Proposing a Course on the PLP

What is the Professional Learning Platform (PLP)?

The PLP is a platform which allows CPS educators to propose courses, search and register for CPS learning opportunities, and maintain a record of credits and professional development points (PDPs). Please follow the dropdown menus below to learn more.

What CPS learning experiences should be listed on the PLP?

All CPS 10-hour choice courses.

Please click here to learn more about CPS choice courses.

Any school-based, department-based, or district-based professional learning activity that offers PDPs.

Please click here to learn more about DESE requirements for awarding PDPs.

All CPS courses that offer Masters Plus credit(s).

Please click here to learn more about Masters Plus guidelines.

What training events should NOT be listed on the PLP?

Please avoid adding to the PLP any training experience that does not meet the minimum criteria for earning professional development points. Short trainings that focus on a discrete technical skill (i.e. how to add grades to Aspen, how to evacuate students during a fire drill, how to enter student learning goals into TeachPoint, etc.) should not be added to the PLP. For more on DESE's professional development guidelines, please click here.

How do I propose a course or learning experience on the PLP?

Please click here for step-by-step instructions.

Please click here for a quick overview of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Standards for High Quality Professional Development (HQPD).