Establish an internal fund to provide Professional Development/Leadership funds for Support and Administrative Staff members within the Faculty of Social Science, in support of registration fees and travel costs associated with attending a conference, convention, workshop or seminar.

This applies to full-time and part-time Support and Administrative Staff members within the Faculty of Social Sciences.

1. Professional Development/Leadership funds are at the discretion of the Dean of Social Sciences and limited to a maximum of $2,000 including taxes (Canadian funds) every two years.
2. To qualify for Professional Development/Leadership funds, permanent Support and Administrative Staff must exhaust other avenues of funding e.g. Unit funds or previously negotiated funds as part of their salary contract, prior to application.
3. Support and Administrative Staff Professional Development/Leadership funds can be applied against a conference, convention, workshop or seminar registration, return economy airfare, train fare or mileage (at Brock University rate), ground transportation, hotel accommodation and meals (receipts required) or per diems https://www.njc-cnm.gc.ca/directive/d10/v238/s659/sv7/en.
4. Permanent Support and Administrative Staff members should submit an on-line Professional Development/Leadership funds application, to the Dean of Social Sciences in advance of event registration and at least two weeks prior to the proposed travel date.
5. A Professional Development/Leadership funds application must include written rationale on travel out of province (i.e. location, practicality, economical) and how the requested support will enhance job performance and/or career development.
6. The Executive Assistant to the Dean of Social Sciences will notify an applicant by email, as to whether the Professional Development/Leadership Funds application was approved.
7. Travel and Expense reports submitted for SAC approval should be in accordance with Brock University’s Travel and Related Expense policy and should include:

1. The Executive Assistant email approval for Professional Development/Leadership funds, together with all original receipts.

2. Itemization of “Expense Item” in Workday charging:

Project: “FOSS Staff Professional Development/Leadership Project”

Cost Centre: “CC2000 Dean of Social Sciences”

Fund: “06 Operating Project”

8. Support and Administrative Staff Professional Development/Leadership funds are currently discretionary one-time funds allotted to individual Support and Administrative Staff members during a two year time period. Individual allotted funds not utilized during this time will not be carried forward to subsequent years.