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Out-of-District Professional Learning
The Department of Professional Learning supports high-quality learning opportunities for our educators.
Staff and educators who have received credit for professional development that was presented outside of Aurora Public Schools may want this information entered into their APS Record of Professional Learning.
This process can be used to house professional development credits for license recertification and/or salary advancement.
All Out-of-District professional development courses MUST have a certificate of completion with the hours awarded within 5 years of the date of submission.
See below for further expectations and restrictions.
Out-of-District Credit Applications
PLEASE review all documents prior to engaging in learning to ensure you receive credit.
Should you have any Certificates of Completions you received for completing coursework OUTSIDE of Aurora Public Schools, you will need to apply for Out of District Credit in PowerSchool. This is for Certificates ONLY; The User Guide (above) will walk you through each step to successfully submit an Out of District Credit Application in PowerSchool.
To be accepted all learning opportunities must:
Have an opportunity to prove proficiency and
If it is a webinar or video of any kind, the participant must be required to watch the complete video for credit and
A certificate of completion with the hours earned indicated.
The deadline to submit applications for review is the End-of-Day, at least three business days prior to the Salary Advancement Application Deadline. Applications submitted to Professional Learning after the deadline will not be transferred to the APS Record of Professional Learning until the following month. Please see the Out-of-District Application Deadlines.
Official Transcripts from institutions of higher education should be sent to your Human Resources Community Assistant.
You will need a copy of your APS Record of Professional Learning before you contact your Human Resources Community Assistant. If you have submitted an Out of District Credit application, you will need to wait to download your transcript until after the applications have been processed. Click HERE to be taken to your transcript or follow this click path:
Log on to PowerSchool > Click on Transcript > Click on Print PDF > Download to your desktop for future viewing or to attach to an email.
Current Out-of-District Professional Development Opportunities
Professional Development Lottery (formerly Article 21)
Professional Development Lottery
In accordance with Article 20 of the Negotiated Agreement, monies are provided for teachers' professional conference attendance for the improvement in education through an interchange of ideas and exposure to new developments. (A regional conference is considered to be any conference held in Colorado; a national conference is any conference outside of Colorado.)
All teachers are highly encouraged to apply for funding. Selection of which conference to attend may be done in collaboration with principals, Instructional Leadership Teams, Department Chairs, or content area specialists. A principal’s, site or department administrator’s signature is required for a complete application. The application process is done through the PowerSchool platform.
The selection of winners is by lottery. Seventy-five percent of the allocation is reserved for regional conferences; up to twenty-five percent is reserved for national conferences.
Salary Advancement
Thank you for contacting the Professional Learning Department with regard to salary advancement. Although we do support the salary advancement process, we do not review or process applications for Educational Advances.
The salary advancement process is handled by the Human Resources Community Assistants. Please contact the Human Resource Community Assistant assigned to your community directly.
For more information and frequently asked questions on Educational Salary Advancement click here