Frequently Asked PD Questions
1. What is my PD requirement?
2. If I am not working in the schools but hold a PEL, am I required to complete PD?
3. Can college credit hours count towards PD?
4. What do I need to do after I finish a college class for PD?
5. What forms does a school principal need to use for PD activities?
6. IMPORTANT License Renewal Information - Required Professional Development Hours- click here Beginning with the 2015-2020 renewal cycle, and every cycle thereafter, there are no longer any reductions for licensure renewal professional development hours. There will no longer be any reductions for advanced degrees since “pre-July 1, 2014” activities, as allowed under 25.800(e) of Administrative Code, were last applicable to FY 2019 license renewal. Below is the baseline number of professional development hours educators will owe for license renewal, beginning with licenses renewed this spring/summer: · Licensees Holding National Board for Professional Teachers Certification: 60 hours (if serving in an administrative role, 1 Administrator Academy per year is also required) · Teachers who are not National Board Certified: 120 hours · School Support Personnel (including School Social Worker, School Counselor, School Psychologist, School Nurse, and Speech-Language Pathologist) who are not National Board Certified or not IDFPR or nationally licensed*: 120 hours · Administrators who are not National Board Certified: 100 hours + 1 Administrator Academy per fiscal year
*Holding IDFPR or applicable national licensure will fulfill all 120 hours of professional development for school support personnel. Educators who are due to renew their licenses this spring/summer should begin taking additional professional development hours now so they will be able to accumulate the required hours needed to renew their licenses.
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