Information, Guidelines and the Application have been updated for the 2024-2025 school and fiscal year.
Members must ensure the updated 2024-2025 Guidelines are followed and their application is received by the STPDL Chair by no later than 4:00 PM the day BEFORE the meeting date which comes prior to the conference or workshop dates.
Please ensure that you have completed the most updated application with the PETL Logo at the top right under the date. Applications on old or generic forms will be DENIED.
Please understand the approvals are sent in the courier and should arrive by the end of the month. If they have not arrived just before the deadline for the next meeting, please follow up at that time with your STPDL Chair in case you need to send your application again.
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 the meeting date just before the conference or workshop.
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 or via the courier to your STPDL Chair’s location if applicable.Eligible members can apply to STPDL for $500 worth of funding AND up to 3 OT days.Please note the K. White Superintendency has a new STPDL Chair for May-August applications, see the updated STDPL Chair’s School/Worksite document below.Process:
Send it in the courier* to/email your STPDL Chair’s School/Worksite 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.
