Get UW Application for Professional Leave with Pay 2018-2024

A Professional Staff member is an employee who provides leadership, management, and/or program direction in collaboration with executive administration, faculty, and classified staff in the following areas: professional instruction; research; university infrastructure; and the student learning experience.

A Professional Staff member is an employee who provides leadership, management, and/or program direction in collaboration with executive administration, faculty, and classified staff in the following areas: professional instruction; research; university infrastructure; and the student learning experience.

Professional staff member means an employee, contractor, or volunteer.

“Professional Leave” is leave granted for the purpose of enabling an employee to participate in professional activities (e.g., teacher workshops or serving on professional committees) which can serve to improve the school District's instructional program or enhances the employee's ability to perform his duties.

(12) The term “professional employee” means— (a) any employee engaged in work (i) predominantly intellectual and varied in character as opposed to routine mental, manual, mechanical, or physical work; (ii) involving the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment in its performance; (iii) of such a character that ...

The purpose of professional leave with pay is to allow an employee to work on a project or acquire knowledge and/or experience that will enhance the individual's future contributions to the University (e.g., gaining new technical expertise, conducting research, or reporting on an issue of significance to the employing ...

Professional Requires Advanced Learning. A quick way to determine if a job is considered a professional one is the level of learning required. If the job customarily requires a bachelor's, master's degree or Ph. D., it's considered a professional job.