Common use of Sabbatical Leaves Clause in Contracts

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding a professional certificate with seven (7) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford County. 13.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 Any teacher to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher not return to the service of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. 13.5 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 16.1 A teacher member holding a professional certificate with seven (7) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher member to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 16.2 Sabbatical leaves leave may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford County. 13.3 16.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 16.4 Sabbatical leave may be granted to up to two (2) members, if requested. 16.5 Any teacher member to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher member not return to the service services of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. 13.5 16.6 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 16.7 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.twenty-four

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 1. A teacher holding leave of absence for a professional certificate period not to exceed eighteen (18) University calendar weeks with full pay in accordance with current scheduling practice, or a leave of absence for a period not to exceed thirty-six (36) University calendar weeks with half pay, in accordance with current scheduling practice, for restoration of health, study, travel, or other appropriate purposes, may be requested by a FACULTY MEMBER and may, at the discretion of the President, be granted to any FACULTY MEMBER of any University who has submitted a request for consideration for a sabbatical leave and who has completed seven (7) or more years of satisfactory service as a FACULTY MEMBER of one (1) or more of the UNIVERSITIES, as specified below. Library FACULTY MEMBERS who were granted ACADEMIC FACULTY rank shall accrue credits towards sabbatical leave only from the date the ACADEMIC FACULTY rank was granted. Sabbatical leaves granted after March 20, 1997, will be based primarily upon merit. Unused sabbatical leave credit may be considered in the selection process. 2. At least five (5) consecutive years of satisfactorysuch service shall have been rendered to the University from which the leave is sought. A FACULTY MEMBER who has been granted an approved leave without pay shall not be deemed to have had his/her consecutive service interrupted; provided, active however, that time spent on such leave shall not count as service in Harford County Public Schools may toward a sabbatical leave nor towards the accumulation of sick leave. 3. If the University operates on a system of units other than semesters, the FACULTY MEMBER may, at his/her option, be granted a sabbatical leave corresponding to one (1) or more of absence these units so long as the restriction set forth in subsection 1. above, concerning total weeks of sabbatical leave which can be granted in each such leave, is met. 4. One (1) sabbatical leave may be requested, considered and granted in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the each additional seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may years of service. Leaves shall be granted accumulated so that no one shall lose entitlement to consideration for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford County. 13.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 Any teacher to whom a sabbatical leave is granted because of failure to use leave due to scheduling practices at a particular University, but no one shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, entitled to return to the service of the Harford County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher not return to the service of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. 13.5 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts for or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less use more than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.thirty-six

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding The School Committee of the Town of Barnstable, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, may grant a professional certificate with seven (7) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study or research (and travel if to any employee having served seven or more years within the Barnstable schools. The purpose is to increase her/his professional ability. Such leave is to be for a period not exceeding one year, at a salary agreed to by the parties entering said agreement, but in conjunction no event less than one-half pay, provided that prior to the granting of such leave, said employee shall enter a written agreement with the study or research) that School Committee. Upon termination of such leaves, s/he will be return to service in the public schools of service Barnstable for a period of at least three years. If in default of completing such service, the employee will refund to the individual and town an amount equal to such portion of salary received while on leave. Requests for leave of absence shall be made before January 15 of the school year previous to the schools and pupils school year for which leave of Harford County. 13.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 Any teacher to whom a sabbatical leave absence is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leaverequested. Should the teacher not return to the service of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. 13.5 Applications for sabbatical leave Application must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1no later than January 15 for leave of absence for the entire or first semester of the following school year, and not less than six months prior to the school year for which it is requested with second semester. In the event a proposed plan number of study or research to which applications are received, the time spent on leave following factors will be devotedtaken into account in assigning leave: 1. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary Educational value of the proposed objectives project to the school system. 2. Length of service in the Barnstable Public School System. 3. Representation of areas of teaching in the system (i.e., Middle School, High School, Elementary, Special). 4. Priority of application (date). During the course of the study or research Sabbatical Leave, brief monthly progress reports shall be made to the Superintendent of which the travel is a partSchools. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s If possible, on return to dutyBarnstable, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words an employee will be assigned to the position that s/he held before leaving Barnstable; otherwise an assignment will be made which is acceptable to both parties. An employee returning from Sabbatical leave shall be submitted to placed on the Superintendent’s Office setting forth salary step schedule s/he would have attained had s/he remained in the teacher’s reactions to the travel school system, and shall be eligible for insurance benefits while on leave. No employee may reapply for a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirementsecond Sabbatical Leave unless he or she has completed seven consecutive years since her/his last leave.

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding a professional certificate with seven (7) or more consecutive years 18.02.1 The granting of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford County. 13.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 Any teacher to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, based on the merit of the application as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to well as on the service of the Harford County Public Schools applicant. Detailed written applications shall outline the proposed programs of work and shall contain the information detailed in Article 18.06. 18.02.2 All Faculty Members shall make every reasonable effort to fulfill the programs of work for at least which their sabbatical leaves were granted. Within two (2) years immediately following the expiration months of the leave. Should the teacher not return returning to the service of Harford Countywork, he or she will Faculty Members shall be required to refund submit a detailed written and, if applicable, illustrated report outlining the salary granted for results of their sabbatical leaveleaves. 13.5 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior 18.02.3 Prior to the school year for which it is requested with granting of a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study a Teaching Faculty Member, the Vice President Academic shall complete at least 24 semester units confirm that the absence of upper division or graduate work during the Faculty Member requesting sabbatical year. It leave will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number adversely affect the level and quality of semester hours may be considered if approved by teaching in the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted curriculum area(s). 18.02.4 Prior to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days granting of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A a sabbatical leave for travel a Non-Teaching Faculty Member, the appropriate administrative supervisor shall confirm that the absence of the Faculty Member on sabbatical leave will only not adversely affect the quality of service. 18.02.5 The Institute shall grant annually up to forty-two months of sabbatical leaves. 18.02.6 Three month sabbatical leaves shall be considered when available to qualified Non-Teaching Faculty Members and shall not be fixed to time periods during the travel is academic year. Such leaves may be taken in conjunction with an organized program of study or researchvacation and professional development leave. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words Such leaves shall be submitted in addition to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth leaves granted under the teacher’s reactions provisions of Article 18.02. 18.02.7 Short term (six month) sabbatical leaves shall be taken either in the period 1 July to 31 December or 1 January to 30 June. 18.02.8 Long term (twelve month) sabbatical leaves shall be taken either in the travel and a statement of the benefit period 1 January to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement31 December or 1 July to 30 June.

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding Sabbatical leave is a plan for improving the school's programs through the improvement of its faculty and administration. Sabbatical leaves are to increase a person's professional certificate with seven (7) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools efficiency and usefulness to the school. Faculty and administrative personnel may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for under the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leavefollowing provisions: 1. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study study, research, travel or research (work experience providing it is for professional growth which benefits the school. 2. Members of an Association's Sabbatical Leave Committee shall accept, review and travel if in conjunction with recommend to the study or researchSuperintendent the written request(s) that for sabbatical leave. Recommendations for such leave will be based upon the professional growth values of the request as it applies to our school system. 3. The employee(s) must have initially completed six (6) years of continuous service in the district. 4. The application must be accompanied by a well-considered plan detailing the purpose and benefits to be gained by the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford Countyschool. 13.3 5. Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) either one-half year at full semester salary or more than one (1) a full yearyear at half salary. 13.4 Any teacher 6. All arrangements must have the approval of the Superintendent and the Board of Education. 7. Request for such leave must be received by the Superintendent before November 1 of the year preceding the year for which the leave is requested. Requests for withdrawal of such leave must be in the Office of the Superintendent not later than the first day of April prior to whom the year of the leave. 8. The Board of Education shall notify the applicant of its determination no later than February 1. 9. Within one month after the resumption of service, following the termination of a sabbatical leave, the individual shall submit to the Superintendent a detailed report on the manner in which such leave was spent. 10. During the period of time the employee is granted on sabbatical leave, he/she shall retain seniority, tenure, and retirement benefits and shall be required, entitled to such other fringe benefits as should occur during the sabbatical year period. 11. As a condition of accepting the to being granted leave, the employee shall agree to return to continue in the service of the Harford Union County Public Vocational-Technical Schools for at least a period of not less than two (2) years immediately following after the expiration of the sabbatical leave of absence. 12. If an employee fails to continue in the service after such sabbatical leave. Should , the teacher not return employee shall repay, on demand, to the service Union County Vocational-Technical School's Board of Harford CountyEducation, he the full amount of salary and benefit costs received while on sabbatical leave, unless such employee is incapacitated as verified, in writing, by a physician or she will has been discharged. 13. Upon return from sabbatical leave, the employee shall be required to refund placed on the salary granted for sabbatical leaveschedule at the level he/she would have achieved had he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. 13.5 Applications 14. When an approved leave is withheld solely due to budgetary exigencies, the designated recipient for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical will receive priority for such leave in the following school year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units Said leave shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if contingent upon funds being approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.purpose

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding Sabbatical leave is a plan for improving the school's programs through the improvement of its faculty and administration. Sabbatical leaves are to increase a person's professional certificate with seven (7) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools efficiency and usefulness to the school. Faculty and administrative personnel may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for under the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leavefollowing provisions: 1. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study study, research, travel or research (work experience providing it is for professional growth which benefits the school. 2. Members of an Association's Sabbatical Leave Committee shall accept, review and travel if in conjunction with recommend to the study or researchSuperintendent the written request(s) that for sabbatical leave. Recommendations for such leave will be based upon the professional growth values of the request as it applies to our school system. 3. The employee(s) must have initially completed six (6) years of continuous service in the district. 4. The application must be accompanied by a well-considered plan detailing the purpose and benefits to be gained by the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford Countyschool. 13.3 5. Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) either one-half year at full semester salary or more than one (1) a full yearyear at half salary. 13.4 Any teacher 6. All arrangements must have the approval of the Superintendent and the Board of Education. 7. Request for such leave must be received by the Superintendent before November 1 of the year preceding the year for which the leave is requested. Requests for withdrawal of such leave must be in the Office of the Superintendent not later than the first day of April prior to whom the year of the leave. 8. The Board of Education shall notify the applicant of its determination no later than February 1. 9. Within one month after the resumption of service, following the termination of a sabbatical leave, the individual shall submit to the Superintendent a detailed report on the manner in which such leave was spent. 10. During the period of time the employee is granted on sabbatical leave, he/she shall retain seniority, tenure, and retirement benefits and shall be required, entitled to such other fringe benefits as should occur during the sabbatical year period. 11. As a condition of accepting the to being granted leave, the employee shall agree to return to continue in the service of the Harford Union County Public Vocational-Technical Schools for at least a period of not less than two (2) years immediately following after the expiration of the sabbatical leave of absence. 12. If an employee fails to continue in the service after such sabbatical leave. Should , the teacher not return employee shall repay, on demand, to the service Union County Vocational-Technical Schools' Board of Harford CountyEducation, he the full amount of salary and benefit costs received while on sabbatical leave, unless such employee is incapacitated as verified, in writing, by a physician or she will has been discharged. 13. Upon return from sabbatical leave, the employee shall be required to refund placed on the salary granted for sabbatical leaveschedule at the level he/she would have achieved had he/she remained actively employed in the system during the period of his/her absence. 13.5 Applications 14. When an approved leave is withheld solely due to budgetary exigencies, the designated recipient for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. 13.6 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical will receive priority for such leave in the following school year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units Said leave shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if contingent upon funds being approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.purpose

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 15.1 A teacher member holding a professional certificate with seven five (75) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford Queen Xxxx’s County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical the 15.2 Sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford Queen Xxxx’s County. 13.3 15.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 15.4 Sabbatical leave may be granted to up to two (2) members, if requested. 15.5 Any teacher member to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher not return to the service of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave.the 13.5 15.6 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. An application may be denied by the superintendent if it is felt that the denial of same would be in the best interest of the school system. However, any applicant would have the right to appeal the decision of the superintendent to the Board of Education for final action. 13.6 15.7 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 sixteen (16) semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 eight (8) semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 thirty (30) days of the teachermember’s return to duty. 13.7 15.8 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.thirty

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding Normally, sabbatical leaves shall number five each academic year. The Board will set aside funds to provide for such sabbatical leaves, subject to budgetary considerations. At any time during or after each sixth consecutive year of full-time teaching at Oakton College (all FMLA leaves and/or any parental leave are excluded from the count of consecutive years), any faculty member may apply for a sabbatical leave. Faculty members who are approved for a long-term, discretionary personal or professional certificate with seven leave under section 9.2C must return to Oakton for a minimum one academic year before applying for a sabbatical leave. Teaching abroad on an Illinois Consortium for International Studies and Programs (7) ICISP), Fulbright, or more similar program, is not considered to be a sabbatical leave. However, the faculty member will not be eligible for a sabbatical leave if they participate in any of the above programs until they complete a subsequent period of six consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools full- time teaching. Such a leave may be for one semester at full pay, one year at half pay, or for the summer session at a flat rate equal to current summer school contractual salary. A faculty member awarded a one-year sabbatical at half pay may not earn full pay through the addition of overload to the sabbatical. Faculty members on sabbatical may request to be assigned to teach face-to-face, hybrid, online courses, and any other LHE responsibilities at Oakton while on sabbatical leave according to the following limitations: 1. Four LHEs without lab per term. 2. Six LHEs with lab per term. During each sabbatical cycle, faculty members may defer their sabbatical by a year if they are unable to conduct the project as proposed due to circumstances outside of their control. Faculty members who defer their sabbatical will go to the top of the queue for the subsequent year’s awards in the same rank order. Deferred sabbaticals do not change the normal total number of sabbaticals awarded each year. The purpose of a sabbatical is to improve the quality of the faculty member’s services so that both the faculty member and the institution benefit from the sabbatical experience. Such leave is not intended to provide opportunities for financial gain. Thus, if a faculty member receives income in connection with the work for which he or she is granted the sabbatical, the school's contribution will be reduced and/or refunded if that income, coupled with sabbatical pay, exceeds his or her contracted college salary for that academic period. The purpose of the sabbatical may be accomplished in any number of ways, singly or in combination, including but not limited to advanced study at an accredited institution in a major or cognate field, professional research and/or writing, development of materials pertinent to a field of study, or academic- or subject-related travel. The benefit of granted sabbaticals should extend to all areas of Oakton College, its procedures and organization, its students, and the community it serves. Any faculty member who receives a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendentshall: 1. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher Return to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford County. 13.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 Any teacher to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford County Public Schools Oakton College for at least two (2) years immediately following one year or repay the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher not return to the service of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for money received while on sabbatical leave. 13.5 2. Retain all rights and privileges of faculty members, including retirement contributions and insurance, and receive salary increments. 3. Report documenting progress toward fulfilling the requirements of the sabbatical project. 4. Submit a report to the President within 60 calendar days of returning to work, verifying full compliance with the terms of the sabbatical contract and shall submit a duplicate of this report to the Library. If the report is accepted by the President, salary increments shall be awarded. 5. Present to the college community on their sabbatical project. Applications are to be made by a date in October, to be designated by the Committee, for any sabbatical leave that is to occur during the following fall, spring, or summer semesters. Reasonable exceptions to this deadline may be made by the Sabbatical Leave Committee to which the application is made. Applicants will receive written notification of the acceptance or denial of their sabbatical proposal no later than the last day of the semester in which it was submitted. The Sabbatical Leave Committee shall be composed of three faculty from Liberal Arts, two faculty from STEM, one faculty from Health Careers, one faculty from Business and Career Technologies, one faculty from the Library, and the Xxxxxxx. Faculty members will be elected by faculty in their respective divisions. The terms of faculty membership on the committee shall be staggered, two-year terms. None of the members of the committee shall themselves be applicants for a sabbatical leave. This committee shall: 1. Choose its own faculty chair from among those who have already served a one- year term. 2. Disseminate the established criteria that will be used by the committee in the awarding of sabbatical leaves. 3. Disseminate the established procedure for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advanceproposal applications. 13.6 The applicant 4. Hold informational meetings for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to dutyprospective applicants/candidates. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study 5. Receive and review applications. 6. Seek clarification from faculty applicants if their applications are unclear or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirementincomplete.

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 15.1 A teacher member holding a professional certificate with seven five (75) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford Queen Anne’s County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher member to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven five (75) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 15.2 Sabbatical leaves leave may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford Queen Anne’s County. 13.3 15.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 15.4 Sabbatical leave may be granted to up to two (2) members, if requested. 15.5 Any teacher member to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford Queen Anne’s County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher member not return to the service services of Harford Queen Anne’s County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. 13.5 15.6 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. An application may be denied by the superintendent if it is felt that the denial of same would be in the best interest of the school system. However, any applicant would have the right to appeal the decision of the superintendent to the Board of Education for final action. 13.6 15.7 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 sixteen (16) semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 eight (8) semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 thirty (30) days of the teachermember’s return to duty. 13.7 15.8 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.and

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 15.1 A teacher member holding a professional certificate with seven five (75) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford Queen Anne’s County Public Schools may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing the teacher member to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven five (75) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 15.2 Sabbatical leaves leave may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford Queen Anne’s County. 13.3 15.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than one (1) full semester or more than one (1) full year. 13.4 15.4 Sabbatical leave may be granted to up to two (2) members, if requested. 15.5 Any teacher member to whom a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, as a condition of accepting the leave, to return to the service of the Harford Queen Anne’s County Public Schools for at least two (2) years immediately following the expiration of the leave. Should the teacher member not return to the service services of Harford Queen Anne’s County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted for sabbatical leave. 13.5 15.6 Applications for sabbatical leave must be filed with the Superintendent by April 1, prior to the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which the time spent on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advance. An application may be denied by the superintendent if it is felt that the denial of same would be in the best interest of the school system. However, any applicant would have the right to appeal the decision of the superintendent to the Board of Education for final action. 13.6 15.7 The applicant for sabbatical leave for study shall complete at least 24 sixteen (16) semester units of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 eight (8) semester units shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 thirty (30) days of the teachermember’s return to duty. 13.7 15.8 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 thirty (30) days of the teachermember’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report report, of not less than 1,500 words words, shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office office, setting forth the teachermember’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools schools, and the pupils of Harford Queen Anne’s County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.

Sabbatical Leaves. 13.1 A teacher holding a professional certificate with seven 1. Five-tenths of one percent (7.5%) or more consecutive years of satisfactory, active service in Harford County Public Schools 0f the bargaining unit may be granted a sabbatical leave of absence for the purpose of furthering professional growth by means of graduate study or other means approved by the Superintendent. Previous leaves of absence will be considered as not causing by the teacher to lose years of service credit prior to that leave. Leave time itself, in all cases, will not be regarded as active service insofar as determining the seven (7) year sabbatical leave eligibility requirement. 13.2 Sabbatical leaves may be granted for study or research (and travel if in conjunction with the study or research) that will be of service to the individual and to the schools and pupils of Harford County. 13.3 Sabbatical leave may be granted for not less than Board during any one (1) full semester or school year upon recommendation of the Superintendent, subject to the following conditions: a. A sabbatical leave as defined herein shall be no more than one (1) full year in duration. b. Requests for sabbatical leaves of absence will be received by the Superintendent in writing in such form as may be required beginning October 1 of the school year preceding the year for which the sabbatical leave is requested. Applications for sabbatical leave shall be received by the Office of the Associate Superintendent of Instructional Services from October 1 through November 1 of each school year. The board shall receive recommendations from the Superintendent and take action upon sabbatical leave applications on or before the fifteenth of January of the ensuing calendar year. 13.4 Any teacher to whom c. An applicant for a sabbatical leave is granted shall be required, must have completed at least seven (7) consecutive full school years in active service as a condition of accepting regularly appointed certificated employee in the leave, District by the time such a leave should begin in order to return to be eligible for sabbatical. Layoff within the applicable statutory period for reemployment shall not constitute a break in service for sabbatical leave purposes. A year spent on layoff within the foregoing statutory period shall count as part of the Harford County Public Schools for at least two seven (27) years immediately following required if the expiration employee works seventy-five (75%) of the leavedays or hours of the school year. Should Any paid leave or non-paid leave of absence granted by the teacher Board shall not return to be considered a year of service for the service purpose of Harford County, he or she will be required to refund the salary granted determining eligibility for sabbatical leave. 13.5 Applications for d. Employees on sabbatical leave must shall be filed with paid at fifty percent (50%) of full salary rate. Upon return from sabbatical leave, the Superintendent by April 1, prior to employee shall be placed on the school year for which it is requested with a proposed plan of study or research to which appropriate step on the time spent salary schedule as though such employee had not been on leave will be devoted. After approval, any change of plan must be requested in writing and approved in advanceabsence. 13.6 The e. An applicant for sabbatical leave will submit a written proposal together with an application letter within the application period to the Associate Superintendent of Instructional Services, f. Employees on sabbatical leave shall receive the same health and welfare benefit coverage provided to full-time employees in accordance with Article XII of this Agreement. g. The Associate Superintendent of Instructional Services shall evaluate the applications and proposals for study shall complete at least 24 semester units sabbatical leaves, and make recommendations regarding the applications and proposals to the superintendent no later than December 1 of upper division or graduate work during the sabbatical any school year. It will generally be expected that not less than 12 semester units These recommendations shall be completed during each semester. If travel or extensive research is involved, a lesser total number of semester hours may be considered if approved based on guidelines formulated by the college advisor. Transcripts or other evidence Sabbatical Leave Committee consisting of completion shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty. 13.7 A sabbatical leave for travel will only be considered when the travel is in conjunction with an organized program of study or research. Application for leave shall include, in general terms, an itinerary of the proposed objectives of the study or research of which the travel is a part. Upon completion of the leave and within 30 days of the teacher’s return to duty, a detailed itinerary and written report of not less than 1,500 words shall be submitted to the Superintendent’s Office setting forth the teacher’s reactions to the travel and a statement of the benefit to the schools and the pupils of Harford County. A description of the travel will not satisfy this requirement.two