| Section: |
Academic Administration |
Section Number: |
2.1.3 |
| Subject: |
Academic Departments: Professional Development Funds |
Date of Present Issue: |
11/03/11 |
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Date of Previous Issues:
04/88, 08/01 |
POLICY:
The contractual Agreement between Lake Superior State University and the LSSU Faculty Association calls for an allocation of professional development funds for each full-time faculty member and a pro-rated share for all regular part-time faculty members.
Guidelines for use of these funds are spelled out in Section 15.3 of the Agreement.
PROCEDURE
| WHO |
DOES WHAT |
| Vice President for Finance |
- Transfers carry-over balances from preceding year.
- Allocates allotment for the new year; based on spreadsheet from Provost/VPAA (BANNER data).
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| Dean/Academic Secretary |
- Prepares/updates Faculty Development Funds form using template (O:\PROVOST'S OFFICE\Professional Development\ Professional Development Fund Balances Summary Report Template.xls) for each faculty member.
- Makes entries for the use or transfer of funds during the year.
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| Faculty Member |
- Prepares "Use or Reallocation of Professional Development Funds" (O:\PROVOST’S OFFICE\Professional Development\PDF FORMS\PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FORM.doc) and submits it to the dean for approval.
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| Dean |
- Approves or rejects request.
- If the request is a reallocation of funds, the recipient must sign the form.
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| Academic Secretary |
- If the request is for a purchase, prepares paperwork needed to complete request of faculty member.
- Distributes copies of the form for department files, faculty member, with a copy to the recipient if it is a transfer of funds.
- Enters transaction into PDF form for faculty member.
- Checks departmentally maintained faculty balances against BANNER records periodically and at year end.
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| Faculty Member |
- Reports professional development activities annually on FPDSA form (O:\PROVOST'S OFFICE\Professional Development\PDF FORMS\ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REPORTING FORM.doc) or submits a current vitae that includes all professional development activities.
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| Revision Date |
Revision Summary |
Revision Made By |
Title/Dept. |
| 11-03-2011 |
Corrected titles. Modified all steps to reflect current practice and forms used. Eliminated all references to off-campus use of equipment and related insurance coverage. |
M. Walworth |
Provost |
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