Optional trainings on the virtual Friday in October.
Mandatory State Training
The state-mandated trainings were updated by Kelli Bryant. 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.
Here are five of the six required trainings for the 2020-2021 academic year for all certified employees and support staff: Dyslexia Training
There is a new state requirement for dyslexia training, but we have not yet received resources for that from the State Dept. of Education. When that training is available, it will be linked here.
MANDT Training 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.
Other State Requirements For certified staff, at least two hours per year of professional development are to be technology related. (You can document this yourself and have a principal sign-off.)
All certified and support staff who work with students in early childhood to third grade must complete Autism training once every three years.
See the Professional Development page at the State Department of Education's website for a complete listing of various required trainings for various positions.
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 Amy Lawrence at the ESC.
- Frontline Training Videos for Instructional Technology Assistants, Instructional Coaches, Department Chairs, Grade Level and Special Area Elementary Coordinators, and Middle School Building Coordinators who have instructor rights in the Professional Growth system
- MobileMind training earns any certified teacher or administrator 1 in-service point for every 3 microcourses
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- 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 is 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.
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 Kelli Bryant 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.
TLE PL Focus
Residency Portfolio Template - Phillips 66 NEED Energy Workshops
- Virtual for K-12 teachers who teach science topics, CTE teachers, and math teachers
- 9 opportunities from August 27-November 3, including 2 Saturday options
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