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Policy
Employees are encouraged to continue their professional development or obtain further training, in addition to performing their full-time job, shows a commitment to improving themselves and their position within the Agency. It is the policy of the Agency to encourage employees to supplement and continue their professional development and obtain additional training in accordance with established practices.
Practice
- Reimbursement of professional development/training expenses.
- Full time employees who continue their professional development or obtain further training in a field related to their PIC employment may be reimbursed each fiscal year for the registration and/or tuition costs at a rate to be determined by the Executive Director. In order to qualify for this Professional Development Assistance benefit employees must:
- Complete a professional development assistance request form, prior to enrolling in the course/ workshop, and submit the form to their direct supervisor.
- The direct supervisor will decide whether the course/ workshop is of a nature that PIC will approve for partial or total reimbursement of tuition or registration.
- If this is a college class, the employee must receive a grade of “B" or better.
- Full time employees who continue their professional development or obtain further training in a field related to their PIC employment may be reimbursed each fiscal year for the registration and/or tuition costs at a rate to be determined by the Executive Director. In order to qualify for this Professional Development Assistance benefit employees must:
- Professional Development Leave
- Full-time staff are awarded up to 40 hours of professional development leave annually. This leave is prorated for less than full time staff.
- If an employee would like to take time off work to participate in training or professional development, they request professional development leave by completing the professional development assistance form and submitting to their direct supervisor.
- The supervisor will forward the request with a recommendation to the Executive Director.
- An Executive Director will make the final decision whether to approve the request.
- Other Reimbursements
- If an employee would like reimbursement from PIC for costs not eligible under paragraph I. above, the employee should talk with their direct supervisor prior to incurring the cost. The supervisor will forward the request to the Deputy Director who will forward the request with a recommendation to the Executive Director. The Executive Director will make the final decision whether to approve the request based upon the best interest of PIC and funding availability.
- An employee may use professional development leave and funding toward the cost of travel to and/or from the approved training.
- An employee may wish to use their own personal vehicle to attend trainings occurring within driving distances to the agency but outside of Anchorage. If the personal vehicle is used in lieu of airline travel, mileage reimbursement may not exceed the cost of the commercial 21-day discounted coach airfare.