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Accessing PD Dollars
Presidents’ Training SeminarCanad Inn Club Regent
August 27,2007Gail Button & Réjean LaRoche
Legislation
Educational Administration Act
39 Responsibilities of Teachers:
(f) Ongoing professional development
FRAME
Program & Codes•Program 630: pertains to instructional staff •Amount of provincial funding found on page 2•How amounts are locally spent found on page 11
FRAME
Programs & Codes
• Staffing Code 320 = Executive , Managerial and Supervisory
• Staffing Code 330 = Instructional – Teaching
FRAME
Program & Codes
• Staffing Code 350 = Teacher Aides and other
• Staffing Code 380 = Clinicians
FRAME
Professional & Staff Development =
• Activities that contribute to professional or occupational growth of instructional staff
• Includes: workshops, conferences, service training demonstrations and school visits
Source: FRAME Manual
FRAME
Timelines
• Local association input to the school division by December
• Division submits FRAME Final Budget to Province in April
• Budget takes effect July 1st of every year
FRAME
Expenditures
Where the money can be spent:
• Salaries
• Services
• Supplies
• Materials
TEACHER VOICE
• Are you satisfied with the PD decision-making process in your school division or district?
• Is your teacher association actively involved in decisions about PD?
• Are you aware of teacher PD needs within your local association?
TEACHER VOICE
Structures:
• PD article in the collective agreement
• Letter of agreement pertaining to PD
• Joint PD committee (teachers/employer)
• Policy – written or unwritten – regulates how dollars will be spent
• School based decision making
EQUITY
The principle of ‘equity among teachers’ is based on the belief that all teachers should have an
equal opportunity to do their job in an effective manner.
EQUITY
• Adequate instructional space, material and related resources to deliver education programs and services to their students
• Working conditions which facilitate teaching and promote learning
• Open and continuing access to professional development
Source: Glen McRuer
Accessing PD Dollars
Predict the end result:
• get involved often and early
• develop a plan with your association
• don’t act alone
• persist and educate
• call a PI staff officer
Accessing PD Dollars
Thank you for your participation!