Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iBDHKhU05014; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:20:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:20:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <41CD8772@webmail.utk.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1811] News from States: Paid PD X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Infinite Mobile Delivery (Hydra) SMTP v3.62.01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 2635 Lines: 58 Colleagues: This past summer and early fall on the NIFL-AALPD discussion list, we discussed and read about teachers' experiences with poor working conditions. One aspect of a well supported job is paid professional development release time. This is defined as compensation for the hours that a teacher actually spends in professional development, not just expenses for conference fees and travel and not just being freed up from class hours to attend. We would like to get a better picture of what professional development release time looks like across the country, and what you think a fair policy should look like for paid professional development release time. Please answer the 3 questions below by posting them to the list, or emailing them to <jataylor@utk.edu>. Responses will be summarized and posted to the list; those submitted off-list will not be attributed. Thanks! Cristine Smith, Chair Jackie Taylor, Vice-Chair Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers =============================================================== 1) Does your state offer and require teachers to receive paid professional development? ___Yes, the state has a requirement of a minimum amount of paid professional development release time for each teacher. ___Yes, the state supports paid professional development time by funding and requiring programs to offer it, but it's up to the program how much it gives to each teacher. ___No, there is no state requirement or policy for paid professional development release time; it is up to the program to offer it or not, but my program does offer it. ___No, there is no state requirement or policy for paid professional development release time; it is up to the program, and my program does not offer it. ___Other state policy________ 2) If it does, then for how many hours per year for full-time teachers? How many hours per year for part-time teachers (i.e., is there a minimum # of paid release hours, no matter how part-time you work? Is it a percentage of working hours, or a straight # of hours?) 3) What do you think about every state having a policy of funding and requiring programs to provide 2.5% of a teacher's annual paid hours as paid professional development release time? (For a full-time teacher working 40 hours a week for 40 weeks, this would be equivalent to 40 hours a year of paid professional development release time, or 5 full days. For a part-time teacher working 15 hours per week for 40 weeks, this would be 15 hours a year. Teachers who work less than 15 hours per week would also receive a minimum of 15 hours per year.)
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