Service Improvement Fund. The Parties agree to create a Service Improvement Fund (SIF) to encourage and support innovation in instruction through the development, adoption and/or use of technology that will tangibly improve services to students at College of the Rockies. The Parties agree individual and/or groups of instructors who have an interest in pursuing innovative methods of instruction through technology to improve the learning outcomes for students may access the SIF. The Parties agree that the SIF should strengthen College of the Rockies’ focus on students by providing increasingly relevant, accessible and inspiring learning environments that combine teaching excellence, high quality courses and programs.
Service Improvement Fund. Commencing July 1, 2020, the $31,933 of funding provided for in the 2019-2022 Provincial Framework Agreement, will be used to establish a Service Improvement Fund for support staff. Commencing July 1, 2024, $5,000 of funding from the 2022-2025 Provincial Framework Agreement Local Table Allocation will be added to the Service Improvement Fund. The Fund will be administered by the Labour Management Committee and will be used to enhance services to students by:
Service Improvement Fund. The Employer and Union agree that, commencing July 1, 2020, the $15,000 of funding provided for in the 2019-2022 Provincial Framework Agreement, will be used to establish a Service Improvement Fund for all CUPE employees in the District. The Fund will be used to provide access to professional learning opportunities on professional development days during the school year, to provide access to specific training agreed upon by the parties or additional hours of work. These opportunities will enhance the ability of employees to provide high quality service in their position in the district. The Labour Management Committee will administer the Service Improvement Fund. Any remaining funds available at the conclusion of the year, will be rolled over to the following year. The district is under no obligation to expend more than the $15,000 provided for by the Provincial Framework Agreement.
Service Improvement Fund. The Employer and Union agree that, commencing July 1, 2020, the $110,550 of funding provided for in the 2019-2022 Provincial Framework Agreement will be used to establish a Service Improvement Fund for all CUPE employees in the District. This fund will be used to:
Service Improvement Fund. 1. There shall be a fund established to support specific types of employee training and professional development activities that would enhance the delivery of services to students. Examples of appropriate activities include, but are not limited to: Indigenous cultural competencies, mental health and crisis management, working with persons with disabilities, communications, conflict resolution, etc.
Service Improvement Fund. November 6, 2019 The parties agree that, effective July 1, 2020, $170,000 of the total $179, 944.00 Service Improvement Fund provided for in item 3 of the Provincial Framework Agreement will be allocated as follows:
Service Improvement Fund. The Employer and Union agree that professional learning is beneficial to both parties and should be encouraged. Professional learning supports the development of professional competence and enhances the ability of employees to provide high quality service in their position in the District. The parties have allocated seventy thousand four hundred eighty-seven dollars ($70,487.00) per year from the Service Improvement Fund towards providing access to professional learning opportunities on professional development days during the school year, and/or to provide access to specific training agreed upon by the parties. These opportunities will enhance the ability of employees to provide high quality service in their position in the District. Such funds will be administered by the Labour Management Committee. INDEX Additional Representatives, 2 Agreement Printing, 2 Allowances, Payment of, [Art. 24], 25 Alternate Dispute Resolution, 15 Annual Summer Layoff, 10 Appointments, Method of Making, 11 Arbitration Board, Composition of, 14 Arbitration Decisions, 14 Arbitration Expenses, 14 Arbitration Procedure, 14 Arbitration Witnesses, 15 Arbitration, [Art. 14], 14 Arbitration, amending time limits, 15 Arbitration, Amending Time Limits, 15 Arbitration, payment of expenses, 15 Arbitration, witnesses, 15 Arbitrator, Sole, 14 Assistance program, employee, family, 30 Automobile Allowance, 26 Benefits, Continuation of, 10 Benefits, Eligibility, 29 Benefits, Group Life Insurance, 30 Benefits, Other, 29 Benefits, Pension Plan, 29 Benefits, Retirement, 30 Bereavement Leave, 24 Break periods, 47 Break Periods, 17 Bulletin Boards, 30 Bumping rights, employee shall exercise rights, 9 Bumping, General, 8 Bumping, procedure, 8 Call Back Time, Minimum, 18 Committee, Negotiations, 2 Committee, Negotiations, meeting of, 2 Compassionate Leave, 24 Courses, Instruction, 31 Crossing Picket Lines, 31 Differential pay, [Art. 18], 19 Disabled Employees, 12 Discipline Procedure, 15 Discipline, [Art. 15], 15 Discipline, Access to Files, 16 Discipline, Records, 16 Discipline, Union Assistance, 15 Discrimination, 3 Employee and Family Assistance Program, 30 Employee Support Grant (ESG), 70 Employees, Definition of, [Art. 9], 5 Employees, Regular, 5 Employees, Temporary, 5 Employer, Rights of, 3 Family Responsibility Leave, 25 Fire Insurance, 31 First Aid Attendants, 25 General Conditions, 30 General, [Art. 34], 31 Grievance Procedure, [Art. 13], 12 Harassment, General, 3 Harassment, Sexual, 3 ...
Service Improvement Fund. A Service Improvement Fund will be established to support specific types of employee training and professional development activities that enhance the delivery of services to students. Examples of appropriate activities include but are not limited to: indigenous cultural competencies, mental health and crises management, working with persons with disabilities, communications and conflict resolution. The amount allocated by North Island College to the fund each year will be in accordance with the following schedule: Year 1: $9,000 – on date of ratification of collective agreement Year 2: $28,000 – on July 1, 2020 or date of ratification, whichever is later Year 3: $56,000* - on July 1, 2021 *Year 3 represents the amount of ongoing funding for this initiative. For years 1 and 2, funds not expended at the end of one year will be carried forward for one additional year. For year 3 and beyond, funds not expended at the end of one year will not be carried forward Subject to the provisions of this XXX, the Career Development Fund Committee will administer the Service Improvement Fund. Guidelines for the administration of the Service Improvement Fund will be developed and maintained by this Committee and approved by North Island College and CUPE Local 3479. An employee, a group of employees or the Employer may apply to the fund to cover the cost of training or professional development activities. Applications must contain a full explanation of how the training or professional development activity enhances the delivery of services to students. The Committee shall review and approve applications. The parties agree that there will be no expenditure of funds if the committee members fail to reach consensus. Date: For the Employer: For the Union: LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING between North Island College and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 3479 Subject: Compressed Work Week Schedules Preamble: North Island College (the Employer) and CUPE Local 3479 (the Union) agree to consider proposals to implement modified or compressed work-week schedules for employees in departments of the Employer that would entail shift schedules for participating employees that fall outside the normal hours of work requirements of the Collective Agreement between the parties. It is understood that Compressed Work Week schedules cannot be implemented in all service areas due to the operational requirements of the Employer. Such proposed schedules may be approved, implemented and maintain...
Service Improvement Fund. A Service Improvement Fund will be established to support specific types of employee training and professional development activities that enhance the delivery of services to students. Examples of appropriate activities include but are not limited to: indigenous cultural competencies, mental health and crises management, working with persons with disabilities, communications, conflict resolution, etc. The amount allocated by the College of New Caledonia to the fund each year will in accordance with the following schedule: Year 1: $ 30,000 Year 2: $ 66,000 Year 3: $ 104,000* * Year 3 represents the amount of ongoing funding for this initiative. For years 1 and 2, any unspent balance at the end of each fiscal year shall be carried forward and added to the allocation for the next fiscal year. For year 3 and beyond, funds not allocated within the fiscal year will be carried over for one year only. An employee or a group of employees may apply to the fund to cover the cost of activities that would enhance the delivery of services to students. Subject to the provisions of this XXX, the Professional Development Committee will administer the fund. This Committee shall review and approve applications. LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING (LOUS), LETTERS OF AGREEMENT (LOAS), AND MEMORANDUM’S OF UNDERSTANDING (MOUS) Renew:
Service Improvement Fund. The Employer and Union agree that, commencing July 1, 2020, the fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars of funding provided for in the 2019-2022 Provincial Framework Agreement, Item 3, will be used to establish a Service Improvement Fund for all CUPE employees in the district. The Employer and Union agree that amounts from the Local Bargaining allocation from the 2022-2025 Provincial Framework Agreement will be added to the Service Improvement Fund as follows: • January 1, 2023 $14,000.00 one time • July 1, 2024 $3,000.00 one time • July 1, 2025 $13,500.00 ongoing The Fund may be used to: • provide access to professional learning during the school year, or to • provide access to specific training as agreed upon by the parties, or to • add hours of work This Fund will support the ability of employees to provide high quality service in their position in the district. The joint Labour Management Committee will administer the Service Improvement Fund. Any remaining funds available at the conclusion of the year, will be rolled over to the following year. The district is under no obligation to expend more than the identified funding provided for under the Provincial Framework Agreements.
