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Professional Leave Grants

2024-2025 Professional Leave (Sabbaticals)

From the AFT Seattle Agreement (5.10): “There shall be three types of professional leave for tenured faculty: Sabbatical Leave, Retraining Leave, and Return-to-Industry Leave. Tenured and Core faculty having completed three or more years of full-time employment with the District [including, if applicable, full-time summer employment] shall be eligible for Sabbatical (Educational) Leave.”  (See page 26 of the 2020-23 Agreement to learn more.)

Tenured faculty members who have completed three (3) or more years of full-time employment with the Seattle College District are eligible to apply (AFT Agreement, Article 5.10).  
 

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Guidelines for Professional Leave Grants   
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Types of Professional Leave

  • Sabbatical
  • Retraining
  • Return-to-Industry

The Professional Leave Committee, composed of faculty and administrators from across the district, believes the process should start with a discussion between the faculty member and their Dean.  
 

Deadline and Approval Schedule

The submission due date is Friday, December 6, 2024. Once your completed final application is submitted online, it will be read by your Dean, College Vice President of Instruction, College President, and the Professional Leave Committee. All proposals will be scored using the Professional Leave Application Scoring Form (See Application Guidelines for specific point distributions). Final committee recommendations to the Chancellor are made after committee discussions and final evaluations of the applications. The Chancellor’s Office awards Professional Leave Grants and determines how many to fund each year.

2024-2025 Professional Leave Application Deadline and Approval Schedule

  • December 6, 2024: Faculty Final Application Deadline (always the first Friday of December)
  • December 13, 2024: Deadline for Dean/Unit Administrator Action.
  • December 20, 2024: Deadline for Vice President for Instruction’s Action.
  • January 17, 2025: Deadline for Presidential Action.
  • February, 2025: Committee meets to review, discuss, and adjust scores, rank applications, and make recommendations to Chancellor.
  • March 15, 2025: Chancellor notifies awardees.     
     

For More Information

Contact the Faculty Development Coordinator:     
Phone: 206-934-4014     
Email: FD@seattlecolleges.edu