North Dakota

Regular Sabbatical Leaves for Study or Restoration of Health

Eligible teachers who want to study to enhance your teaching skills or restore their health if they are ill may request a sabbatical leave. For study sabbaticals, coursework must be rigorous and related to your teaching assignment. You must submit an official transcript or final research project upon completion of a study sabbatical.

If your superintendent does not approve your proposed course of study, you must be given the right to amend it. All sabbaticals for restoration of health must be approved by the medical director. If your application is denied, you may go to medical arbitration.

All teachers are eligible for a one-year sabbatical of either type after 14 years of service. (For your first 14-year sabbatical, you can claim up to three years of regular substitute service; the rest must be regularly appointed service.) If you are a junior high or high school teacher, you can also apply for a six-month study sabbatical for the spring semester only. After seven years of regularly appointed service, all teachers are eligible for a sabbatical leave for restoration of health that lasts for up to six months.

During a medical sabbatical, teachers earn 70 percent of salary during a full-year sabbatical and 60 percent of salary during a six-month sabbatical. During a study sabbatical, whether full-year or a six-month sabbatical, teachers earn 70 percent of salary.

Before retiring or leaving service, you are required to return to your position for one year after a six-month sabbatical and for two years after a one-year sabbatical. Other rules apply, as well. UFT borough offices hold sabbatical workshops in the fall and spring to guide prospective applicants.

http://www.uft.org/our-rights/sabbaticals