leave.
2a. A Sabbatical Board shall be appointed by the District to pass on all applications. All applications This Board may recommend the individuals who meet the basic criteria for sabbatical leave and present them for approval to the District Board of Education in order of seniority. (The bargaining unit member with the greatest seniority and meeting the criteria of the leave policy will be reviewed listed first. These bargaining unit members shall be listed in descending order.)
b. The School Board may approve or deny these recommendations.
c. A bargaining unit member with seven (7) continuous years of service in the District may, upon recommendation of the Sabbatical Leave Committee, be granted a leave of absence for approved study not to exceed one (1) year but for no less than one (1) semester unless otherwise agreed between the District and the Association. After a person has completed a sabbatical, they are not eligible for another sabbatical until he/she has completed another seven (7) continuous years of service with the District. The repayment shall be pro-rated based on the 3-1 formula for time taken for less than one (1) year (i.e., one (1) semester of sabbatical requires three (3) semesters of repayment).
d. A bargaining unit member of the staff on sabbatical leave shall receive a salary equal to one-half the base salary to which that bargaining unit member would be entitled for the ensuing school year. Payment shall be made on the regular school calendar basis with all regular deductions required by law. The individual on sabbatical leave shall continue to earn sick leave benefits on the same basis as if they were continuing to perform service in the District. There will be no tuition reimbursement for sabbatical leave. Upon return, a committee consisting position fitting the bargaining unit member's qualifications will be available.
e. Requests for sabbatical leave shall be made before the first Monday following the first day of December of the school year previous to the school year for which the leave is requested.
f. Prior to taking the leave, the bargaining unit member shall enter into a contract to return to active service in the District for a period of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days years after the expiration of his/her such leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer who does not less than thirty (30) days prior abide by this agreement shall repay to the commencement District a sum bearing the same ratio to the amount of salary received while on leave of absence that the unfulfilled portion of the leave and pay three (3) subsequent years bears to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent full three (50%3) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time years, provided however, that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for shall be released from such payment if the portion failure to fulfill the three-year provision is due to his/her illness, disability, or death, or if the bargaining unit member be discharged by the Board of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsEducation.
10. All such sabbatical leaves g. The number of bargaining unit members on leave for study shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codenot exceed one (1) person per 100 bargaining unit members.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written Sabbatical leaves for study and research will be granted by the Board to employees who have completed seven (7) years of service within the bargaining unit. Such sabbatical leaves shall be in recognition of significant service in the Flint Community Schools and for the purpose of encouraging scholarly achievement which contributes to the professional effectiveness of the members of the staff and the value of their subsequent service to the Flint Community Schools. The Board, in making a determination as to whether to approve or disapprove a sabbatical application, shall consider the criteria set forth in Appendix E.
2. Each year not less than one percent (1%) of the members of the bargaining unit who are otherwise eligible will be granted sabbatical leave. In calculating the maximum number of persons who would be eligible, fractions will be rounded off to the nearest whole number and half-year sabbatical leaves will be considered leave for one-half person.
3. Sabbatical leave may not be granted to one individual more often than once every seven (7) years. It will be granted only when the proposed purpose of the leave warrants it and when the interest of the Flint School System will not be seriously impaired by the employee’s absence.
4. A sabbatical leave may be granted for one (1) full school year beginning in the fall. Each employee on sabbatical leave shall receive one-half the pay that he/she would otherwise receive during the period of this sabbatical leave plus medical- hospitalization insurance and life insurance, dental insurance, and long-term disability coverage as provided in this Agreement, except that long-term disability coverage will become effective at the end of the stipulated leave period, upon a doctor's written certification of continued disability. An employee on sabbatical leave shall not render services for compensation in another educational institution, provided, however, this shall not preclude the acceptance of a fellowship or other assistance in research. Applicants who are granted such sabbatical must carry a full load of academic courses as determined by their university, college, or training institution.
5. Application for sabbatical leave shall be made in writing and received by the division head not later than April 1 February 1, preceding the school year within which the leave is desired. The application must be accompanied by a statement of any school year, a unit member well-considered plan for spending the leave in a manner calculated to contribute to the professional effectiveness of the applicant and the best interest of the Flint School System.
6. Each employee who meets the following qualifications is granted sabbatical leave shall be required to return to his/her duties in the Flint School System for a period of not less than one (1) year. Upon returning, an employee granted leave shall present to the division head a full report regarding the use of his/her sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members Any time spent on sabbatical leave shall be given full considered as additional experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedschedule.
8. A An employee who has had his/her sabbatical leave approved pursuant to the procedures of Appendix E shall, except by mutual agreement between the Board and the employee, be returned to the bargaining unit member on position from which the leave was granted, provided the sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior program is directly related to the commencement of the leave employee’s current assignment and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time provided further that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for position continues to exist upon the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10employee’s return. All such other employees granted sabbatical leaves shall be granted returned from leave in conformity to accord with the provisions language of Section 3319.131 Article 6-K of the Ohio Revised CodeMaster Contract.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1Any member of the bargaining unit who is on continuing status shall be eligible to apply for Sabbatical Leave after seven (7) years of satisfactory service with the St. Lucie County School Board. Upon written applicationApplication must be submitted to the Superintendent or his/her designee during the period from February 1 to March 31, not preceding the school year for which leave is requested. Applicants will be notified no later than April 1 30 as to the disposition of any school yeartheir applications will. An employee receiving permission to take sabbatical leave shall inform the Superintendent in writing of his/her intention to either accept or decline such leave. Such notification shall be given no later than fifteen (15) days after the applicant has been notified of approval of his/her request for leave. During the absence of an employee on sabbatical leave, a unit such member who meets shall receive 50% of his her basic salary. In addition thereto, the Board will pay the Board’s contribution for retirement and FICA of the person on leave. Sabbatical leave shall be interpreted to mean extended Professional Leave and all applicants shall comply with the following qualifications shall regulations: 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113
1. The employee must be granted a sabbatical leaveentering the last year of an approved four (4) year educational degree program.
2. All applications The work performed must lead to a BS Degree in education. Sabbatical Leave shall be granted for sabbatical leave will be reviewed no more than one year for any individual. Any school insurance held by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program member of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held instructional staff at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during is granted shall remain in force at the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement request of the leave and employee, provided that appropriate arrangements are made by the employee to pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost full costs of the insurance program. Sabbatical Leave cannot less than ten (10) days be counted as a year’s experience for salary purposes but will not break continuity of service in advance the county. Sabbatical Leave shall be limited to one percent of the time number of Classified Unit employees paid from local or state sources for that the Board premium payment is due.
9year in which applicants apply. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit employee granted a sabbatical leave shall sign a statement that he/she will return to the school system of St. Lucie County for a period of two (2) years at the portion conclusion of their salary forfeited the sabbatical leave or repay any monies paid the employee during the sabbatical leave will pay at the current treasury xxxx rate. Employees receiving a sabbatical must earn a minimum of 15 credits during the year not including summer courses. If the sabbatical is for one semester of student teaching to STRS both complete the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsdegree, then no minimum credit is necessary.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 A. Any teacher who has served in the Greater Xxxxxx Technical High School for a period of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted six (6) years is eligible for a sabbatical leaveleave for the purpose of approved study and/or research.
2. All applications for B. A teacher on sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for paid at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent one-half (50%) of the total monthly cost of salary that he/she would be due to receive had the insurance sabbatical not less than ten (10) days in advance of taken place. However, upon returning from a sabbatical leave the time teacher would be paid at the same salary step that the Board premium payment is duehe/she was paid.
9C. A teacher on sabbatical leave shall return to a position as reasonably comparable to the one occupied at the beginning of such aforesaid leave as is available.
D. Sabbatical leaves shall be approved on the basis of merit and not solely on budgetary considerations. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit Requests for Sabbatical Leave shall be submitted to the portion of their salary forfeited during Superintendent-Director in writing no later than March 1, prior to the school year for which the leave is being requested. The School Committee will respond no later than May 1, prior to the school year for which the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsis being requested.
10. All such sabbatical leaves E. A Sabbatical Leave of Absence shall be granted in conformity for no more than one (1) school year.
F. Prior to the provisions granting of Section 3319.131 such leave an applicant shall enter into a written agreement with the School Committee that upon termination of such leave he/she will return to service in the Greater Xxxxxx Technical High School for a period double the length of the Ohio Revised CodeSabbatical Leave, and that in default of completing such service he/she will refund to the Committee an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by him/her while on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered, unless this failure is due to illness, disability or death, and shall be so stated on his/her record.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. The Board recognizes the benefits to the teachers and the School District of a systematic plan for sabbatical leave to qualified teaching personnel and therefore agrees to the establishment of the following at one-half (1/2) pay and full insurance benefits.
A. Up to two (2) members of the staff may be granted sabbatical leave each calendar year. Candidates for sabbatical leave shall be reviewed jointly by the Board and its representative and the TEA.
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications The deadlines for making application for sabbatical leave shall be granted a sabbatical leaveApril first and December first, for the first and second semesters respectively.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will To be reviewed by eligible, the applicant must have been employed a committee consisting minimum of three seven (37) representatives to be named by consecutive years in the SuperintendentXxxx School District, and three possess a permanent teaching certificate. Approved leaves of absence will not count toward the seven (37) representatives to be named by year requirement, but will not interrupt the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program consecutive years of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsservice.
3. In order to Sabbatical leave will be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District granted for at least five one (51) school system semester or for one (1) school year. In the event the Board is notified in advance that the program is a two (2) year program, a one- (1-) year educational advancement leave (Article 19, Section 19.4) will be granted for the second year. In the case of a two- (2-) year program, one year's full salary shall be prorated over the course of the two years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves The applicant must accompany their applications furnish upon request one (1) written report per semester to the Board. This report shall concern itself with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them progress while on sabbatical leave.
5. A screening committee will be appointed by the Superintendent. The teacher members of this committee shall be selected from a list submitted by the TEA. The Superintendent may request additional names be added to the list in the event he/she feels he/she is unable to make a selection from the list submitted. This committee will consist of one administrator, one senior high school teacher, one middle school teacher, two elementary school teachers, and one person from "special services." This committee will make a recommendation to the Superintendent. The committee will give consideration to the following when evaluating candidates:
a. Overall benefit to the school system
b. Type of work to be pursued
c. Length of service in Xxxx
x. Proportional grade level distribution
6. As The screening committee will make its recommendations within thirty (30) days of the application deadline.
7. All applicants will be notified in writing of the Board's decision by the Superintendent or his/her representative.
8. Before beginning the sabbatical leave, the teacher shall enter into a condition contract, to return to active service in the Xxxx School District for a period of being granted at least two (2) years after the expiration of such leave. A teacher who does not fulfill this agreement shall repay to the Board, or shall have furnished a cash bond in the necessary amount received by the teacher during the sabbatical leave. This rule shall not apply in cases where the person becomes incapacitated or in cases where the rule is waived by the Board.
B. A teacher, upon return from a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within restored to his/her former position or to a four (4) month position of like nature, seniority and status. Any period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members spent on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on treated as teaching service for purposes of applying the salary schedule set forth in Schedule A of this Agreement and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedcredit.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. A leave of absence, if requested, may be granted to those bargaining unit members for professional study upon approval of the Superintendent if the following minimum conditions are met:
1. Upon written applicationCurrently have held a professional position with the Board for seven (7) continuous years, not later than April 1 of any school yearrequiring a Bachelor's degree or higher and professional certification, including holding a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted position as a sabbatical leaveRegistered Nurse.
2. All applications Submit a written plan for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives professional study for prior approval to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order Agree in writing to be eligible return to work for the Board on a sabbatical one-to-one ratio based on the actual time granted for the leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for Failure to return to work or to complete the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after one-to-one ratio shall cause the expiration of his/her leave, the bargaining unit member will make a written report to reimburse the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made Board for all expenses of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, within thirty-six (36) months of the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedscheduled return.
5. Unit Maximum leave shall be one (1) calendar year, beginning with the first day or after of the Board adopted calendar and ending before or on the last day of the same Board adopted calendar year.
B. The following shall apply:
1. No more than two (2) employees per building or a maximum total of four (4) bargaining unit members approved for a sabbatical leave per year will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possiblepermitted.
2. A The bargaining unit member on taking a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for paid three thousand dollars ($3,000) per year or a prorated fraction thereof, payable bi-weekly.
3. All insurance benefits provided by the year of leave Board and desired by the bargaining unit member shall be entitled to a salary equal continued, upon approval by the respective insurance carrier, for those who are on sabbatical leave, upon the payment of the premium by the bargaining unit member to the difference between their previous salary and payroll clerk/COBRA management company not later than the salary 25th day of each month preceding the month for which the premium is due.
4. The same employee may only utilize this leave once each seven (7) years.
5. Members of the substitute teacher replacing them while on staff returning from sabbatical leave shall be returned to the same or similar assignment and classification held prior to such leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a A bargaining unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with placed on the first full month said unit member was to step of the salary schedule he/she would have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesattained had he/she remained in the DD system.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period The purpose of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at professional study must be for purposes in the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period interest of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that both the Board premium payment is dueand the employee.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 After completing seven (7) consecutive full school years of any school yearservice, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall Unit Member will be granted eligible to apply for a one semester or one-year sabbatical leaveleave of absence.
2. All applications Applicants for sabbatical leave must submit their request to the Human Resources Office on the appropriate form by no later than November 1st of the school year preceding the school year for which the leave is requested. Unusual circumstances which cause a delay in application will be reviewed by considered.
3. The Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources will verify the completeness of the application, check with the principal or director concerned on the criticality of the position for the coming year, and will forward the completed application and such information to the Sabbatical Leave Committee.
4. The Sabbatical Leave Committee will consist of eight (8) members. The Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources will be a committee consisting member and secretary of three the committee. Seven (37) representatives to members will be named appointed annually by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association Presidentexclusive bargaining agent. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, will be guided by the followingfollowing criteria:
a. The proposed program potential of the applicant as related leave to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchimprove classroom instruction.
b. The value of potential to strengthen a subject matter area for which there is a need in the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicantDistrict.
c. The applicant’s total length potential of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after leave to strengthen the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedover-all District program.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave After receiving the committee report, the Superintendent will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for present his recommendation regarding the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal applications to the difference between their previous salary and Board of Education, together with the salary recommendation of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveSabbatical Leave Committee.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return Subsequent to the Pickerington Schools for a period Superintendent's recommendation, the Board of one Education may grant leave based on: (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund financial status of the District; (2) benefit of the proposed leave to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partieseducational process.
7. Unit members Members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on will receive one-half of the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits would have been paid during the period of leave, and the appropriate salary schedule placement which would have been granted had the Unit Member not been on leave. Any member desiring continuation Full fringe benefits and credit for advancement on the salary schedule will be granted to those on leave.
8. The terms and conditions of such benefits must notify the Treasurer leave shall be agreed upon in writing and shall include, but not be limited to: An indemnification bond for failure to successfully complete the sabbatical program or to render the necessary post-leave service; a stipulation to a post-leave service of not less than thirty two (302) days prior to full years for a full year of leave, and one (1) full year for a one-half year leave; the commencement description of the leave and pay to sabbatical program; and, appropriate reporting procedures as may be designated by the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueSuperintendent.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications Sabbatical leave is an educational leave which shall be granted a sabbatical leaveonly for the benefit of the College and shall be for purposes of scholarly and creative endeavors that advance the professional competence, enrich the teaching, or enhance the research of the faculty member to the benefit of the Department and the College.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will Upon the completion of seven (7) years of full-time service, a faculty member shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives eligible to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible considered for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days ; after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit faculty member must agree does not become eligible again until the completion of an additional seven (7) years of full-time service.
3. The number of sabbatical leaves available each year is limited and depends upon the availability of funds and the availability of personnel to return cover the duties and
4. Such a leave shall be granted to an eligible faculty member without regard to the Pickerington Schools number of years such faculty member has been eligible for such leave.
5. Procedures for faculty members wishing to be considered for sabbatical are as follows:
a. On or before November 15, in the year before the sabbatical is to be taken, the faculty member shall submit a period detailed proposal in writing including methods and standards of documentation for the successful completion of the proposed sabbatical leave to his/her designated administrator.
b. On or before December 31, the designated administrator shall submit an evaluation of the proposal based on its merits to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
c. On or before March 1, the Vice President for Academic Affairs shall submit an evaluation based on the proposal's merit to the President of the College.
d. The President of the College shall make a decision concerning the faculty member's proposal in time for submission to the Board of Trustees no later than its regular meeting in March.
e. The faculty member shall be notified in writing by the President of the College of the decision of the Board; copies shall be sent to the designated administrator and the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
6. A sabbatical leave may be granted for part or all of an academic year following the year in which the proposal is approved.
7. A sabbatical leave for one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund semester shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first at full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, lifepay, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty a two (302) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.or three
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. A. For purposes of improving public services, the Employer may grant sabbatical leaves of absence under conditions set forth in this Article.
B. An Employee who has served seven (7) continuous years within the applicable governmental jurisdiction may qualify for a sabbatical leave of absence. Such leave shall be for a period not to exceed one (1) year and may not be granted again to the same Employee until the Employee has served an additional period of seven (7) continuous years within the applicable governmental jurisdiction. For the purpose of computing continuous years of service in this article, periods of unauthorized leaves without pay shall not be counted; however, such leaves shall not constitute a break in service.
C. The Employer shall consider at least the following matters in reviewing a request for sabbatical leave:
1. Upon written applicationThe purpose of the leave is mutually beneficial to the Employee and the Employer;
2. The nature, length and pertinency of educational course work, research, or other professional/educational activity which the Employee plans to undertake during the sabbatical leave are consistent with the needs of the service;
3. The Employee's absence will not later than April 1 adversely affect the operations of any school yearthe department; and
4. The Employee's work performance record and seniority (continuous length of service in the applicable governmental jurisdiction).
D. In the event a request for sabbatical leave is denied, a unit member who meets the following qualifications Employee may request and the Employee shall be provided the reasons for denial in writing from the Employer.
E. Employees on sabbatical leave shall be paid an amount equal to one-half of the basic compensation which the Employee was receiving at the commencement of the leave. Basic compensation shall include any negotiated increase in the schedule as may be provided for in the Agreement. The payments shall be made in accordance with regular pay periods.
F. An Employee granted sabbatical leave may engage in other employment provided the primary purpose for which the leave was granted is met.
G. Before being granted a sabbatical leave, an Employee shall enter into a contract with the Employer which shall provide for the following:
1. The Employee shall agree to return to work upon termination of sabbatical leave or any other leave which may be granted by the Employer immediately following the sabbatical leave. If the Employee fails to report for work upon termination of sabbatical and/or any other leave granted under this Agreement, the Employee shall be considered to have resigned and shall refund all monies received while on sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for Upon return from sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among and/or any other qualificationsleave granted under this Agreement, the following:
a. The proposed program Employee shall agree to work in the appropriate department for a period of two (2) continuous years. If the Employee fails to do so, the Employee shall refund all monies received from the Employer while on sabbatical leave; provided, however, in the event of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value death of the proposed program Employee, the requirement to refund all monies shall be waived. In the Pickerington Schoolsevent the Employee is unable to continue employment due to illness or injury, its pupils, the Employer and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington SchoolsUnion, by mutual agreement, may shorten the return period.
3. In order The Employee shall be guaranteed a return to the Employee's or an equivalent position at the expiration of the sabbatical leave and/or any other leave granted under this Agreement. Upon the Employee's return, the Employee shall have the same salary range and step that the Employee had at the time of taking the leave and the Employee's increment date shall be eligible for a sabbatical advanced equivalent to the duration of the leave, a unit member must have been employed in provided it is not inconsistent with the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearsterms of this Agreement.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for The Employee shall not accrue any vacation or sick leave credits during the proposed use period of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will Any other provisions deemed necessary by the department to be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for included in the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leavecontract.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 Any teacher in the School City of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a East Chicago may apply for sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for A sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named granted by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives Board to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related permit a teacher to engage in full-time professional graduate study, research, educational travel, writingor any combination of these purposes in a program conducted by an accredited educational agency, educational foundation, or research.
b. The value institution of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolshigher learning.
3. In order A plan for such full time professional study, research, and/or educational travel shall be submitted with the leave applications during the period for January 15 through March 15 proceeding the school year during which the leave is to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) yearstaken.
4. Unit members requesting such Sabbatical leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was be granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university not less than one (1) semester (either first or college attendedsecond) nor more than one (1) full school year.
5. Unit members approved The teacher must agree in writing to return to regular service for a sabbatical leave will be notified at least one
(1) school year in the School City of their approval by May 15thEast Chicago at the expiration of the leave.
6. If the teacher does not return to regular service at the expiration of the leave, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical all salary paid to such teacher during such leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave become due immediately and shall be entitled to a salary equal payable to the difference between their previous salary and School City of East Chicago. If the salary teacher becomes permanently disabled before he can meet the return to service requirements, the teacher shall not be required to refund the amount of pay received while on leave. In the event of death of a teacher before the fulfillment of the substitute teacher replacing them return requirements, the teacher’s estate shall not be held liable for any salary paid while on sabbatical leave.
67. As a condition A committee of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to five (5) staff members (three teachers appointed by the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1Union and two administrators appointed by the Superintendent) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require review the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board requests for sabbatical leave purposes during and make recommendations to the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement Director of both parties.
7. Unit members Human Resources on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit or before April 15 for seniority purposes for the period approval of the applicants to whom leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedwill be awarded.
8. A bargaining unit member It is agreed the Sabbatical Leave Committee shall, in recommending leaves, do it on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, an equitable basis with due consideration to all certified personnel and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement needs of the leave and pay to departments. To that end, the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duecommittee shall establish guidelines.
9. Any bargaining unit The staff member who purchases retirement credit for shall, upon return from sabbatical leave, submit a report to the portion of their salary forfeited during Superintendent concerning the sabbatical manner in which the leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionswas used.
10. All such regular deductions from salary will continue while the teacher is on sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to leave.
11. A teacher will retain his tenure and seniority rights while on sabbatical leave and will receive salary increment credit for the provisions period of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codeleave.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall a. Sabbatical leaves may be granted to members of the bargaining unit for the purpose of carrying out an approved program which will enable the member to provide improved service to the District and its students. Consideration will be given to programs which involve an appropriate program of organized study or research. Pursuant to the Education Code, the bond may be waived at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
b. Members who have satisfactorily completed at least seven consecutive years of full- time service in this District are eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications After completing a sabbatical leave, an individual is not again eligible to apply for sabbatical such a leave will be reviewed by until he/she has served on a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicantfull-time basis for at least seven additional consecutive years.
c. The applicant’s maximum number of leaves granted under this section in any one semester shall not exceed four percent (4%) of the total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been full-time faculty employed in the Pickerington School prior academic year.
d. Members of the bargaining unit who are granted a leave under the terms of this section must agree in writing to return to the District for at least five (5) yearsa period of service equal to twice the period of time for which the leave is granted.
4e. Members of the unit contemplating a sabbatical leave shall submit applications to the appropriate Division Chairperson, Director, or Xxxx. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their The Division Chairperson shall forward all applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of and his/her recommendations to the appropriate administrator as designated by the District. With the application for sabbatical leave, the unit member will make a shall submit for approval guidelines for the written report to report. Upon Board of Trustees' approval of the Superintendent detailing application for sabbatical leave and the useguidelines for the written report, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate studyapplication, guidelines, any applicable Board policy, and state law shall constitute the agreement between the unit member will present to and the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedDistrict. The agreement shall not be changed except by mutual consent.
5. Unit members approved f. Applications for sabbatical leave must be received by the office of the District- designated administrator prior to January 5th of the academic year preceding the academic year (or part thereof) of the proposed leave, or prior to September 15th, if the proposed leave is for the spring semester.
g. Upon return to duty, a member of the bargaining unit who has completed a sabbatical leave will be notified submit to the appropriate administrative office a written report covering the period of their approval by May 15ththe sabbatical leave. When applicable, a transcript or as soon thereafter as possibleother evidence of completion of the planned program will accompany this report. A copy of each sabbatical leave report shall be forwarded to the office of the CEO.
h. Compensation and full benefits to be paid the bargaining unit member who is on a sabbatical leave shall will be given an employment contract for computed in accordance with the year salary schedule in effect during the period of leave and shall will be entitled to a salary paid in equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leavemonthly payments.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a i. Compensation to be paid the bargaining unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members who is on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on 63% of the salary schedule and credit to which the employee would otherwise be entitled for seniority purposes an academic year, or 100% of the salary to which the employee would otherwise be entitled for a semester.
j. No compensation shall be paid to any unit member while on sabbatical leave unless a bond is posted in accordance with Education Code Section 87770. However, pursuant to the Education Code, the bond may be waived at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
k. The period of time while the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member is on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duewill be counted toward retirement.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during l. Once the sabbatical leave will pay request has been approved, it is understood that the applicant will, at a minimum, fulfill the approved program. Alteration of the approved program shall be made only after an amended plan has been submitted and approved, using the same procedures as those for the initial approval.
m. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article or Agreement, sabbatical leave shall not be granted a unit member nor shall a unit member receive compensation while on sabbatical leave unless the requirements of the Education Code pertaining to STRS both Sabbatical Leaves, including, but not limited to, Sections 87767, 87770 and 87771 are complied with.
n. By accepting sabbatical leave, the unit member covenants and agrees that the Governing Board of the District and the District itself shall be freed from any liability for the payment of any compensation or damages provided by the law for the death or injury of any employee of the District employed in a position requiring minimum qualification and District competency standards when the death or injury occurs while the employee and employer share is on any leave of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be absence granted in conformity to under the provisions of Section 3319.131 this section, except when such death or injury may be incurred as a consequence of the Ohio Revised Codemember's presence upon District property as may be required by the objectives and goals of the sabbatical leave proposal.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written applicationSabbatical Leave, not later than April 1 of any for a school yearterm, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall may be granted for a sabbatical leavenumber of reasons. The following priorities shall prevail:
a. Formal study at an accredited college or university toward a doctorate.
2b. Study for a specialty program or advanced degree with at least twelve (12) semester hours per semester, or other equivalent work, unless this requirement for the taking of minimum hours or equivalent work is waived by the Superintendent.
c. Research work under the guidance of competent research personnel.
d. Travel, either domestic or foreign, as part of an approved program of study or class material preparation. All applications In regard to (a), (b), (c), and (d) above, the field of study or research work must be in the specific area taught by the teacher or a field of study or research valuable to the District. Applicants for sabbatical leave will be reviewed must submit such requests in a form prescribed by the Board. Further, brief quarterly reports during the sabbatical leave followed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives final report, in a prescribed form, shall be submitted to the Board. Sabbatical leave requests, submitted on or before December 1st, prior to the school year the leave is desired, shall be named acted upon by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named Board at their regularly scheduled December meeting. Appropriate action by the Association President. The committee Board shall considerbe in accordance with provisions stated in Article VI, among other qualificationsSection B, of this Agreement and shall be irrevocable unless the following:
a. The proposed program Board is notified by the teacher that the teacher chooses to decline the leave or unless the Board should learn of facts which change the nature or content of the applicant as related leave previously requested. In the event that the teacher wishes to professional graduate studydecline the leave, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program notification must be given to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for Board at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after prior to June 30th, preceding the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, school term for which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was requested. Sabbatical leave requests shall be accepted after December 1st, should the authorized number of leaves not be granted by the Board at its December meeting. Such selection and approval shall be in accordance with the provisions in Article VI, Section B, of this Agreement; however, in no case, shall sabbatical leave requests be accepted after March 15th, preceding the school term for graduate studywhich the leave is requested.
2. For the encouragement of continued professional development, sabbatical leaves for periods not to exceed one (1) school term shall be granted to teachers at any time after the unit member will present completion of at least six (6) years of satisfactory service as a full-time teacher in the District, provided the conditions herein stated are met during absence pursuant to such leave and such teacher shall receive the same basic salary as if in actual service. The Board shall pay the contribution to the Superintendent a transcript from Teachers’ Retirement System required of the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved person on leave computed on the salary of such person for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possiblethe year immediately prior to the leave. A unit member on teacher receiving a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract credited with teaching experience for the year such period of leave and shall, upon his return, be placed on the salary schedule at such step as though the teacher had remained in teaching service at Proviso during this period.
3. Not more than six (6) teachers shall be entitled to a salary equal to granted sabbatical leave during any one school term and not more than three (3) teachers shall be granted such leave from the difference between their previous salary and same department ‘(one (1) from each school), except at the salary discretion of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveSuperintendent.
64. As Sabbatical leaves shall be granted to teachers in the order of their seniority at Proviso, except that in all cases a condition teacher making application for a first sabbatical leave shall have preference over one who has previously had sabbatical leave one or more times. Upon the termination of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree teacher shall not be entitled to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for another sabbatical leave purposes during until the leave period. Such refund shall be made within teacher has completed at least six (6) years of satisfactory service as a four (4) month period beginning with full-time teacher in the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesDistrict.
75. Unit members on Teachers receiving permission to take a sabbatical leave shall inform the Superintendent in writing of their intention either to accept or to decline such leave. Such notification shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty least ninety (3090) days prior to the commencement June 30 preceding the school term for which this leave is scheduled. Exceptions to this rule may be made at the discretion of the Superintendent Teachers shall submit plans for sabbatical leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) Board, through the office of the total monthly cost Superintendent, for approval. The teacher will then enter into a sabbatical leave Agreement with the Board.
6. The teacher who takes a sabbatical leave shall agree in writing to the following conditions:
a. The teacher shall teach one (1) school year at Proviso after returning from sabbatical leave. If, however, the teacher fails to provide the one (1) school year of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance service after returning from sabbatical leave, all sums of the time that money received from the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the his/her sabbatical leave will pay be refunded to STRS both the employee Board unless such return and employer share of retirement contributionsperformance is prevented by incapacitating illness, or injury, or death. However, should the teachers overcome their incapacity, they shall fulfill their obligation.
10b. If teachers change their plans after arrangements for a leave of absence have been made and a substitute has been hired, the teachers lose their sabbatical seniority rights (but not their tenure rights) and agree to wait one semester to return to the District, unless another vacancy occurs into which they can be placed.
7. All such Without regard to any other provision contained within this Article VI, the decision as to whether the Board shall grant one or more sabbatical leave within a school term shall reside within the sole and exclusive decision of the Board. The existence of Subsection B within this Agreement shall establish those procedures under which the Board will grant sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to if it determines within its sole discretion that the provisions granting of Section 3319.131 such leaves is within the economic capabilities of the Ohio Revised CodeDistrict and is desirable to enhance the educational program of the District.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a A unit member who meets has been credited with five (5) or more years of employment in the District, and who is not within five (5) years of eligibility for retirement may be granted, upon request, contingent upon compliance with the following qualifications shall be granted a requirements, leave with pay for the purpose of professional growth in their related certified areas of instruction. The Board may approve sabbatical leaveleave for one (1) Board adopted school calendar year School Board Requirements:
1. A unit member must have satisfactory evaluation from his/her principal.
2. All applications The unit member must submit a comprehensive plan for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting professional growth in his/her related certified areas of three (3) representatives instruction to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives Superintendent prior to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program start of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schoolsleave for his/her approval.
3. In order The unit member shall agree in writing that he/she will return to be eligible the District for a sabbatical period of not less than one (1) school year from the date of conclusion of the leave.
4. The unit member shall, at the end of the leave, show written evidence that the comprehensive plan was followed.
5. The Board may deny such leave if a substitute qualified in the subject areas of unit member must have been employed on leave is not available.
6. No more than two (2) unit members may be on leave at any one time. Leave shall be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
7. No unit member shall be permitted to take leave more than once in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years and after five (5) years, said unit member shall not be allowed leave if others have given notice of their intent to take leave.
48. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of The unit member on leave shall receive his/her regular salary minus the salary paid to the substitute. The Board shall be responsible for their share to the STRS only on the actual amount paid to the unit member on leave.
9. At the request of the unit member to leave, the unit member will make a written report Board shall continue to pay the Superintendent detailing the useBoard's cost of fringe benefits (hospitalization, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate studydental insurance, etc.) and shall deduct from the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15thmember's salary, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to premiums are due, the difference between their previous salary the actual cost of the premium and the amount paid by the Board for such fringe benefits for the substitute. If the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree on leave is less than the amount of such payments, the Board will continue to return to pay for the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require premiums only if the unit member to refund pays the proper amount to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that premium due date; otherwise, the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for shall not pay the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributionspremiums.
10. All such sabbatical leaves Sabbatical leave shall be at no additional cost to the Board.
11. Unit members who do comply with these requirements shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Codeleave.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 20.11.1 Any credentialed employee who has rendered service to the District for at least seven (7) consecutive years may be granted a leave of absence not to exceed one (1) year for the purpose of study or travel which will benefit the schools and the pupils of the District. Upon written application, not later Not more than April 1 one (1) such leave of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications absence shall be granted to any one employee in any seven-year period.
20.11.2 The employee granted such a leave shall be requested to present an outline of the proposed program of study or travel and to make such a report as may be required by the District.
20.11.3 The interest of the District shall be protected by the written agreement of the employee to return to the service of the District and render a period of service following the return from sabbatical leave equal to at least twice the period of the leave.
220.11.4 The employee shall receive compensation while on leave at the rate of up to fifty percent of his regular salary. If additional fellowship or scholarship funds are received by the employee while on sabbatical leave, these shall be taken into consideration so that the total income shall not be greater than the regular district salary.
20.11.5 The District shall continue to provide paid fringe benefits for the employee during the sabbatical leave. Progress on the salary schedule is not affected by this leave.
20.11.6 All applications for sabbatical leave will shall be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendentsubmitted in writing, and three (3) representatives shall include a full statement of purposes and plans for use of such leave. Final approval for sabbatical leave will rest with the Board of Trustees.
20.11.7 Applications must be submitted to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualificationsSuperintendent not later than one semester prior to the date on which the proposed leave is to begin.
20.11.8 In the event an employee fails to render the agreed upon period of service, the following:
a. The proposed program employee shall return that portion of compensation received during the applicant as related leave equal to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or researchthe proportion of promised service not rendered.
b. The value of 20.11.9 Pursuant to state law, the proposed program to Board may request that the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for employee post a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of bond guaranteeing his/her leavereturn to service, or the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedBoard may waive this requirement.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave 20.11.10 Nothing in this policy shall be given an employment contract for preclude the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveDistrict from waiving any specific provisions at its discretion.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application22.1 Teachers covered by this contract may, not later than April 1 subject to the approval of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leavefor advanced study. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement The granting of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on at the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period sole discretion of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedSuperintendent.
8. A bargaining unit member 22.2 Not more than three (3) teachers may be absent on sabbatical leave may maintain healthat any one time.
22.3 Application for sabbatical leave shall be submitted to the Superintendent of Schools on or before December 1 if it is to become effective in September. The Superintendent will issue a decision not later than February 1. A teacher requesting such leave shall submit an application for approval or activities for professional improvement, life, specifying the reasons for which the leave is requested. The Superintendent shall evaluate each application on the basis of services rendered by the applicant and dental insurance benefits during the use to be made of the requested sabbatical leave.
22.4 Sabbatical leave shall be granted only to teachers who have served for at least seven (7) years in the Swansea School System. A second or third such leave shall not be authorized until a teacher shall have re-established eligibility by serving another period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify seven (7) years.
22.5 Teachers on sabbatical shall receive from the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to District fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of salaries they would have received if they had remained on active teaching duty with the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueDistrict.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for 22.6 The Superintendent of Schools may require that a teacher on sabbatical leave submit a report to them concerning the portion of manner in which their salary forfeited leave is being used during the sabbatical leave will pay and/or may require that a teacher, within sixty (60) days following the termination of sabbatical leave, submit a written report to STRS both the employee and employer share Superintendent of retirement contributionsthe experiences gained during the sabbatical leave.
10. All 22.7 Prior to granting of a sabbatical leave, a teacher shall enter into written Agreement with the Superintendent that upon the termination of such leave, they will return to service in the Swansea School System for a period equal to twice the length of the leave and that, in default of completing such service, the teacher shall refund to the Town of Swansea an amount equal to such proportion of salary received by them while on leave as the amount of such service not actually rendered as agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be rendered.
22.8 Upon their return from sabbatical leaves leave, a teacher's salary shall be granted the same as they would have received had the period of their leave been spent in conformity the Swansea School System, and the teacher shall be returned to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of same position which they held at the Ohio Revised Codetime said leave commenced, if available, or, if not, to a substantially equivalent position.
22.9 Teachers on sabbatical leave shall not be eligible for tuition reimbursement as defined in Article XXX, Paragraph 30.9.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Teachers who have been employed in the district for a minimum of seven (7) years may be granted by the Board a sabbatical leave and shall be paid one-half (1/2) the teacher’s normal salary for that year, subject to the following:
1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 The application for sabbatical leave must be accompanied by a detailed explanation of any school year, a unit member who meets why the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveleave is being requested along with the proposed advantages to the individual and to the district.
2. All applications for sabbatical The Board of Education can reasonably request progress reports during the term of the leave.
3. If the teacher on leave decides not to return to the Woodhaven- Brownstown Schools, notice shall be given no later than March 15th of the year in which the leave terminates.
4. The teacher being granted the leave will execute and sign a promissory note equal to the sum paid while on leave by the district and payable to the district should the teacher not return. Release from said promissory note shall be reviewed by a committee consisting contingent upon completion of three (3) representatives years of teaching service in the Woodhaven-Brownstown School District. Failure to be named by complete the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall considerrequired years of service, among other qualificationsincluding retirement and/or termination of employment, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program will result in remuneration made to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, district on a prorated basis for service that was not given. Arrangements for repayment to the district shall be made between the teacher affected and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length director of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedpersonnel.
5. Unit members approved for a A teacher on sabbatical leave will for one (1) year will, upon return, be notified of their approval by May 15th, placed in the same or an equivalent position as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of one held prior to the leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to placed on the difference between their previous salary and same step on the salary schedule as the employee would have been on had the employee taught in the district for the period of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition The number of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return leaves covered in this article will be equal to the Pickerington Schools for number of years duration of this contract. If there is a period year where there are no sabbatical leave requests, then the total number of sabbatical leaves will be reduced by one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties).
7. Unit members on Notification for request for sabbatical leave shall must be given full experience credit on presented in writing to the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period Board of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commencedEducation no later than April 1st of each year.
8. A bargaining unit Request for leave will be evaluated by a committee comprised of a member on sabbatical leave may maintain healthfrom the Board of Education, lifethe administration, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueWoodhaven-Brownstown Education Association.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a A. Any bargaining unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for has completed at least five (5) yearsyears as an employee of the Board may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for professional study, research and/or professional improvement for one (1) or two (2) semesters, with the provision that the member shall receive a partial annual salary equal to the difference between the substitute teacher's pay and the member's expected salary, in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code.
4B. The fringe benefit program shall be continued by the Board for any bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave.
C. Application for sabbatical leave for professional study, research, and/or professional improvement shall be made at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the beginning of the requested leave. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans The application for the proposed use sabbatical leave shall be accompanied by an outline of the program of study or research to be pursued, or the proposal(s) for professional improvement. Application for a sabbatical leave which includes travel as an intended purpose of the leave shall outline the nature of the travel and shall describe the intended enhancement of the curriculum by the bargaining unit member, and shall give reasons why such travel may not be accomplished when schools are not in session and/or when the member is not on duty. The applicant must be notified by the Board of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration disposition of his/her leaverequest within thirty (30) calendar days of their receipt of the request.
D. Application shall be sent to the Superintendent. The applications shall include the plans for the use of the sabbatical leave and shall meet all requirements as established by a Sabbatical Leave Committee. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall be composed of the Superintendent, one elementary school principal, one middle school or senior high school principal, one supervisor, and five (5) bargaining unit members. The bargaining unit members shall be selected by the Association. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall be responsible for the final selection(s) of the applicants chosen.
E. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall recommend to the Board for its consideration either the acceptance or rejection of the leave request and in so doing, the committee will not recommend the acceptance of leave requests for more than ten (10) percent of the Bargaining Unit in any one school year nor recommend the approval of a sabbatical leave a second time for the same individual if other bargaining unit members have filed a request for a sabbatical leave nor shall the committee recommend the approval of sabbatical leave to the same person more often than once for each five (5) years that bargaining unit member will make has worked for the Board.
F. Upon return from sabbatical leave a written report to member's salary and fringe benefits shall be the Superintendent detailing same as he/she would have received had the use, which was made period of his/her leave. If leave been spent in the District's schools and he/she shall be returned to the same position that he/she held at the time his/her leave was granted for graduate study, commenced; the bargaining unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attendedshall accrue seniority while on sabbatical leave.
5. Unit members approved for a G. A bargaining unit member who uses this sabbatical leave will provision shall be notified obligated to return for one year of their approval service in the district for each semester of leave granted by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A the Board upon return from sabbatical leave.
X. The bargaining unit member on a sabbatical leave for which there is no substitute replacement shall be given an employment contract have their salary difference calculated from the BA column, O Step and their current salary.
I. The bargaining unit member on sabbatical shall have escrowed from the salary difference the calculated costs necessary for unemployment benefits for the year of leave and shall be entitled eligible substitute hired to a salary equal to the difference between fill their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition of being granted a sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes position for the period of the leave and sabbatical leave. Such monies, and/or remainder of monies plus accumulated interest shall return be paid to their same or the bargaining unit member if unemployment compensation is not paid to a similar position as they held at the time substitute hired for the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Contract Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. Teachers who have served at least seven (7) years in the district shall, upon recommendation of a committee consisting of the superintendent, building principal, and two (2) association members and with the approval of the board, be granted leave of absence for the purpose of study, professional development or travel upon the following conditions:
1. Upon Applicants must file with the superintendent a statement of the definite purpose of which such leave is desired. This statement must include the fully accredited college or university at which the individual is to study, the professional development strand to be pursued, or the extent and purpose of travel and how it will relate to that person’s certification areas. Such statement must meet with the approval of the board. Persons awarded a travel sabbatical are required to submit a written applicationreport to the board following their travel, and the report will detail all activities and dates making up the sabbatical period. A professional development portfolio is required when the leave is for professional growth. This must be done as a verification of the individual’s full qualification of the salary provision. Application for sabbatical leave must be submitted to the superintendent four (4) months prior to the intended start of the leave.
2. Applicants must file with the board a written agreement to remain in the service of the district for three (3) years after the expiration of such leave or in case of resignation within the three (3) years, to refund the district such proportionate amount of the salary paid during the leave of absence as the unexpired portion of three (3) years shall dictate.
3. Such leave shall be granted for one (1) full year or one-half year. Teachers taking such leave shall not later be eligible for such leave again until seven (7) years have expired after return.
4. Teachers on sabbatical leave for the full year shall receive one-half of their current salary for the full year. Teachers on sabbatical leave for purposes of travel for one-half year will receive one-third of the year’s beginning teacher’s salary. Teachers on sabbatical leave for college/university purposes or for professional development strand for one-half year will receive one-half of the year’s beginning teacher salary.
5. No more than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications two (2) teachers shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be any given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal to the difference between their previous salary and the salary of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leaveyear.
6. As a condition of being granted Insurance coverage will continue during a sabbatical leave, period on a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties50-50 basis.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits Seniority accrues during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is duesabbatical.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both the employee and employer share of retirement contributions.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 1 of any school year, a unit member who meets the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leave.
2. All applications for sabbatical leave will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named by the Superintendent, and three (3) representatives to be named by the Association President. The committee shall consider, among other qualifications, the following:
a. The proposed program of the applicant as related to professional graduate study, travel, writing, or research.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a sabbatical leave, a unit member must have been employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of his/her leave, the unit member will make a written report to the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her leave. If the leave was granted for graduate study, the unit member will present to the Superintendent a transcript from the university or college attended.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a sabbatical leave shall be given granted to unlimited full-time, temporary full-time and unlimited Part-time faculty who meet the following criteria:
A. The applicant must have continuously served the equivalent of six (6) or more academic years in the Minnesota state colleges with an employment contract for aggregate of twelve (12) semesters of actual service without having been granted such an experience. All continuous service in the year of leave and Minnesota state colleges shall be entitled to a salary equal to included in the difference between their previous salary and the salary calculation of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6full-time equivalency. As a condition For purposes of being granted a sabbatical leavethis section, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of continuous service shall mean holding an assignment during each academic year. No more than one (1) year upon returning from leaveof service will be counted for each academic year. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to the Board all payments received from the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall This total must be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both parties.
7. Unit members on sabbatical leave shall be given full experience credit on the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days achieved prior to the commencement of the leave. Faculty members may have one (1) semester in which the faculty member was on an approved unpaid leave and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent count as one (50%1) of the total monthly twelve (12) semesters. If a faculty member is on an unpaid leave for one (1) year or more, the calculation of equivalent FTE will resume on the date of return. Faculty members on notice of layoff are not eligible for a sabbatical leave. In the event that the faculty member's layoff notice is rescinded, a faculty member who has applied for and met all other requirements for a sabbatical leave shall be granted the sabbatical regardless of the number of sabbaticals that have already been granted if the faculty member is more senior than the least senior faculty member who was granted a sabbatical leave at that college.
B. The faculty member has submitted a plan for a sabbatical leave that is designed to serve the purpose described above.
C. The college president has certified that a replacement can be found. In individual cases where a replacement cannot be found, a faculty member determined to meet the other eligibility requirements in the year of request will not be denied a sabbatical leave in subsequent years based solely on this reason. This provision shall not be applicable to the faculty member after a sabbatical leave request is granted (unless the situation recurs after six (6) more years of service).
D. Funds to cover the cost of the insurance sabbaticals are available. Except in situations of financial exigency for the Minnesota state colleges, sabbatical leaves will not less than be denied for this reason.
E. The number of sabbaticals approved for a college does not exceed ten percent (10%) days in advance rounded up to the next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the unduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and the total FTE of the minimum guarantees for unlimited Part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that year for the Board premium payment is due.
9. Any former MCCFA bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit at consolidated and community colleges. The number of sabbaticals approved for a college does not exceed two and one-half percent (2 ½%) rounded up to the next whole number or one (1), whichever is greater, of the unduplicated headcount of unlimited (including probationary) full-time faculty and the total FTE of the minimum guarantees for unlimited Part-time faculty on November 1 as published in the seniority rosters for that year for the portion of their salary forfeited during former UTCE bargaining unit at consolidated and technical colleges. At a consolidated college, the sabbatical leave will pay to STRS both unused sabbaticals from either former unit may be used by the employee and employer share of retirement contributionsother former unit.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Master Agreement
Sabbatical Leave. 1. Upon written application, not later than April 12-1 of any school year, a unit member who meets Sabbatical leave: A Teacher may be granted sabbatical leave under the following qualifications shall be granted a sabbatical leaveconditions:
12-1.1 Must have completed seven years' service in the District; the last four (4) years must have been consecutive.
2. All applications 12-1.2 Requests for sabbatical leave will must be reviewed by a committee consisting of three (3) representatives to be named received by the SuperintendentSuperintendent in writing on such forms as designated by the Board no later than November 1st, and three (3) representatives action must be taken on all such requests no later than December 15th of the school year preceding the school year for which the sabbatical leave is requested.
12-1.3 The Teacher must be enrolled in an accredited college or university and be engaged in a formal program leading to be named an advanced degree leading to a specialization which is needed by the Association PresidentDistrict.
12-1.4 The degree requirements must be completed during the period of sabbatical leave if the program is for work toward either a Master's Degree or a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Specialization. The committee above policy shall considerbe waived for those persons engaged in a program leading to a Doctorate Degree.
12-1.5 Requests for sabbatical leave on a basis other than the criteria established herein shall be given consideration and nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Board from granting such leaves. However, among other qualifications, such requests must contain significant rationale setting forth the following:
a. The proposed program value of such leave to the District. Upon the recommendation of the applicant as related to professional graduate studySuperintendent and the approval of the Board, travel, writing, or researchsuch leave shall be granted.
b. The value of the proposed program to the Pickerington Schools, its pupils, and the individual applicant.
c. The applicant’s total length of service with Pickerington Schools.
3. In order to be eligible for a 12-1.6 Upon return from sabbatical leave, a unit member must Teacher shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level which he/she would have been achieved had he/she remained actively employed in the Pickerington School District for at least five (5) years.
4. Unit members requesting such leaves must accompany their applications with detailed plans for system during the proposed use of their sabbatical leaves. Within ninety (90) days after the expiration period of his/her leave, absence left.
12-1.7 Any Teacher granted a sabbatical leave of absence must agree in writing to continue working in the unit member will make a written report to system for at least two (2) years following the Superintendent detailing the use, which was made of his/her sabbatical leave. If the leave was granted for graduate studytotal remission of service is not made by the Teacher, the unit member will present Teacher shall agree, by signing a promissory note before being granted the leave, to remit to the Superintendent a transcript from Board the university monetary amount equal to the time not served. Remission of the total amount expended by the Board shall be made at the rate of one-half (1/2) per year of service, except in the case of death or college attendedtotal disability of the Employee.
5. Unit members approved for a sabbatical leave will be notified 12-1.8 A report or summary of their approval by May 15th, or as soon thereafter as possible. A unit member on a the sabbatical leave shall be given an employment contract for the year of leave and shall be entitled to a salary equal submitted to the difference between their previous salary Superintendent and the salary Board upon the completion of the substitute teacher replacing them while on sabbatical leave.
6. As a condition During the leave period, the Teacher shall furnish periodic progress reports of being granted a the sabbatical leave, a unit member must agree to return to the Pickerington Schools for a period of one (1) year upon returning from leave. Failure to do so shall require the unit member to refund to as requested by the Board all payments received from and the Board for sabbatical leave purposes during the leave period. Such refund shall be made within a four (4) month period beginning with the first full month said unit member was to have returned to duty. Such time limit may be extended by agreement of both partiesadministration.
7. Unit members 12-1.9 A Teacher on sabbatical leave shall be given paid one-half (1/2) his/her annual salary for a full experience credit on year sabbatical or full salary for one-half (1/2) year sabbatical; however, in no event shall the salary schedule and credit for seniority purposes for the period of the leave and shall return to their same or to a similar position as they held at the time the leave commenced.
8. A bargaining unit member on sabbatical leave may maintain health, life, and dental insurance benefits Teacher’s earnings during the period of leave. Any member desiring continuation of such benefits must notify sabbatical exceed his/her earnings for the Treasurer not less than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the leave previous year as adjusted by increment and pay to the Treasurer an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total monthly cost of the insurance not less than ten (10) days in advance of the time that the Board premium payment is dueraise.
9. Any bargaining unit member who purchases retirement credit for the portion of their salary forfeited during the 12-1.10 Teachers on sabbatical leave will pay have their benefits continued as long as the insurance carriers are willing to STRS both accept such coverage. The District will have the employee and employer share option of retirement contributionsbearing any additional cost incurred.
10. All such sabbatical leaves shall be granted in conformity to the provisions of Section 3319.131 of the Ohio Revised Code.
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Samples: Tentative Agreement
