Optional Professional Development Hours. For the 2017-2018 school year, all members who assist certificated personnel in providing direct instruction shall have the option of working additional optional professional development hours at their daily rate of pay, that are outside the school day/calendar year. Members may not use Personal Necessity or Sick time to account for these optional professional development hours. The optional professional development hours must be used for professional development aligned to district/school priorities. These optional 2017-18 professional development hours will be scheduled as follows: Six hours of optional District sponsored professional development shall be paid at the member’s pro rata daily rate of pay. The focus will be on the development and implementation of practices that are responsive to the student needs (e.g. language development, differentiation, numeracy and literacy strategies, equity, and classroom management). The dates for these optional days will be calendared as follows: Elementary PD Day = Secondary teacher workday Secondary PD Day = Elementary teacher workday PN and Sick Leave may not be used to cover absence on these optional PD days. Compensation is based on attendance.
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