Short Term Professional Development Leave Fund (STPDL) is money negotiated into the Collective Agreement for permanent contract elementary teachers to fund professional development.

The Peel District School Board has an STPDL Committee made up of fourteen (14) Chairs, one for each of its (13) Superintendencies plus one (1) for those working at centrally assigned locations. The Committee meets on a monthly basis to process applications.

Applications must be received by the correct STPDL Chair with sufficient time to process before the conference and no later than 4:00 PM the day before the meeting date prior to the conference or workshop dates or AQ/ABQ course end date.

The Application Form is available in a fillable PDF (downloadable below). The electronic fillable application form is for convenience, but actual signatures are required. You MUST print, sign (and get your administrator’s signature), and send to the STPDL Chair with all required documentation in ONE PDF through email or via the courier to your STPDL Chair’s location if applicable (if you send through the courier, follow that up with an email to the STPDL Chair).

Eligible members can apply to STPDL for $500 worth of funding AND up to 3 OT days.

OR (NEW)

NEW – Eligible members can apply to STPDL for up to $750 worth of funding for an AQ/ABQ.

Process:

1. Download and read the Guidelines
2. Download and complete the PDF Fillable Application or Excel File
3. Send it in the courier* to/email your STPDL Chair’s School/Worksite (to be posted in the last week of August 2025) with all required documentation so it arrives by no later than the meeting date which occurs before the conference or workshop. (You can follow up by just before the meeting date with an email to confirm receipt through courier.) 

STPDL Chairs had their first meeting and training date on Friday, September 27, 2024. They are accepting applications for conference opportunities occurring before August 31, 2025. Please do not send applications for opportunities after this date.

Please note for Summer 2025 STPDL all STPDL Chairs will have a final meeting on Monday, June 16, 2025. Applications for summer conferences & workshops must be received by this date to be processed.

For any additional information, please contact the STPDL Chair for your Superintendency by email.

*Please follow method of receipt in STPDL Chairs (Tentative) Meeting Dates – Updated September 3 2024 document linked below.