Professional Development
Welcome to the Professional Development Page!
We help our certified staff enhance their teaching skills by providing funding (up to $800/year) for professional development conferences, webinars, etc. related to improving academic instruction in your current teaching position.
Are you taking a grad class? We can reimburse you for up to three hours! (Check the link in the menu.)
For questions, email Jane at jgriffin@eldok12.org or ask another committee member.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING REQUEST PROCESS
GENERAL INFO
The PDC Committee meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month.
Please plan ahead to insure time for all the paperwork to go through the proper channels.
Give your completed paperwork to a committee member.
Elementary School Middle School High School
Traci Adams Jane Griffin Kristen Casey
Tabatha Culbertson Julie Shelby Tandi Leonard
Jeanie Norman Stephanie Steward Bradley Robertson
BEFORE YOUR CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP
1. Print and complete a Professional Development Meeting Request Form.
2. Submit the Meeting Request Form to your building principal for a signature.
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After your principal approves the Meeting Request Form, complete steps 3-7.
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Important Notes:
Purchase Orders (P.O):
Fill out a P.O. (with fax numbers) for EACH company (i.e. conference provider or hotel.) They are available in each office.
Be as thorough as possible.
You do not have to get your principal's signature or complete the code section. We'll take care of that.
Reservations & Payment
You are responsible for making your own reservations and registrations, but you must include copies of your confirmations or receipts with your PDC paperwork.
You may use a school credit card to pay for any approved purchases that won't take a purchase order. Check cards out in the superintendent's office. PLEASE give Kathy the invoices/receipts so she can match them up with their purchase orders. PDC also needs the receipts, so MAKE A COPY OF THEM!
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3. Complete a purchase order to the appropriate vendor for your conference registration.
Attach a copy of the registration info including prices.
Include a fax number for the conference vendor (if applicable).
Register yourself for the conference. See the "Payment" section in the notes above.
4. Complete a purchase order to “Substitutes” for your substitute (if needed).
Arrange for a sub through the appropriate procedure
include your name, the conference you are attending, and date(s) gone.
$107.65/day is the cost for a substitute.
5. Complete a purchase order to the appropriate vendor for your lodging (if needed).
Make your own lodging reservation. See the "Payment" section in the notes above.
Include your confirmation number on the p.o.
Include a fax number for the lodging vendor on the p.o.
*We’ll add the tax exempt number.
6. Complete a purchase order for your meals. **THIS IS A NEW STEP!**
Leave the Vendor info blank.
Record your name, the conference name, & the conference date in the description section.
Fill in the Quantity/Unit Price ($30)/Total Columns for the number of days for which you are requesting meals.
6. Request a school vehicle from the High School Office.
If no school vehicle is available and you must use your own transportation, complete the mileage portion of the PDC Expenditures Form after the conference.
7. Make a copy of all your paperwork for your records.
Note on Meals:
--The auditors don't want us to do reimbursements. Get a school credit card for your meals. YOU MUST HAVE A P.O. to get the credit card, so be sure to keep your copy!
--Stay within your limit and remember that we can't use PDC money for TIPS or alcohol. Those would need to be made in cash or on your personal card.
--Save your receipts and bring them to the central office when you return. Be sure to make a copy of them for PDC.
--If you are in a group, the bill can all go on one ticket as long as no one exceeds their $30/day limit. When you get the group’s receipt, please note who ate what for accounting purposes.
AFTER YOUR CONFERENCE
1. Complete and submit the Workshop Evaluation Form to share the information you learned at your conference with others in the district.
2. Attach a copy of the PDC Expenditure Form to your meals/lodging receipts) and give them to a PDC member.