Professional Growth Committee

1997-98 Year-End Report

Committee Membership:

Mary Lou Mosley, PVC	Chair	

Emma Walters, SCC

Jule Kuhn, GWC

Barbara Messio, MCC

Committee Responsibilities:

• Monthly review applications for professional growth activity and tuition funding. Award funding on a first-come/first-served basis within the budget parameters.
• Semi-annually review applications for sabbatical leaves. Award funding based upon adherence to guidelines and funding availability.
• Annually award a one-time only stipend for completion of degrees up to two degrees.

Budget:

In January, the MAT Professional Growth budget was increased by $50,000.

				1997-98		January 98

	Activity/Tuition	$120,000	+ $50,000

	Sabbaticals		  88,000

	Degree Stipends		   7,000

				$215,000

Funding Allocations:

• Funded 200 MAT employees
• 125 MAT requested more than $900 (maximum)
• Of these 125, those who supplied documentation for spending more than $900 were given an additional $200 from the $50,000 increase
• 11 MAT applied for degree stipends for $700 each
• 7 MAT applied for sabbaticals-4 were approved (a total of $45,000)
• Transferred $8,000 to MAT fund to support MAT Spring Conference

Accomplishments:

• Funded all tuition/activity requests.
• Increased the maximum award to $950 for 1998/99.
• Supported the MAT budget.
• Increased Sabbatical funding to $95,000 and Activity/Tuition to $163,000 for 1998/99.

Recommendations for Next Year:

• Perhaps visit campuses to Inform MAT colleagues more about professional growth.
• Provide more in depth written guidelines for sabbaticals.

MAT Professional Growth / 1998-99

Committee Co-Chairs	    Phone	FAX		Responsibility

	Emma Walters, SCC	423-6220	423-6055	Activity/Tuition

	Mary Lou Mosley, PVC	493-2770	493-2978	Sabbaticals/Degree Stipends

Members

	Jule Kuhn, GWC		392-5040	392-5345

	Angie Montano, SMC	243-8124	243-8199

	Shirley Green, PVC	493-2760	493-2983

Professional Growth Forms

• Tuition, Activity, and Sabbatical forms can be downloaded from the Web at the following address. Please note the address is case sensitive.

http://www.sc.maricopa.edu/MCCCD/MAT/

• Unit Reps also have a quantity of all forms to distribute as needed.
• Degree Stipend requests-Send an A1 to your Unit Rep stating your name, degree and the date the degree will be received during the current fiscal year.

Deadlines

Activity:	Send 8 copies to Emma Walters by the first Wednesday of the month. Must submit before attending activity but not more than 2 months prior.
Tuition:	Send 8 copies to Emma Walters by the first Wednesday of the month. Anytime before the class ends.
Sabbatical:	Send 8 copies to Mary Lou Mosley by: June 1 for sabbaticals starting the following January 1. December 1 for sabbaticals starting the following July 1.
Degree Stipend:	October. Unit reps send an A1 to Mary Lou Mosley with names, degrees, and dates degrees will be awarded during the current fiscal year.

Professional Growth Budget

The fiscal budget for activity/tuition and sabbaticals is divided in half reserving one-half for the second six-month period. The maximum total award per person for activity/tuition is $950.

If all sabbatical money is not awarded, it is rolled over into the Activity/Tuition area. However, money is not transferred from Activity/Tuition to Sabbaticals.

The Degree Stipend award is $700 for a degree received in the current fiscal year. A MAT member can receive a stipend for up to two degrees.