Letter of Agreement for PD during the 09-10 school year
Below you will find a copy of the letter of agreement between the Warren Woods Public Schools and the Warren Woods Education Association concerning teachers being able to count six (6) hours of conference time during a contract day towards their thirty (30) hour requirement for professional development.
If you would like to attend PD that is being offered withing the school district follow these steps.
1. Register for the PD below.
2. Attend the PD and be sure to sign the attendance sheet.
If you would like to attend PD that is held at the Macomb Intermediate School District and it appears on the calendar below you must follow these steps.
3. Send the confirmation from the MISD to Terri Waldi so that payment can be made if necessary.
4. Complete the External PD Validation form below and have the facilitator of your PD sign it, then turn the form into Terri Waldi so that a record is kept of your attendance.
If you would like to attend any PD that is not found on the calendar below you must follow these steps.
Step 1. Fill out the conference form.
Step 2. Get building principal's approval.The building principal sends the form to the Office of Instruction where the white copy is retained, the yellow copy is returned to the principal and the pink copy to you.
Step 3.When you receive the pink copy, register for the conference.
Step 4.After registering, send confirmation to the Office of Instruction for payment.
Step 5.Call for a sub.
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Step 2. After getting principal approval, send completed registration, information on conference, along with the copy of the conference/workshop request form to Special Ed. office for processing.
Step 3. Staff in the Special Ed. office will process your registration and issue a check for payment if necessary.
Step 4. Once registered, the Special Ed. office will retain the white copy, send the yellow copy to the principal and the pink copy will be returned to you. (If you were registered for an MISD session, a confirmation # will be placed at the top of the form.)
Step 5. Call for a sub.
How It Works
According to Section 1527B of the Michigan School Code, school districts must provide five (5) days of professional development for all professional staff. At Warren Woods, our plan is to provide professional staff with a menu of choices built from the Warren Woods long term professional development plan which has been adopted by the District Student Achievement Team (DSAT) and from staff requests. All choices included on the site calendar are approved andwill count toward staff members' five (5) required days or thirty (30) hours.
Staff members can choose to attend after school sessions and use the accumulated hours for release on January 18 and/or June 17 for a total of up to nine (9) hours.Staff members are required to attend professional development on September 2 and on each of the delayed start dates:September 23;November 4; January 14 and April 27.
Each building principal has a limited budget to approve conferences that s/he would like staff members to attend.Please speak to your building principal if you are interested in a conference outside the District or MISD.Keep in mind that conferences need to address your building SIP/NCA goals. We will consider requests for conferences outside of the District and MISD, but will pay only the fees for such conferences.Travel costs, meals and costs of accommodations will not be covered.Individuals requesting conferences that have these costs will need to pay them themselves if the conference is approved for attendance.
As long as the budget allows,we will continue to pay curriculum rate for up to an additional six (6)hours of professional development.
In order to qualify for professional development credit, choices must fall within one of the District approved areas.The areas are:
1.Brain/mind learning
2.District, State and Federal mandates
3.Content specific training
4.Assessment
5.Instructional technology
The Michigan Department of Education has also set criteria concerning what qualifies for professional development.Please see the attached document which identifies requirements set by the State.The questions identified at the top of the chart are critical for approval of professional development.The administrators approving the requests must be able to answer, “yes,” to all questions in order for the request to be counted as professional development.
