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CHAPTER V

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Specific Policies

1. The Faculty Development Program is hereby established to improve the capability and

competence of the faculty in order to attain and sustain academic excellence.

2. The University shall adopt a BOR approved Five Year Staff Development Program (FYSDP)

relevant to the needs of the colleges.

3. The University shall approve the school/university where the faculty is to enroll.

3.1 Coverage of the Staff Development Program:

3.1.1 Faculty on scholarship/study leave on official time;

3.1.2 Faculty attending seminars, workshops and other training programs;

3.1.3 Faculty pursuing Graduate Studies during Saturdays and Sundays

4. A faculty shall be granted scholarship/study leave on official time, subject, however, to the

policies and guidelines of the Staff Development Program of the University.

5. Involvement of faculty in special programs/projects on research, extension and other development

projects including consultancy services and secondment shall be covered by a duly notarized

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between ISU and the sponsoring agency; the terms and

provisions of which are mutually beneficial and sanctioned by the Board of Regents.

Any incentive/honorarium received by a faculty for his/her involvement in special projects

shall be subject to terms and conditions stipulated in the MOA between ISU and the sponsoring

agency.

6. A faculty may avail of the provisions of secondment provided that he/she complies with the

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