Boise State offers four hours per month release time to benefit-eligible employees to participate in development and training activities during normal business hours. Some workshops may be more or less than four hours, use it as a guideline. The goal is to manage workloads while integrating development.
Development Release Time Request Form
Development release time opportunities may include:
- Webinars
- Trainings and workshops
- Certifications and school work
- Inter-department development sessions
- Job shadowing
Development release time guidance
- There are many free and low cost development offerings both on and off campus (see list below).
- Activities and timing of release are subject to the discretion of supervisor approval.
- A review of the employee’s usage of development release time should occur annually with the supervisor.
- Monthly allocated time may include mandatory department training.
- Employees and supervisors should work together on a professional development plan each year, using the Individual Development Plan (IDP) Form.
- Development release time should not interfere with the business needs of the department — this should benefit the growth of the employee, the department and the university.