PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. A. The Employer will pay the reasonable expenses (including fees, meals, lodging and transportation) incurred by teachers who, with approval of the Superintendent, attend workshops, conferences or other professional improvement sessions. B. The Employer will sponsor one graduate level course of from twenty (20) to thirty (30) hours each fall semester and each spring semester. Such course will be offered free to all teachers who are on the maximum step of the salary schedule. Three (3) graduate credits will apply vertically and horizontally on the salary schedule. C. The Employer agrees to pay the tuition of any in-service course a teacher on the maximum step of the salary schedule takes.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement