Common use of Professional Responsibility Stipend Clause in Contracts

Professional Responsibility Stipend. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Education Association agree and affirm the following beliefs: a. The success of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District is dependent upon hiring and retaining the highest quality certificated staff. b. Providing a quality education for students requires from certificated staff a commitment to the profession beyond the basic contract, normal workday hours, and school year. c. State law allows additional compensation for additional time, additional responsibilities, or incentives (TRI). d. The additional commitment required of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ certificated staff cannot be accurately measured in hours or days. e. The time necessary to fulfill any one certificated staff member's responsibilities will vary from that of another, as determined by the individual's own professional judgment. For the reasons stated above, the District will provide a stipend in the amounts on the Professional Responsibility Stipend (PRS) Schedule in Appendix D as an incentive to provide the additional services required of all certificated staff members in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District, outside of the basic contract and supplemental workdays, which enrich the program of basic education. The professional stipend recognizes that employees provide a professionally responsible level of service in the following areas which is above the basic contract: a. Preparation of the classroom or workspace before, after, and during the school year for quality instruction or support of instruction; b. Self-reflection, goal setting, and related professional growth activities such as workshops, classes, conferences, seminars or research projects, and researching educational materials and supplies; c. Grade level, department, building, job-alike and/or District committees, task forces, processes, and activities; d. Fulfillment of basic contract expectations that may fall outside the regular workday such as the planning of instruction and curriculum, the evaluation of student work, the preparation of student assessments, the preparation of summative progress and grade reports for timely distribution, IEP and Section 504 meetings, providing individual help to students, conferencing and communicating with parents and students; e. Working with technology related to educational practice.

Professional Responsibility Stipend. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Conway Education Association agree and affirm the following beliefs: a. The success of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District is dependent upon hiring and retaining the highest quality certificated staff. b. Providing a quality education for students requires from certificated staff a commitment to the profession beyond the basic contract, normal workday hours, and school year. c. State law allows additional compensation for additional time, additional responsibilities, or incentives (TRI). d. The additional commitment required of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ certificated staff cannot be accurately measured in hours or days. e. The time necessary to fulfill any one certificated staff member's responsibilities will vary from that of another, as determined by the individual's own professional judgment. For the reasons stated above, the District will provide a stipend in the amounts on the Professional Responsibility Stipend (PRS) Schedule in Appendix D as an incentive to provide the additional services required of all certificated staff members in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ School District, outside of the basic contract and supplemental workdays, which enrich the program of basic education. The professional stipend recognizes that employees provide a professionally responsible level of service in the following areas which is above the basic contract: a. Preparation of the classroom or workspace before, after, and during the school year for quality instruction or support of instruction; b. Self-reflection, goal setting, and related professional growth activities such as workshops, classes, conferences, seminars or research projects, and researching educational materials and supplies; c. Grade level, department, building, job-alike and/or District committees, task forces, processes, and activities. Staff are expected to attend one afternoon/evening activity as scheduled by the school principal. Staff unable to attend because of illness or emergency is expected to notify the principal as soon as possible prior to the event; d. Fulfillment of basic contract expectations that may fall outside the regular workday such as the planning of instruction and curriculum, the evaluation of student work, the preparation of student assessments, the preparation of summative progress and grade reports for timely distribution, IEP and Section 504 meetings, providing individual help to students, conferencing and communicating with parents and students; e. Working with technology related to educational practice.