a) The Board will establish a professional development fund by way of a separate allocation in its annual budget which will be jointly administered by the Association and Division.
b) The Board shall make an annual allocation per fiscal year as set out below:
| Fiscal 2014/15 | Fiscal 2015/16 | Fiscal 2016/17 | Fiscal 2017/18 |
| $462,786 | $472,042 | $481,483 | $495,927 |
c) The Professional Development Fund will not be an imprest fund.
(An imprest fund is created when a cash payment is made from the central bank account of the Division into either a pool of physical cash or into a bank account separate from the Division’s central bank account and which is under the control of designated teachers of the Division. Disbursements are made from the imprest fund separate from the central disbursement process as directed by the designated teachers).
d) A Management Committee will be established to administer the Fund comprised of equal representation from the Division and the Association. The Superintendent will appoint the Division representatives on the Management Committee and the President of the Pembina Trails Teachers’ Association will appoint the Association representatives. The maximum size of the Management Committee will be eight (8).
e) Where irreconcilable differences between the parties exist with respect to the administration of the Fund, a third party shall mediate/arbitrate any difference.
f) The Division and the Association will agree on the name(s) of a third party or parties who will be available to mediate/arbitrate any irreconcilable differences between the parties on the administration of this Fund. The decision of the third party mediator/arbitrator will be final and binding.
g) The Professional Development Fund expenditures are for sabbaticals (full or partial), in-service training, workshops, conferences, a course or courses of study which may or may not include paid or unpaid leaves of absence, or any other professional development activity which is appropriate.
h) The Professional Development Fund is set out in addition to any other budgeted professional development allocation for staff, including teachers, which the Board may choose to make in the course of establishing its annual budget.
i) Any professional development activity must have as its aim and purpose to provide a benefit and furtherance to the educational activities of the Pembina Trails School Division.
j) A Joint Professional Development Accumulated Surplus/Deficit Fund (“the Surplus/Deficit Fund”) shall be established commencing with the results of the 2007/08 Fiscal Year. For any fiscal year when the actual amount expended is less than the amount of the annual allocation adjusted by the carried forward balance in the Surplus/Deficit Fund from the prior fiscal year, the unexpended amount shall be added to the Surplus/Deficit Fund. For any fiscal year when the actual amount expended is greater than the amount of the annual allocation adjusted by the carried forward balance in the Surplus/Deficit Fund from the prior fiscal year, the over expended amount shall be deducted from the Surplus/Deficit Fund. The balance in the Surplus/Deficit Fund shall be added to or deducted from the annual allocation for the subsequent fiscal year. The Management Committee shall take every reasonable precaution not to over expend the amounts available to it in any fiscal year.
DATED at Winnipeg, Manitoba, this 30th day of April, A.D. 2015.
Pembina Trails Teachers’ Association
of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Pembina Trails School Division
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President Chair of the Board
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Negotiations Chair Secretary Treasurer