41.134:  Professional Development and Enhancement for Classified Employees

Status:	Approved on February 27, 2005	Signatures and dates on archival copy
Effective:	when approved
Initiated by:	James E. Kemper Assistant Vice President for Administration for Human Resources
Reviewed by:	Herman ("Butch") Hill, Chair Policy and Procedure Review Committee
Endorsed by:	Larry Corrigan Interim Vice President for Finance and Administration
Approved by:	Kathy Krendl Interim Provost

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to encourage and support the professional development and enhancement of classified employees.

Policy

Supervisors are expected to support and encourage the career development and performance effectiveness of employees. Enhancing job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities is vital to the individual's and the university's continued success.

Department Heads, Supervisors, and individual employees may contact University Human Resources for assistance.

Procedures

Typically, every effort should be made by the supervisor to allow an employee up to 10% release time from the job, for job-related development, and degree pursuit or classes at the university. Requests may vary.

The requests should exclude department retreats, mandatory training, and development requirements (e.g., re-certification, required CEU's).

The request by the employee should be in writing to the supervisor and should include such data as the event, the date, time, and rationale for attendance. Advance notice is in order to allow the supervisor to make appropriate accommodations.

If the supervisor is unable to grant accommodations, then the employee may appeal to the Department Head and upward to the Planning Unit Head.

The following policies may be relevant to particular applications of this policy:

1. Policy 40.015, "Educational Benefits for Ohio University Employees."

2. Policy 40.016, "Educational Benefits for Employee Spouses and Children."

Reviewers

Proposed revisions of this policy should be reviewed by:

1. Policy and Procedure Review Committee

2. Classified Senate

3. Administrative Senate

Forms

There are no forms that are specific to this policy.

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Dick Piccard revised this file (http://www.ohio.edu/policy/41-134.html) on May 15, 2013.

Please E-mail any comments or suggestions to "policy@ohio.edu".