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SECTION 1 GENERAL.................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Definition of Professional Development .................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Principles of Professional Development .................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Purposes of Professional Development ..................................................................................................... 1 1.4 History of Professional Development ......................................................................................................... 1 1.5 NDTA Professional Development Background ......................................................................................... 2 1.6 Professional Development Days .................................................................................................................. 2 a) Provincial Specialists Association Day ........................................................................................................ 2 b) NDTA District Day ............................................................................................................................................ 3 c) School-Based Professional Development Days ........................................................................................ 3 d) Additional Non-Instructional Days .............................................................................................................. 3 SECTION 2 NDTA PRO-D COMMITTEES STRUCTURE ......................................................................................... 4 2.1 Joint NDTA - Board Pro-D Advisory Committee ....................................................................................... 4 2.2 NDTA Professional Development Committee........................................................................................... 4 2.3 NDTA Professional Development Committee Chairperson or Designate .......................................... 6 2.4 NDTA School-Based Pro-D Committee ....................................................................................................... 6 2.5 NDTA School-Based Pro-D Representative................................................................................................ 7 SECTION 3 FUNDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................ 8 3.1 Whole School Professional Development.................................................................................................. 8 3.2 School Based PD Leadership Committee Release .................................................................................... 8 3.3 Individual Professional Development ......................................................................................................... 9 3.4 Professional Learning Groups ....................................................................................................................... 9 3.5 Zonal or Inter-Zonal Funding for School-Based PD Days ...................................................................... 11 3.6 National/International Conferences: Individual Pro-D ........................................................................ 11 SECTION 4 MEMBER FACILITATOR ACCOUNTS ................................................................................................. 12
SECTION 5 FUNDING CRITERIA ............................................................................................................................. 13 5.1 Examples of Funded Pro-D .......................................................................................................................... 13 5.2 Examples Not Funded Under This Policy ................................................................................................. 13
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SECTION 1
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provide opportunities for professional growth and learning; support members needs to strive for best practice; articulate the vision of public education; encourage collaboration with and learning from professional colleagues; improve teaching and learning; support positive changes in professional practice.
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building and strengthening themselves as a body of professional teachers; enhancing professional relationships with students, parents and colleagues; developing, discussing, revising and applying educational theories; supporting innovative instructional developments; continually improving the quality of their teaching; addressing issues of professional concern.
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instructional days. The allocation of these non-instructional days shall be made in accordance with Article F.20 of the Local Collective Agreement. In addition, a fund representing 5% of the current September teacher payroll and 0.5% of the Teacher on Call salary budget from the previous school year as identified in the school districts audited financial statement shall be made available for member professional development each school year (NDTA Professional Development Fund). This fund is designed to supplement the cost of professional development. Good practice around the use of these days and this fund is the professional and union responsibility of each NDTA member (See Article 10 of the NDTA Collective Agreement). Development Fund shall be made by NDTA members only.
b) Decisions about the direction, use, application and expenditure of the NDTA Professional
d) Teachers on Call and Teachers on Leave shall be entitled to make application to the
Professional Development Fund to the maximum of that budget line as established in the annual NDTA Professional Development budget. Teachers who retain the right of recall shall be entitled to make application to the Association for grants from the Professional Development Fund (see Article C.20.9 NDTA Collective Agreement) to the maximum of the budget line as established in the annual NDTA Professional Development budget.
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make recommendations to the NDTA Professional Development Committee regarding the various uses of professional development funds; review the professional development plan and budget as developed by the NDTA Professional Development Committee for each school year; review the report of the professional development activities conducted in each year before submission to the Board; and make a direct recommendation to the Superintendent on the allocation of the five non-instructional days for the subsequent school year by March 31st each year.
c) Upon recommendation of the Joint Committee, the NDTA Professional Development Committee shall be entitled to establish at least two (2) District days subject to the above process. d) The Association shall give a report to the Board twice yearly, giving an accounting of the disposition of the funds, including a summary of the activities for which the funds were disbursed. e) The Board shall provide the Association, by October 15th of each year, a list of the FTEs by work site plus the Teacher on Call list.
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c) Administer the NDTA Professional Development Funds by establishing and monitoring an annual budget that reflects this policy and any other professional development items deemed appropriate and feasible by the NDTA Professional Development Committee. This budget will also include Operating funds for July to September each year. d) Designate the chairperson or alternate committee member to attend meetings and training activities, both within the district and elsewhere, which relate directly to the enhancement of professional development in the district. e) Plan and coordinate the NDTA District-wide Professional Development Day and other NDTA Professional Development Committee sponsored activities. f) Make recommendations to the Association with regard to policies and procedures for professional development activities.
g) Initiate and facilitate opportunities for professional growth of members. h) Act as a resource body in the areas of planning, facilities and resources for professional development, when requested by a special interest group or school staff. i) j) Plan and coordinate local activities for Provincial Specialist Association Day. Convene any meetings of members deemed necessary in order to discuss a professional development concern(s) which pertains specifically to that group.
k) Authorize any two of the following as signing authorities for the committee: the Professional Development Committee Chairperson, the President of the NDTA, the Vice-President of the NDTA, the NDTA Office Manager. l) Assist School-based Professional Development Representatives in their leadership role by providing leadership and facilitation training in an annual professional development training session; ii. simplified forms to assist representatives in information gathering and dissemination; iii. ongoing leadership and support through the monthly professional development representative meetings.
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g) Write any NDTA professional development reports. h) Carry out such planning and coordinating as directed by the NDTA Professional Development Committee.
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d) In addition, each teacher with a FTE allocation may apply for up to one day of TTOC release time per year.
e) All applications for professional development funds shall be submitted to the NDTA Professional Development Committee on the appropriate forms and should be submitted within four (4) months of the date of the event. Applications submitted after the date of the event may not be approved. f) If an application has been denied, the member has the right to appeal to the full NDTA Professional Development Committee and then to the full NDTA Executive Committee.
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g) As per PD Policy Section 6, examples of activities that are NOT funded under this policy are: job specific training, job-related duties, extra-curricular activities, ministry accountability processes, and school as a business initiatives. h) Reporting Out Procedures - Successful applicants will be required to produce a short report about their use of this fund. Examples: a) Strategy Group - 3 or 4 intermediate teachers all interested in furthering their use of Literature Circles spend some time in one group members classroom observing that member facilitate a Lit Circle. The group then meets to debrief the session. Group members try the strategy in their own classrooms and at a later date they meet again to share successes, challenges, etc. b) Peer Coaching - A group of teachers at the same grade level/subject area, some experienced and some new to that area, get together to share strategies, assessment tools, resources, ideas, etc. on an ongoing basis throughout the school year. Lesson planning is NOT permitted. c) Book Discussion Group - Teachers interested in reading/discussing a particular professional book/resource purchase individual copies with monies from the fund. They meet to discuss the book and how they might implement the ideas into their practice. They may or may not use release time to do this. d) Steering Committee - A small group within a school working on an initiative (not based on accountability contract language) meets to discuss ideas, strategies and/or professional information around that initiative that can then be taken back to the larger group or whole school staff. e) Local Interest Group This could include local study and research teams, local specialists associations and other informal groups including grade level or subject-based interest groups.
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SECTION 4
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These provisions address the teacher/facilitators own lost professional development opportunity. NDTA members who facilitate full day professional development for ten (10) or more of their NDTA colleagues are entitled to the equivalent of 1.5 TTOC release days (.5 prep to prepare for your presentation and 1 day in lieu of the day you have given up to facilitate). Co-facilitators must share the entitlement. NDTA members who facilitate half-day professional development for ten or more their NDTA colleagues are entitled to the equivalent of 1.0 TTOC release day (.5 prep. to prepare for your presentation and .5 day in lieu of the day you have given up to facilitate). Co-facilitators must share the entitlement. The NDTA Professional Development Committee will maintain records of Member Facilitator Accounts. The TTOC release day(s) owed to member presenters will be the fiscal responsibility of the group who requested the activity (school-based professional development committee, the NDTA Professional Development Committee or the LSA/PSA). To access these funds the member must submit the Application for Facilitator Funds prior to taking the days. The TTOC release day or the dollar equivalent applied to professional development must be used within three years of the event.
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SECTION 5
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FUNDING CRITERIA
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g) School as a Business initiatives are not funded. Recent trends toward commercialization, marketing of schools, choice schools, competition for enrolment and other school as a business initiatives, are not funded under this policy. This would include the use of school-based Pro-D days for the development and/or implementation of such initiatives. Examples of School as a Business Use of school based or personal Pro-D to develop an entrepreneurial program that would generate funds for the school or district. ii. Administrative request to use part of a Pro-D day to look at how to make the school more attractive to international students. iii. Use of school based days or Pro-D funds to develop a plan to market your school or to attract students, which would compensate for declining enrolment. iv. Development of lessons, programs, workshops, etc. that could be sold for profit (personal, school, district)
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