PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL |
Required Professional Growth Activities |
1. College or Formal Class Work | All college classes need to be educationally related |
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a. College credit | 10 points per credit hour | Ex. taking a college class for credit |
b. Auditing College Credit | 4 points per credit hour | Ex. taking a college class not for credit |
c. Technical Community College Credit | 10 points per credit hour | Ex. CCC classes, etc. |
d. Adult Education Class | 1 point for each 5 hours | Ex. taking a class, Love and Logic |
e. LETRS Training (Year Long) | 15 point per Volume Completed, 1 & 2 , (Max 30 points) | Ex. enhancing your teaching skills |
2. Professional Work Done Under the Direction of Northwest Public Schools • A maximum of 10 points are allowed per each subcategory per year in Category 2. |
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a. Curriculum Committee Work | 1 point for each clock hour | |
b. Workshop / Conference presenter | 5 points per presentation with a maximum of 20 points, within a 6- year period |
Ex. NETA, CTE, NCA clinic, ISTE, NAG, ESU, etc. |
c. Building in-service presentation or demonstration |
5 points | Ex. In-service presentation day |
d. Attending ESU (or other) workshops | 3 points per ½ day, 5 points per full day | |
e. Out of classroom District work | 1 point per clock hour | Ex. Curriculum Development, Curriculum Series Choice |
3. Teaching | ||
a. College teaching (outside of the NWPS contract) |
10 points per credit hour, 20 points maximum per six-year period |
Note: You provide the instruction for a college institution |
b. Adult Education classes | 5 points per credit hour, 10 points maximum per six-year period |
Note: You provide the instruction for a college institution, |
c. Supervising student teachers • Length - 3 - 6 weeks = 3 points • Length - 7 - 8 weeks = 5 points • Length - 9 - 15 weeks = 8 points • Length - 18 weeks = 10 points |
20 points maximum per six- year period |
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d. Mentoring within the District (1 year) | 10 points | Ex. Mentor for new teacher in the district |
e. Hosting a college student’s classroom observation |
points prorated on portion of school day |
(Minimum of 20 hours) |
4. Professional Representative | 3 points maximum per year, per subcategory in Category 4 | |
a. PTO representative for the school | ||
b. NWEA Representative for the school | ||
c. Negotiations Representative | ||
d. Health and Safety Team member | ||
e. Building HAL coordinator | ||
f. PLC team leader | ||
g. Technology Committee member | ||
5. Professional Memberships | 1 point per membership per year (10 points maximum per six-year period) |
(Teacher unions do not qualify - NWEA, NEA,) |
6. School Improvement Team | 15 points maximum per year | |
a. District Level Steering committee member / leader |
15 points | |
b. Building committee members | 10 points | Note: (MTSS/School Improvement team members) |
7. Other Professional Growth activities | Committee Discretion | Ex. Being trained for Mandt
(2), CPR (2), Medicine Distribution (2), Mandt instructor (5), Ad Hoc Committees (5) |
8. Digital Video Classes / Instructional course work | Maximum of 5 points per year / a total of 20 points in a 6-year cycle |
All digital learning needs to be educationally related |
a. Digital Learning | ½ point per ½ hour, / 1 point per hour | Ex. Callihan’s Cache summer
modules, Ditch That Textbook online training videos, etc... |
b. Podcasts | ½ point per ½ hour, / 1 point per hour |
Note: The 1-page online
reflection must be handed in
for reference |
c. Webinars | ½ point per ½ hour, / 1 point per hour |
Note: The 1-page online
reflection must be handed in
for reference. |
The professional growth committee reserves the right to consider and recommend to the administration, Board, and Northwest Education Association other professional growth activities not covered in the aforementioned activities. |