Make-up sessions

Professional development sessions will be made up with individuals or small groups only in the event of personal or dependent family member illness, verifiable conflict with required school activities or other significant hardship. Participants who choose to sponsor after-school activities or coach should not expect that professional development sessions will be made up. Any sessions cancelled by eMINTS personnel providing the professional development will be rescheduled with the entire group, and will not be considered a make-up session.

• Make-up sessions for a four-hour session shall not exceed two hours. A make-up session for a full-day session shall not exceed four hours in length.
• Participants will not receive stipends for a make-up session replacing a full-day session for which a substitute was to be hired. These hours will not be credited on eMINTS reports as contact hours outside of contract hours.
• Requests for make-up sessions should be submitted to eMINTS personnel via e-mail. Requests are then forwarded to the appropriate eMINTS supervisor. Staff should receive approval before final scheduling of make-up sessions.
• Sessions devoted to “collaboration” will not be made up.
• Make-up sessions are limited to one session per person for each semester the participant is in the program, unless prior approval is obtained from eMINTS program leadership.
• Sign-in sheets for make-up sessions should be generated using the same template as used for regular professional development sessions. The sign-in sheets should be labeled with the title of the original session. The word “make-up” does not need to be included in the title. The sign-in sheets for make-up sessions must be forwarded to the eMINTS Office at the end of the week in which the make-up session occurred.
• If at all possible, make-up sessions should be held during the quarter the original sessions occurred.

Reviewed March 17, 2010.