FILE: GAD
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The Cameron Parish School Board recognizes that a program of professional development and education is important for the constant professional growth and improvement of an employee. Therefore, professional personnel shall be encouraged to keep up with new developments and take part in development opportunities in their academic fields and to cultivate an open mind and an experimental attitude toward current educational practices.
The Board may annually develop a plan for in-service teacher educational programs in conformity with guidelines established by the State Department of Education. The School Board shall utilize the advice of the members of its teaching staff in developing the proposed plans. The educational training to be undertaken shall utilize the services of Louisiana Department of Education trained coordinators, who shall be designated by the school system from among its certified employees. The coordinators, once trained, shall be able to provide classroom teachers with information, techniques, and skills to properly respond to required modifications of the classroom environment, as well as respond to inquiries and requests for assistance from classroom teachers.
The Board shall develop and continually monitor a plan to provide in-service training, through the coordinators trained by the Louisiana Department of Education, to all classroom teachers in the system who desire to receive such training as well as to make such coordinators available, on a more or less continuous basis, for consultation with classroom teachers who request assistance or information. In-service training programs shall address matters related to all aspects of education in accordance with guidelines established by the Louisiana Department of Education.
College/University Tuition Reimbursement
Persons employed in positions requiring certification as specified by the Louisiana Department of Education will be eligible to make application for college/university tuition reimbursement.
If a qualified person makes application for reimbursement for tuition cost on courses within a recognized certification area specified by the Louisiana Department of Education, and the person has earned a grade of ”r;C” or better, then the individual will be considered eligible for reimbursement for the credit earned in a course or courses.
Persons making application for reimbursement for credit earned after January 11, 2007 shall agree to the following:
Continue as an active, on the job, employee in Cameron Parish for an equivalence of one-year for each semester of tuition reimbursement paid by the Cameron Parish School Board; or,
Reimburse the Cameron Parish School Board for all tuition reimbursement received for credits earned after January 11, 2007.
It is understood, if the Cameron Parish School Board determines that another course of action is in the best interest of the school system, then the Board may assume another position or modify the parameters as stated herein.
Revised: November, 1993
Revised: January, 2007
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:24.1
Board minutes, 1-8-07, 10-12-09
Cameron Parish School Board