Parameters of Flexible Professional Development. 1. The activity must take place outside of the teacher’s contractual hours.
Parameters of Flexible Professional Development. The activity must take place outside of the staff member’s contractual hours. All flexible professional development activities for a given school year must occur between July 1 (prior to the start of the school year) and June 30 (after the school year). The flexible P.D. activity must be approved in writing by the building principal/ supervisor prior to the P.D. activity but no later than the first Monday in May of the current school year. Flexible P.D. activities can occur after that date (but before June 30), but must be pre-approved by the first Monday in May. Each P.D. activity must be a minimum of one (1) hour per the State of Michigan. Travel time may not be used for P.D. hours. The P.D. activity must be related to the work assignment. (Activities such as coaching workshops, personal finance, real estate, etc., are examples of activities not included.) College or University coursework will be allowed if paid for by staff member. Workshops will be allowed if after school and paid for by the staff member. Any activity for which the State of Michigan Board of Education grants State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH’s) qualifies as a flexible P.D. activity. The school district may provide a minimum four (4) one hour sessions of P.D. per school year. Leave of absence of anything less than one (1) year will not reduce or eliminate the seven (7) hour flexible P.D. requirement. All completed Flex P.D. Plan/Logs must be handed in on or prior to June 30. Flexible P.D. Plan/Logs must consist of activities that are not considered part of normal work responsibilities (e.g., lesson planning, classroom preparation, material searching). Where appropriate, time must be validated by a signed time sheet, or a workshop agenda that lists detailed hours/minutes.
