If an employee fails to complete the requirement, the supervisor is expected to discuss the report with the employee and document changes and circumstances prior to submitting a copy of the report to the HRD Staff Development Section. Accountability is expected of both supervisors and employees in meeting this requirement. If an employee does not meet the professional development requirement for the fiscal year, then this could be a factor of consideration for evaluation and increases. Procedures and timetables for each new fiscal year, which begins September 1st, will be distributed in the latter part of August via the Intranet. There is no carryover of earned professional development hours from one fiscal year to the next.
Every fiscal year begins with a zero balance.
These guiding principles are a work in progress. Expect to see some changes as the process is refined. On or before the third Friday of August , the supervisor and employee are expected to complete Section II of the PDR to include signatures and dates. A copy of the PDR with the Section II completed, shall be given to the employee and another copy shall be sent to the HRD Staff Development Section. On the last day of August of each fiscal year, the HR Staff Development Section will compile a report of employees who met and did not meet the Professional Development Program requirement.