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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & PUBLIC RELATIONS
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LSTA UPCOMING EVENTS & DATES
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2025-2026 PUBLIC RELATIONS
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Joint LSSD/LSTA PD Fund is now open for 2025-2026!
Please apply online directly from your Employee Connect Account—Absences—Leave Request—Division/LSTA PD Joint Fund.
Be sure to include all required information for a quick turnaround and approval.
Professional Development Chair: Lynne Ogale and Jamie Shuhyta
Teacher Entitlement/Responsibility for PD:
Teachers have their own unique ways of teaching. In recognition of their professional independence, teachers share a professional obligation to maintain high standards of conduct and to use professional judgment in the application of their specialized knowledge and skill set. This professional identity is shaped by pre-service preparation and teaching experience, and nurtured by shared professional practice and on-going professional development.
Teachers have their own unique ways of teaching. In recognition of their professional independence, teachers share a professional obligation to maintain high standards of conduct and to use professional judgment in the application of their specialized knowledge and skill set. This professional identity is shaped by pre-service preparation and teaching experience, and nurtured by shared professional practice and on-going professional development.
ARTICLE 29 – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND
Effective September 1st, 2015:
The Division shall provide $70,000 on an annual basis to be paid into a Division Association Professional Development Fund for the purpose of professional development of LSTA members. The following expectations shall apply:
a) The Fund shall be administered jointly by a committee consisting of equal representation from the Division and the Association.
b) Release time of the teacher must be approved in advance by the Principal and Superintendent or Designate. Such release is subject to a substitute being available.
c) The annual cost of substitutes shall be deducted from the annual allocation.
d) At the end of each school year, the Committee will present a detailed report to the Division and the Association on the use of the funds.
e) It is understood and agreed that the allocation of professional development funds from the Division-Association Professional Development Fund account to LSTA members is to be aligned/referenced to at least one of the following four qualifying criteria/areas:
i)Divisional Goals
ii) School Goals
iii) Teacher Professional Learning Plan “Growth Plan/Goals”
iv) Teaching Assignment.
f) Any unused financial amount will be redirected back to the Division on June 30th of each year.
Reimbursement: Once you have paid for your PD, submit your receipts with the leave # from your CIMS application to Lisa Poponick at the board office.
You can email receipts to [email protected]