LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGES
PERSONNEL GUIDE B554
Professional Improvement-Management
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11/15/84
Pers Oper Br
Certificated/Classified
Sections 7, 9 and 10 added.
PG B554 (5-10-78)
General (See PG: B339 for decoding)
Policy on Professional Improvement Leaves of Absence
1.
Definition.
A professional improvement leave is a leave of
absence to permit a management employee to undertake approved
activities which will result in the employee's rendering more
effective service to the District upon his/her return.
2.
Requirements.
An employee must have served at least three years
in his/her present management classification. No employee is
eligible for a second such leave until at least three years have
elapsed since the completion of the previous leave.
3.
Length of Leave.
Leave may be granted for any period not to
exceed six calendar months.
4.
Compensation.
Full salary will be paid by the District for the
employee's regular assignment.
5.
Request Procedure.
The request for leave should be made on Form
C900 (Professional Improvement Leave Request) and filed with the
college president or division head. Leave requests by college
presidents or division heads are to be forwarded directly to the
Chancellor. All other leave requests are to be forwarded to the
Vice Chancellor, Personnel Services Division with the college
president's or division head's recommendation and a statement
describing (1) how the employee's duties will be performed during
the absence or (2) the reasons for not recommending the leave
request.
6.
Professional Improvement Leave Committee.
A Professional
Improvement Leave Committee composed of the Vice Chancellor,
Business Services; Vice Chancellor, Educational Planning and
Development and the Vice Chancellor, Personnel Services (chair)
shall evaluate all requests and recommend to the Chancellor those
which have sufficient long-range benefit to the District to warrant
consideration.
Professional improvement leaves shall be limited to not more than
four such leaves at any particular time throughput the district.
Whenever there are more leave requests than authorized by this
limitation, the Professional Improvement Leave Committee shall rank
the requests in priority.order for presentation to the Chancellor.
7.
Disposition of Leave Request.
The Personnel Services Division
shall inform each applicant and the college president or division
head in writing regarding the disposition of the leave request.
8.
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Professional Improvement Leave Report.
Employees granted a
professional improvement leave are to submit a written report
describing the professional growth that occured during the leave.
This report must be at least 1500 words in length and must be submitted not later than eight weeks following the return to service.
The report is to be submitted through the same channels as the
request for professional improvement leave was processed.
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PG B554 (continued)
9.
Request for Personnel Action.
The employee's work location is to
submit a Request for Personnel Action RPA) through the
personnel/payroll system for leaves that are approved. Some leaves
may be granted with the employee performing intermittent service
during the leave. The leave dates shall be from the first date of
absence to the last date of absence. The Personnel Operations
Branch will process the leave as an "X" leave (action code will be
LIX).
10.
Time Reporting.
The time for employees on a professional
improvement leave is to be reported by the employee's assigned
location. Use time code "M" for the time on leave; use time code
"R" for time worked if the leave period includes both assigned
time and leave time.
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