Nanaimo District Teachers' Association - Professional Development
Criteria Guiding the Allocation of Pro-D FundS
Costs Can Include:
- Registration
- Release time (note that if you book a TTOC without prior approval, you may be held responsible for the cost should your application end up not being approved)
- Travel
- Mileage ($0.70 per kilometre)
- Parking
- Meals (Per Diem $20 Breakfast, $25 Lunch, $40 Dinner)
- Accommodation
Receipts Required For:
- Registration
- Parking
- Accomodation
- Ferry (only one way receipt is required but can claim for both ways)
- Resources
- Specialist association fees
No Receipt Required For:
- Mileage ($0.70 per kilometre)
- Meals (Per Diem $20 Breakfast, $25 Lunch, $40 Dinner)
Upon approval funds may be allocated to support:
- Workshops
- Conferences
- Classroom visits
- Special interest discussion groups
- Collaborative learning groups
- Self-Directed Pro-D
- Professional Association Fees
- Professional materials (not learning resources)
Funds will not be allocated to support:
- Student materials
- Student Learning resources
- Personal benefits (eg anything that Canada Revenue would consider a taxable benefit)
- Job specific training (NCI, first aid, etc.)
- University courses
- Release for in-service related to mandated district initiatives
- Release for individual planning, marking, report writing or classroom cleanup
- Personal wellness endeavours
- Release for involvement in field trips and student activities
PDF FORMS
Please DOWNLOAD and SAVE your file to your computer prior to filling and submitting.
Use this form when requesting individual funds for: Individual Funds, Part Time & TTOC Funds, District Compensation Funds, Facilitator Funds, PLGs, and PLPs. Please note form has been updated for the 2023-2024 school year.
Use this form to request a TTOC from/for: Supplemental TTOC Day, School Based PD Committee Planning, Individual Pro-D Funded TTOC, Facilitator Funds, PLGs and PLPs, and Capacity Building Grants.
When approved, you will be emailed with next steps. You are still required to book the TTOC through ADS. Forms must be received by the NDTA and approved prior to taking PD release time to ensure that costs are covered by NDTA PD and not reversed to you.
Please complete this form when you are partaking in self directed work on any ProD Day. This is a Google form and will not require printing or emailing in.
All applications for the 2024-2025 school year must be received prior to October 31st, 2024. Applications will be considered for funding by the PD committee at the November 2024 meeting. Applicants will be notified after this time whether or not their application was approved for funding.
Requests for funds and TTOC time in association with PLGs and PLCs is done with the Individual PD Funds and Application for TTOC Release forms.
First Funding Period:
- Applications submitted by October 31st, 2024
- Applications will be considered for funding by the PD committee at the November 2024 meeting.
- Applicants will be notified after this time whether or not their application was approved for funding.
Second Funding Period:
- Other half of the budget for PLPs
- Applications submitted by January 26, 2025.
- Applications will be considered for funding by the PD committee at the February 2025 PD meeting.
- Applicants will be notified after this time whether or not their application was approved.
The following form is used to apply for funds for refreshments for school-based Pro D days. Please note form change for 2024-2025 school year.
The following form is used to apply for funds to bring in a local or out of district facilitator