Educators may earn professional development points by engaging in a variety of professional development activities as part of an Individual Professional Development Plan which receives any approvals necessary under the provisions of 603 CMR 44.04. The following examples outline possible options for recertification for an elementary teacher, a high school teacher and a school principal. These examples are intended to demonstrate the flexibility in the kinds of activities that are eligible for professional development points for recertification.
| ELEMENTARY TEACHER — FIVE YEAR CYCLE |
Training Options
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Point Value
|
Documentable Product
|
| District-based professional
development program 30 clock hours focused on implementing
district's new reading program
No cost to educator/cost to district |
30 PDPs in content- based pedagogy |
Lesson plans, student work, peer observation reports |
| Mentor in formal district mentoring program
No cost to educator/cost to district |
30 PDPs in content- based pedagogy |
Professional journal/log with pre-observation discussions, observations, follow-up discussions |
Curriculum development.
New curriculum unit developed and officially distributed by the district
No cost to educator/cost to district |
15 PDPs in content |
Curriculum unit |
School-based activity
Develops and offers a series of content seminars for teachers
No cost to educator/cost to district |
10 PDPs in content |
Seminar syllabus, bibliography and participant evaluations. |
| Advanced Academic Study course in content area of certificate to be renewed
Possible cost to educator |
67.5 PDPs in content
(22.5 PDPs per semester hour) |
Pre- and post-assessment |
|
Total PDPs: 152.5 (92.5 in content and 60 in content-based pedagogy)
|
| HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER— FIVE YEAR CYCLE |
Training Options
|
Point Value
|
Documentable Product
|
| Peer coaching
No cost to educator/cost to district |
15 PDPs in content- based pedagogy |
Professional journal/log with pre-observation discussions, observations, follow-up discussions |
| Member of visiting team for accreditation
No cost to educator/cost to district |
30 PDPs in elective (or "other educational issues") |
Formal report |
Curriculum development.
Two new curriculum units developed and formally shared by the district
No cost to educator/cost to district |
30 PDPs in content |
Curriculum units |
School-based activity
Developed and offered a series of content seminars for teachers
No cost to educator/cost to district |
10 PDPs in content |
Seminar syllabus, bibliography and participant evaluations. |
| Department of Elementary and Secondary Education summer content institute
No cost to educator/cost to district |
67.5 PDPS in content |
Pre- and post-assessment |
|
Total PDPs:
152.5 (107.5 in content, 15 in content-based pedagogy and 30 in
elective)
|
| PRINCIPAL OR SUPERVISOR/DIRECTOR — FIVE YEAR CYCLE |
|
Note: A new
administrator would begin in Year 1 of any multi-year
training
|
Training Options
|
Point Value
|
Documentable Product
|
District-sponsored training
Supervision and Evaluation training directly related to the district instrument and process
No cost to educator/cost to district |
10 hours per year: 7 of direct training and 3 of clinical supervision of the pre-conference,
observation, post-conference and written observations and evaluations 50 PDPs over 5 years in content |
Written observation and evaluation reports of all employees supervised and evaluated by the administrator. |
| Published professional journal article on administration related to administrative duties
No cost to educator |
30 PDPs in elective |
Published article |
| School Improvement Plan Development
No cost to educator/cost to district |
10 PDPs in content: 6 hours of training in Year 1 and 1 hour update in subsequent years |
Completed School Improvement Plan |
| Technology: Administrative software package use and updating
No cost to educator/cost to district |
10 PDPs: 6 hours of training in Year 1 and 1 hour update in subsequent year |
Completed student schedules, teacher schedules and teacher matrix, room utilization matrix,
student discipline report, grade distribution by course/department |
| School budget development
No cost to educator/cost to district |
10 PDPs: 6 hours of training in Year 1 and 1 hour update in subsequent years |
Completed school/department budget |
| Student Management/Safe Schools
No cost to educator/cost to district |
Same as above |
Safe Schools policy and procedures for emergencies |
|
Total: 120
PDPs (90 in content and 30 elective)
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