Division of Instruction

Business Leave Information

Due to changes in procedures for requesting and gaining funding approval for business leave, please read this memo carefully. Please submit requests as soon as you know that you will need a substitute.

The Division of Instruction will consider funding business leave requests for the following reasons:

Article 20

Article 21

Curriculum committees and Councils

Induction/mentor visitations

District Teacher Leaders, Art, Music, PE (DTL), Social Studies, World Languages

Other requests designated by the Division of Instruction

 Step 1: To request business leave, please e-mail the following information to Valli Jo Pederson:

Subject Line should read:  Business Leave Request

Name of employee requesting leave (Last name, first name)

Absence date from (ex. March 1, 2011)

Absence date to (ex. March 3, 2011)

Time in (ex:  07:30am)        *Reminder: 3 hours and 45 minutes is a half day sub

Time out (ex:  04:30 pm)

Sub required (Yes _____  No  ______)

Has a preferred substitute accepted the job? (Yes _____No_____)

Provide name of sub _______________________________________________

School site of employee: _______________________________________________

Visit Destination: _______________________________________________

Reason for request: (Only one reason may be checked)

            ______Visitation to a demo classroom with a District Coach

            ______Participation in a Division of Instruction professional learning day

            ______Participation in curriculum writing or committees

______Participation in professional learning through the Department of Curriculum &               

                          Professional Learning

______Mentor request

______Conference Release Time (Article 20)

______Visitation Release Time (Article 21)

______DTL request      

_____   Other, Please describe your visit request __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________     

 Step 2: You will be notified by e-mail from Valli Jo Pederson on what code to use when entering your request in AESOP.

 Step 3:  Enter your request in AESOP.  You are responsible for entering your own request. If you have contacted a sub and they have agreed to pick up the job, please include the sub’s name in the “notes to administrator” section in Aesop and Valli Jo Pederson will assign the sub to the job when she approves the job. If you have not contacted a sub directly, the system will call out for a sub.