Professional Development activity at VCC is "employee-initiated,"
Collective Agreement Article 6.6, instructors makes a proposal for using
the time through their Department Head and Dean.
The amount of time is based an entitlement accrual. As long as one is
working at least half-time then with 7 months of assigned duty within
a fiscal year, one qualifies for 15 days of PD. With 8 months, for 20
days. Both of these amounts are to be considered as "minimums,"
but the college does often exceed them. Instructors should consider these
minimum amounts as their right. VCC provides less PD time than many other
colleges.
If one's workload during the qualifying period fluctuates between half
and full-time then one's pay for the PD period is pro-rated, see Appendix
V, page 96.
The Collective Agreement also sets up funds to support PD and PD activities.
There is a $100,000 PD Fund detailed in Appendix IX, page 121 and
Appendix X, pages 122 to 126.
To typically support attendance and participation at conferences costing up to $1000.00 apply to the Adjudicated PD Fund of $50,000, see Appendix XI, page 127.
The Common Faculty PD Fund valued at over $200,000 (Appendix XII, page 128 and page 53 of the Common Agreement) is for more expensive professional development costs. See link to the Guidelines below.
For more information or questions on PD time or any other PD related
issue call a steward.
For PD Funds, call the rep on your campus, Downtown - Wayne
McNiven 8438 or Broadway - Wayne Avery 7283.
For Adjudicated PD, call Wayne McNiven
at Downtown 8438 or Brenda Appleton at Broadway 7183.
For Common Faculty PD, call Wayne McNiven at Downtown 8438 or Brenda Appleton
at Broadway 7183.
Ella-Fay Zalezsak is the VCCFA representative on FPSE's
Professional & Scholarly Development Committee and has interesting information on PD practices
at other colleges. Her local is 7385.
