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CHAPTER VII

STAFF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

Legal Basis:
1) Board Resolution No. 27, s. 2005 dated May 5, 2005

To improve the capability and competence of its personnel in instruction, research,
extension, production and administration and in order to attain and sustain academic
excellence, these staff development policies, rules and regulations are hereby promulgated
for implementation.

SECTION I. COVERAGE

The following are covered by this Staff Development Policies, rules and regulations:

1) University personnel on scholarship/official time, sponsored by the University or other
sponsoring agencies/donors whether solicited or granted;
2) University personnel who study outside office hours or during weekdays including
Saturdays and Sundays;
3) University personnel attending seminars, workshops and other training programs;
4) University personnel applying for sabbatical/post doctoral leave.

SECTION II. DEFINITION OF TERMS

Whenever used in Staff Development policies, rules and regulations, the following words or
phrases shall mean or refer, thus:

1) Extremely Urgent Case- a situation where the holding of a meeting by the CSDB is
not possible due to time constraint. (E.g. invitation or notice for trainings, seminars,
scholarship, etc. is received very late and deadline for submission or confirmation of
attendance/nomination makes it possible for the CSDB to meet and act on the
matter).
2) Faculty Retooling- redirecting the field of specialization of a faculty in an overstaffed
discipline (usually due to decreasing student enrollment in such discipline, faulty
faculty recruitment in the past) to other disciplines are understaffed and overloaded
instead of recruiting new faculty for such understaffed discipline.
3) Financial Assistance- refers to thesis for financial support for the conduct of
masters’s degree or dissertation for doctoral degree
4) Fellowship- a financial grant given to a University employee on study leave either by
the university itself or by other donors (usually through bilateral agreements with
foreign countries). Long trainings (more than one month) abroad under the
sponsorship of foreign donors are included in this category.
5) Personnel on Official Time- a university personnel who is granted a study leave full
time without any financial assistance except his/her salary and other mandated
benefits and renumerations.
6) Personnel on Scholarship- a university personnel who has been granted an
opportunity by the university to take a higher degree full time, with or without financial
grants for as long as he/she receives all the mandated benefits and renumerations
given to all university employees.
7) Post-Doctoral Leave- a faculty member who is granted leave with full pay to
undertake scholarly activities to further improve his qualifications and competence
and become more effective and efficient in his/her work.