Professional Development

Professional Development is now processed in Accounting.  

Please contact the Travel Desk at 503-916-3112 or e-mail traveldesk@pps.net for more information.

PAT (PIF)

• Members of the PAT unit are allotted $1000 to use over a 3-year period.
• The 3-year period begins the school year a unit member initiates an approved Professional Improvement activity. The PIF cycle is August 1 – July 31.
• Funds may be used for registration costs for conferences, workshops, seminars, and site visitations, and for travel costs, if the activity is outside of a 25-mile radius of Portland.
• Unit members earn 2 days of professional leave per year and unused days accumulate in the employee’s Professional Leave bank. A unit member may not use more than four (4) professional leave days in any school year.  

Forms

• Travel / Training Expense Report (pdf)
• Tuition Reimbursement Request Form (pdf)

PFTCE (Career Development Fund)

Per Article 14 of the PFTCE Contract, the District has established a fund for PFTCE Unit Members to use for the purpose of upgrading and gaining new skills.

Guidelines:

• $700 available per Unit Member each contract year.
• Total fund amount not to exceed $30,000 per contract year.
• Can be used for workshops, seminars, college tuition.
• Can not be used for books, supplies or materials.
• Unit Member pays the tuition /fees up front and is later reimbursed.

Building Principals and Program Administrators (PAPSA)

• Building Principals (including Vice Principals and Assistant Principals) and Program Administrators (including Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors) each have $3600 available to use over a 2-year cycle for professional development.
• The current cycle runs from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011.
• Any portion of an allocation not spent during the 2-year cycle may not be rolled-over to the next cycle.
• Funds may be used for the following purposes: conferences, training workshops and seminars, membership dues to professional and community service organizations, professional books and subscriptions, and tuition. PAPSA funds may not be used to buy equipment, electronic devices, or software.
• Building Principals and Program Administrators do not have professional leave days.
• Procurement cards are not to be used for PAPSA travel expenses.
• Building Principals and Program Administrators in their first year of service as such, may use up to one-half their allotted funds ($1,800).