SUPERINTENDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The board of education expects its administrative staff to be informed on contemporary educational issues and, therefore, encourages active participation in their respective professional administrative organizations, including state, regional, and national associations for the superintendent and the school principal. Accordingly, the board of education authorizes and will fund, within budgetary limits, attendance at state, regional, and national conferences sponsored by professional administrative organizations, curriculum groups, institutions of higher education, legislative bodies, and other agencies having a relationship which is in agreement with the school district's educational objectives.
The superintendent of schools may attend a national convention every-other-year and will administer an itinerary of conference attendance by other district personnel. (Exceptions may be allowed if an administrator is appointed or elected to an office requiring national conference attendance, or invited to give a major presentation at a national convention.)
Periodic reports will be given to the board of education regarding administrator attendance at conferences, including prior announcement of attendance to national conferences. The board of education may authorize conference attendance with adoption of the annual budget, but it may, in its discretion, limit or deny conference attendance as the school year progresses.
Cross Reference:
303.07 Administrator Professional Development
402.08 Employee Travel Compensation
