Guidelines for Professional Development that Qualifies for Michigan Legislative Requirements under Michigan Compiled Law Sections 380. 1526 and 1527 (October 2012) District staff are encouraged to design professional development experiences which: Serve the purpose of increasing student learning Align with your school improvement plan Are planned, ongoing, and intensive Are supported in some way by the school or district, such as through released time or cost. Professional development that is being counted as instructional time as allowed by Michigan Compiled Law (MCL) Section 388.1701 Section 101(10), may only occur when students are not already receiving instruction. If the professional development activity is to be reported for certificate renewal, documentation will be needed to support the information provided on the District Provided Professional Development Record for Certificate Renewal (TE-2900-27 ADDENDUM). Examples of Activities Does it Qualify as Professional Does it Qualify as Development Under Section Professional Development 1526? Under Section 1527? (professional development days (professional development for new teachers) days for all teachers) Orientation Experiences (such Yes No as district and building (if you can respond affirmatively orientation) to the above four guiding points) Curriculum Development Yes Yes Meetings, School Improvement (if you can respond (if you can respond affirmatively Committees affirmatively to the above four to the above four guiding points) guiding points) Professional Learning Yes Yes Communities, Study Groups, (if you can respond affirmatively (if you can respond Action Research, Study of to the above four guiding points) affirmatively to the above four Student Work, Lesson Study guiding points) University or College Class Yes Yes (if the district pays for it or (if the district pays for it or otherwise supports it, and if it is otherwise supports it, and you relevant to the classroom needs can respond affirmatively to of the new teacher) the above four guiding points) Mentoring of the New Teacher Yes Maybe (if you can respond affirmatively (if new knowledge is gained by to the above four guiding points; veteran teacher, who can should be documented to show respond affirmatively to above growth) four guiding points, while providing formal mentoring) Instructional Technology Yes Yes (if it leads to new knowledge (if it leads to new knowledge about using technology-enhanced about using methods and strategies to methods and enhance student learning) strategies to enhance student learning)
Guidelines for Professional Development that Qualifies for Michigan Legislative Requirements under Michigan Compiled Law Sections 380. 1526 and 1527 (October 2012) District staff are encouraged to design professional development experiences which: Serve the purpose of increasing student learning Align with your school improvement plan Are planned, ongoing, and intensive Are supported in some way by the school or district, such as through released time or cost. Professional development that is being counted as instructional time as allowed by Michigan Compiled Law (MCL) Section 388.1701 Section 101(10), may only occur when students are not already receiving instruction. If the professional development activity is to be reported for certificate renewal, documentation will be needed to support the information provided on the District Provided Professional Development Record for Certificate Renewal (TE-2900-27 ADDENDUM). Examples of Activities Does it Qualify as Professional Development Under Section 1526? (professional development days for new teachers) Does it Qualify as Professional Development Under Section 1527? (professional development days for all teachers) Orientation Experiences (such as district and building orientation) Yes (if you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points) No Curriculum Development Meetings, School Improvement Committees Yes (if you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points) Yes (if you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points) Professional Learning Communities, Study Groups, Action Research, Study of Student Work, Lesson Study Yes (if you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points) Yes (if you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points) University or College Class Yes (if the district pays for it or otherwise supports it, and if it is relevant to the classroom needs of the new teacher) Yes (if the district pays for it or otherwise supports it, and you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points) Mentoring of the New Teacher Yes (if you can respond affirmatively to the above four guiding points; should be documented to show growth) Maybe (if new knowledge is gained by veteran teacher, who can respond affirmatively to above four guiding points, while providing formal mentoring) Instructional Technology Yes (if it leads to new knowledge about using technology-enhanced methods and strategies to enhance student learning) Yes (if it leads to new knowledge about using methods and strategies to enhance student learning)
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