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Sent: Tuesday, August 22,
2006 11:20 AM
To: Karen Mlcek
Subject: Change in
Professional Development Hours
A significant change has been made in
the number of teacher professional development hours that can be counted towards
the 1,098 instructional hours. The recently signed School Aid Act, PA 342
states:
(10) A district may count up to 38 hours of qualifying
professional development for teachers, including the 5
hours
of online professional development provided by the
Michigan virtual university under section 98, as hours of
pupil
instruction. However, if a collective bargaining
agreement that provides more than 38 but not more than 51 hours
of
professional development for teachers is in effect for
employees of a district as of the effective date of the
2006
amendatory act that amended this subsection, then until
the fiscal year that begins after the expiration of that
collective
bargaining agreement a district may count up to 51 hours
of qualifying professional development for teachers,
including
the 5 hours of online professional development provided
by the Michigan virtual university under section 98, as hours
of
pupil instruction. A district that elects to use this
exception shall notify the department of its election. As used in
this
subsection, “qualifying professional development” means
professional development that is focused on 1 or more of
the
following:
(a) Achieving or improving adequate yearly progress as
defined under the no child left behind act of 2001,
Public
Law 107-110.
(b) Achieving accreditation or improving a school’s
accreditation status under section 1280 of the revised school
code,
MCL 380.1280.
(c) Achieving highly qualified teacher status as defined
under the no child left behind act of 2001, Public Law
107-110.
(d) Maintaining teacher
certification.
This means only 38 hours of teacher professional development can now be
counted towards the 1,098 hours, unless there is a current collective bargaining
agreement in place. In that case, schools may count 51 hours until the
agreement expires.
Diane McMillan
Associate Director
Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals
1001 Centennial Way Suite 100
Lansing, MI 48911
517.327.5315
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