Time for Voluntary Professional Development Sample Clauses

Time for Voluntary Professional Development. A. Each employee shall be granted two (2) days’ leave per year to attend approved conferences/workshops/in-service with no reduction in pay. If such conferences/work-shops/in-service occurs on non-work time, the employee shall be reimbursed at their regular hourly rate of pay. B. If an employee is attending an approved conference or workshop of up to one day’s duration, his/her required travel time to and from the conference or workshop will be considered a part of their regular workday, however travel time outside the employee’s normal work hours shall not be compensated for voluntary professional development. C. A pool of unused voluntary professional development hours will be established annually and made available for the next fiscal year. The unused hours will not be carried over for more than one fiscal year. LCPEA members can access the pooled hours in an amount equal to twice their individually posted October 1 hours. Pooled hours will be accessed on a first-come, first-served basis.
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