ESTRATEGIA DE MARCA

The Continuing Education program is under the direction of the Church Educational System (CES). Each year (1 January to 31 December) up to twelve workdays are available for full-time S&I teachers and administrators to participate as teachers or directors in CES Continuing Education programs. These programs include Especially for Youth, Education Week, and so forth. Participants are to abide by the following policies:

1. The employee must obtain approval from his or her immediate supervisor and area director in order to use any days for continuing education purposes. These days should generally be non-teaching days and should not interfere with current assignments or other program needs such as inservice meetings.

2. The twelve workdays are considered part of the regular S&I employee’s workload and no honorarium is to be received from Continuing Education. The employee should report Especially for Youth Leave into self-service time entry.

3. Any workdays taken for continuing education programs beyond the approved twelve days must be taken as annual leave or leave without pay. Every effort should be made to take them on non-teaching days. The employee’s immediate supervisor and area director must approve them.

4. Before leave without pay is granted to participate in approved continuing education programs, the employee must first have used all twelve approved continuing education days, as well as any available annual leave.

5. Days available for teaching in or directing continuing education programs cannot be c carried over from one year to the next.

6. If a substantial portion of a regular workday is missed due to the need to travel long distances to or from a continuing education assignment, one of the twelve approved workdays should be applied. If most of the employee’s responsibilities in the day are completed before leaving or after returning, it is not necessary to use one of the twelve workdays. Whether a travel day is to be used as one of the continuing education days or not is to be determined in consultation with the employee’s immediate supervisor.

Classes taught during the regular workday other than the twelve approved workdays. Teaching for CES

employee’s workload and extra pay will not be given to those teaching these classes. There should be no reduction in an employee’s regular workload to accommodate continuing education classes taught during the day. Prior approval from the employee’s immediate

supervisor and area director must be obtained for such classes. Only one adult religion class per semester will be approved.

Hiring a substitute. When approved participation in continuing education programs necessitates

missing regularly scheduled classes, a substitute teacher may be hired and paid at the current rate for the classes taught. Payment will be made from a central office account.

Additional pay from CES Continuing Education for teaching evening and Saturday classes. Employees

may receive additional pay from CES Continuing Education for classes taught in the evening and on Saturday. Employees directing Especially for Youth programs may receive additional pay for evening or Saturday work in conjunction with those assignments as determined by CES Continuing Education.

Adult Religion Classes in Utah

For information about organizing adult religion classes in Utah, priesthood leaders should be referred to CES Continuing Education at 800-992-1014.

Adult Religion Classes Outside of Utah

The S&I stake representative or coordinator should directly assist priesthood leaders in understanding, organizing, and maintaining adult religion classes outside of Utah. These S&I personnel should take responsibility for processing all forms and funds involved and should be sure priesthood leaders understand the following guidelines:

1. Adult religion classes are noncredit classes.

2. Adult religion classes are to be financially self-sustaining.

3. Each adult religion student must pay the tuition fee; audits are not allowed. (Exceptions include full-time S&I employees and their spouses and S&I retirees and their spouses, who may have Special Admission cards that permit them to attend without charge.)

4. The registration fee for adult religion classes is set by CES Continuing Education and cannot be changed locally.

5. An adult religion class should typically consist of one class of approximately ninety minutes per week for a period of ten to seventeen weeks.

6. The course of study must be selected from the institute of religion “Approved Courses” list. 7. The local stake president should approve the course of study and the class day and time and

recommend a teacher to the S&I stake representative. The recommended teacher should be strongly encouraged to utilize the institute student manuals as a guide and a resource in their teaching.

8. The S&I stake representative should help the recommended teacher get the following forms to the area office for approval six weeks before the class begins (if the class is to be taught by an S&I employee, only the forms in items c, d, and e are needed):

a. Teacher Information Form

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b. Bishop’s worthiness clearance (this form must be received by CES Continuing Education before a commitment is made for a non-S&I employee to teach an adult religion class) c. Church Educational System Faculty Agreement

d. Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate (Form W-4) e. Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9)

9. After the teacher is approved by the area director, the area office should send the forms to CES Continuing Education. Priesthood leaders may then advertise the class, register adults using the CES Continuing Education Noncredit Registration Form, and collect the

registration fees (the teacher may assist in this process). The pink copy of the registration form is to be given to the adult. No minimum number of adult registrations is required. 10. By the third week of class, the S&I stake representative should ensure that the white copy of

each registration form and all registration fees have been forwarded to the area office. 11. After deducting actual teaching material and advertising expenses already reimbursed to

the teacher (up to 15 percent of the registration fees collected), the area office will forward the balance to CES Continuing Education.

12. After the class has been completed and all forms and fees have been received, CES

Continuing Education will pay the teacher an honorarium based on the number of adults registered. A copy of the honorarium schedule is available to S&I personnel from CES Continuing Education.

Private Travel Tours (May 27, 2013)

S&I personnel may direct tours sponsored by a private company according to the following guidelines:

1. Days used directing private tours:

a. Must be taken as annual leave or leave without pay. Before leave without pay is granted, the employee must first use all annual leave days (none of the twelve day allotment for involvement with continuing education programs can be used in connection with private tours).

b. Should be non-teaching days.

2. S&I personnel who choose to participate in tours sponsored by a private company must do so in a manner that will not detract from a full commitment to their S&I assignments. They should avoid activities that would cast an improper light on the Church or on S&I or that would in any way cause the employee to have an unfavorable relationship with parents, students, or priesthood leaders.

3. S&I personnel may not advertise or recruit for these tours in any S&I building or class. 4. S&I personnel may not use time during the normal workday to prepare for, organize, or

recruit for the tour.

5. S&I personnel must make up their own recruitment lists, which may include students that they personally know are interested in a tour. S&I personnel may not, however, use S&I personnel lists or directories, student lists or directories, websites, or lists of participants in previous Travel Study tours in preparing their own lists. They must clearly identify the

sponsoring organization, disclaim any connection with the Church or any S&I program, and avoid putting any pressure on students or their parents to participate in tours.

6. The words seminary, institute, and Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, and any S&I title, S&I letterhead, or other S&I reference may not be used in tour recruitment letters,

advertisements, or in making travel, housing, or food arrangements. Reference should not be made to any course of study in S&I. S&I credit may not be given as part of any tour. Employees may make general reference to past experience in teaching or directing tours to various locations.

7. Individuals directing private tours to Israel should adhere strictly to the non-proselytizing agreement the Church has with the state of Israel.

Boards, Associations, and Committees

Service on boards, associations, and committees is consistent with our obligation to be good members of the communities in which we live. Such service often presents opportunities for professional development, recognition, and improvement of job-related skills and knowledge. To ensure that membership on a board, association, or committee does not conflict with

employment, employees who are asked to serve or who desire to serve should obtain approval, including approval for any necessary work schedule changes, from his or her area or division director.