PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Pro-d applications need to recieved within 4 months of the event or purchase. Any applications that do not meet this deadline will not be approved as per the Pro-D policy.

No. Pro-D days (referred to as Non-Instructional days by the School District and Ministry) are defined in legislation as days when students do not attend. Teachers have worked hard to negotiate this time in their Collective Agreements for their own professional development.

No. As per our Pro-D Policy, there is a distinction made between personal development and professional development. Personal development are those activities designed to promote our well-being. Professional development enhances our practice of teaching and growth as a professional.   

For whole-school Professional Development, each school will be allotted $25 per year per FTE for light refreshments. Funding is contingent upon availability and the appropriate application form shall be completed and submitted with receipts within 4 months of the event. 

Yes! Each school shall be allotted 6 X 0.5 days per year to release PD Committee members to meet and plan School-based PD days.

Each school site or equivalent may apply for a facilitator amount up to the equivalent value of 1.5 TTOC release days on each school-based day. This value is to be set as the average TTOC cost billed to the Committee in the previous year. Funds may not be combined or rolled over, but can be supplemented with those from other sources. NDTA members who present at a PD event receive facilitator funds in the form of additional funds into their PD account. This fund is to be used for whole-school workshops, not to be used by individual teachers for individual PD activities. Applications are subject to the approval of the PD Chair and to availability of funding as set out in the annual PD Budget.