2009+PDC+Research

NEW ARTICLE XVI: Professional Development

Post any information related to establishing the composition of the PDC (Professional Development Council) and procedures for selection of representatives on this page.

Below is a copy of proposed language for the Professonal Development article in the negoitated agreement:

[|ARTICLE XVIII - Professional Development (proposed).doc]

Below is a copy of the Kansas Professional Development Program guidelines I referenced last night:

[|PDCGuidlinesDoc111408_120408.pdf]

Below is a link to the KSDE page that includes relevant statutes as well as the PDC guidelines:

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J. Wieland wrote:

With regard to the negotiability of INSERVICE EDUCATION, the following case law from //Chee-Craw Teachers' Association// 225 Kan. 561, 593 P.2d 406 unequivocally designates it as a negotiable item:

"18. INSERVICE EDUCATION Negotiable. The term is defined in K.S.A. 1978 Supp. 72-1106(D). The proposal is to establish a committee to make recommendations to the board as to in-service education. Under the impact test, the item is negotiable."

The case has been been superseded with regard to the process by which a negotiability question is resolved (it used to be by the court; now it is by administrative ruling of the Secretary of Labor). I cannot find any opinion of either the state attorney general or the Secretary of Labor since Chee-Craw which refutes that holding. Inservice, and by extension professonal development, in that it directly affects the duties and work hours of teachers, should be negotiable.

A. Shelly wrote:


 * Kansas statute 91-1-215** (g) "Professional development council" and "PDC" mean a representative group of licensed personnel from an educational agency that advises the governing body of the educational agency in matters concerning the planning, development, implementation, and operation of the educational agency's in-service education plan.

Kansas statute 91-1-216 (a) An in-service education plan to be offered by one or more educational agencies may be designed and implemented by the board of education or other governing body of an educational agency, or the governing bodies of any two or more educational agencies, with the advice of representatives of the licensed personnel who will be affected. (b) Procedures for development of an in-service plan shall include the following: (1) Establishment of a professional development council.

(a) Each professional development council shall meet the following criteria: (1) Be representative of the educational agency's licensed personnel: and (2) Include at least as many teachers as administrators, with both selected solely by the group they represent
 * Kansas statute 91-1-217** **Inservice education professional developement council**

(b) Each council shall have the following responsibilities (1) To participate in annual training related to roles and responsibilities of council members, including responsibilities under these regulations, K.A.R. 91-1-215 through K.A.R. 91-1-219; (2) to develop operational procedures; and (3) to develop a five-year plan that may be approved by the governing body of the educational agency and is based upon criteria established by the state board.

(c) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1, 2003.