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MIGRATION TO GMAIL & GOOGLE CALENDAR

Staff members should now use Gmail for emails and Google Calendar for appointments.

Gmail Help Page

Google Calendar Help Page

To sign up for a free training on Gmail and Google Calendar, any staff member can click one of the links below:

POWERTEACHER PRO GRADEBOOK TRAINING

On Monday, 8/13 site administrators should distribute to their teachers the new password for PowerTeacher. The old PowerTeacher Gradebook is now replaced by the cloud-based PowerTeacher Pro, which is compatible with Chromebooks.

PowerTeacher Pro Help Page

To sign up for a free training on the PowerTeacher Pro gradebook, click one of the links below:

CANVAS TRAINING

Targeted at new BHS teachers and middle school English teachers receiving Chromebook carts, but available across grades 6-12:

Setting Up Your Courses in Canvas: Wednesday, August 15, 9-10 a.m.
Digital Assignments in Canvas: Wednesday, August 15, 10:15-11:15 a.m.

The 2018 inclement weather day and April suspension days make-up information is archived at this link

Contents

1 Mandatory State Training
2 Frontline Professional Growth
3 Professional Development Records
4 Professional Development Requirements
5 TLE PL Focus
6 Professional Improvement Committee

Mandatory State Training

Most state-mandated trainings were updated by Laura Salzyn. Completion of the quizzes will generate an email with your responses in which you can click VIEW SCORE for feedback. You should soon thereafter receive a separate email with a certificate you can store on your Google Drive.

The five required trainings for all teachers and administrators are:

The training Building Positive Relational Skills is no longer required for all teachers and support staff but is part of the annual training for special education teachers and special education paraprofessionals, who take a paper-and-pencil test at their training. The online training with its simpler online quiz is available for others who can benefit from training on reducing workplace violence through positive behavioral supports.

After completing a training, you do NOT need to print out your completion certificate unless you wish to do so to retain for your own personal records. Periodically ESC staff will update Frontline Professional Growth to record completed trainings.

Frontline Professional Growth

The Professional Growth service from Frontline Education is how the district tracks and supports staff Professional Development, including:

Tracking the professional development points earned by staff members
Signing up for district workshops
Centralizing the evaluations and materials for district workshops
Providing access to a large library of video training resources to assist staff members with targeted professional development, including the new Professional Learning Focus requirement

Staff members set up accounts via email invitations. If you need an invitation sent to you, contact Laura Salzyn at the ESC.

Frontline Professional Growth login

Help with Using Frontline's Professional Growth

There are also instructional videos posted in a "Frontline Training" Team Drive for Instructional Technology Assistants, Instructional Coaches, Department Chairs, Grade Level and Special Area Elementary Coordinators, and Middle School Building Coordinators who instructor rights in the Professional Growth system.

Professional Development Records

In-district professional development is tracked through sign-in sheets at the workshop/training and is recorded in Frontline's Professional Growth system.

Out-of-district professional development after July 1, 2017 will also be tracked with Professional Growth.

Before you can attend an out-of-district professional development activity, the activity must be approved by your building principal or your direct supervisor.

All purchase orders for registration, travel, lodging, per-diem, materials fees, miscellaneous fees, stipends and substitutes must be requested six weeks before the first day of the activity. The BPSD Board must approve all Purchase Requests before a Purchase Order can be issued. A Purchase Order must be in place before the first day of the activity. Advanced planning for out-of district professional development activities is critical. You can access the Travel Forms online.
To receive professional development credit for an out-of-district professional development activity, AFTER THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN COMPLETED you must:
- Scan and upload a copy of your participation certificate or some other proof completion into Professional Growth. (If you lack the documentation, you’ll need to insert a comment in the form to that effect and your supervisor will know to work with you on obtaining confirmation.)
- Complete and submit the online PDA Out of District Request Form in Frontline's Professional Growth.
CLICK HERE for complete instructions on requesting Out-of District Professional Development credit.

Professional Development Requirements

Every five years, full-time teachers must acquire 75 hours of professional development.

Two hours per year of professional development have to be technology related. (You can document this yourself and have a principal sign-off.)

Part-time teachers have no defined amount of hours required, but must come to district professional development days.

If you are currently going through alternative certification, you need to verify with Laura Salzyn the amount of hours you must document; the amount varies for different teachers. Please contact her so that you aren’t blindsided by a requirement of 150 hours when it is too late.