Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Courses and Institutes to Earn PDPs
Professional Development Points (PDPs) are earned by completing PD activities, and are the currency for renewing an educator's license. For information about other types of activities that can be used to earn PDPs, see the Recertification Guidelines.

Content Institutes
The ESE sponsors high-quality PD courses in a number of content areas each summer.

Scholarships and Stipends for Math for America Master Teaching Fellows

Template for Individual PD Plans

A sample format for the Plan that individual educators are required to develop and maintain with review and approval of a supervisor.

Template Activity Record Sheet

150 PDPs/Each Additional License: 30 PDPs. An Invalid status requires 150 PDPs.

Guidelines for Reviewing, Approving, and Endorsing Individual PD Plans
Information for supervisors who must review and approve educators' IPDPs and endorse recertification applications.

Providers of PD
Organizations that provide PD to educators and wish to award PDPs must register by completing an application

and submitting it to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Registered Providers must adhere to the Guidelines for Professional Development Providers.

Guidelines for PD Providers
Information for providers regarding the expectations and requirements involved in offering PD activities and issuing PDPs

Professional Development Provider Application

Content Institutes
Learn about becoming a provider for the annual Department-sponsored Summer Content Institutes program.


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