Instructor Attendance at Professional Development Activities

CIS instructors are required to participate in all U of M-sponsored professional development for their cohort the summer prior to each academic year in which they will be teaching a U of M course. They are also required to participate in two to three days of U of M-sponsored professional development for their cohort during each academic year in which they are teaching a U of M course.

A few cohorts also require professional development attendance of instructors during their nonteaching years. These cohorts are noted in the Quick Guide to Course Requirements and Related Policies and posted on the CIS website. Instructors are strongly encouraged to participate in professional development in non-teaching years even when not required by the cohort.

CIS tracks instructor attendance. If instructors develop a pattern of absences over a two-year period, the faculty coordinator and CIS staff will discuss the matter with the instructor and with the principal of the school. If the attendance pattern does not change in the third year, CIS may determine that it can no longer offer the University of Minnesota course at that high school.