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Teacher Contract Information - East Kingston

East Kingston Teacher Contract Information - Section Pertinent to Professional Development

Excerpted from Agreement between the East Kingston School Board and the East Kingston Teachers' Association 1999 - 2003.

Article XIII PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. A professional employee will be granted two (2) professional days for attending approved conferences, professional meetings or workshops, visitation to other schools, and other approved reasons.

Whenever possible, teachers shall request such leave in writing at least two (2) weeks in advance. All professional day requests shall be made to and approved by the principal. The Board encourages teachers to use professional days to improve their teaching skills. The Board will reimburse teachers who participate in approved professional workshops. These workshops include, but are not necessarily limited to, those being developed by the Staff Development Committee. Reimbursement for mileage shall be paid at the rate of $.25 per mile when a teacher uses his/her private vehicle. Every attempt will be made by the principal to grant professional day requests. All certified teachers will make every attempt, when requested by the principal, to attend all professional day programs.

2. Reimbursement of Courses

A. Any teacher taking approved courses will be reimbursed by the school district up to a maximum of eight (8) credits per year at the per credit in-state rate for University of New Hampshire tuition. An application for reimbursement must be submitted to the Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent before the teacher takes a course. A grade no lower than B- in any of these courses shall be a requisite for reimbursement. Courses taken for reimbursement shall be to benefit the school district.

B. Prepayment for courses or purchase orders will be provided at the beginning of the month in which the course is scheduled, if all the necessary SAU paperwork (as specified in 2.A) is completed by the tenth day of the previous month.

C. A teacher will be reimbursed for courses taken during the summer session upon his/her return to school in September. Prepayment for summer courses will be provided before the close of the school year if all the necessary SAU paperwork (as specified in 2.A) is completed by May 1.

D. Should a teacher receive a grade lower than B- for a prepaid course or fail to complete the course, the amount of money prepaid to the teacher will be deducted from his/her salary.

E. Each 15 hours of workshop time-taken during professional days or outside of regular school hours may be converted to one (1) credit towards moving across the salary schedule. All workshops taken for increment must be workshops that have been approved by the S.A.U. Staff Development Committee and must relate to the teacher's professional growth plan.

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