The Certification of Professional Development For Arizona Recertification Form

Example

VERIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FOR ARIZONA RECERTIFICATION

Amphitheater, Catalina Foothills, Marana, Sunnyside, Tanque Verde,

Tucson and Vail School Districts of Tucson, Arizona

PROCESS FOR VERIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Employee submits form to Human Resources Office for pre-approval.
Human Resources office will notate pre-approval with original signature and return to employee. The district will not maintain a copy.

Employee resubmits the completed form to the Human Resources Office for district completion approval after obtaining all pertinent signatures.

PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR ALL ACTIVITIES. Each district has the right to determine what activities qualify for professional development inservice credit.

CRITERIA FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:

Activities must represent professional development. That is, the activity is related to education or a content area taught.
Activities should represent development. That is, the activity should provide training to improve the teaching skills, not activities within the person’s normal job responsibilities.

CATEGORIES OF ACCEPTED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Courses related to education or a subject area taught

Documentation required: official transcripts from an accredited university. Each semester hour of a course is equivalent to 15 hours of professional development.

District in-service designed for professional development

Documentation required: verification of in-service hours by district superintendent or designee.

Professional (education related) conferences/workshops

Documentation required: certificate of attendance stating number of hours in session or continuing education units.

CATEGORIES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE NOT UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED:

Business internship

Documentation required: description of internship, statement of completion and verification of hours from sponsoring company.

Educational research

Documentation required: verification of hours from sponsor or university or publication of results in professional journal.

Leadership position in an educational association

Documentation required: verification of hours from the board of directors of the educational association.

Serving on an accreditation team

Documentation required: verification of hours from the accrediting agency.

RECIPROCITY:

By mutual agreement, the districts listed above will accept verification of professional development from any other state approved educational institution.

VERIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FOR ARIZONA RECERTIFICATION

Amphitheater, Catalina Foothills, Marana, Sunnyside, Tanque Verde,

Tucson and Vail School Districts of Tucson, Arizona

Name________________________________________Date________________School_____________________

District________________________________ District Position ______________________________________

This certifies that the above employee has completed the following professional development activity:

Activity/course title__________________________________________________________________________

Presenter___________________________________________________________________________________

Location of activitiy:_________________________________________________________________________

Dates/Days/Times: (Only include actual time spent in session, do not include lunch or break times)

If the activity/course title is not self-explanatory, please write a brief description: _________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Employee Signature__________________________________________ Date___________________________

District Pre-Approval_________________________________________ Date___________________________

Presenter Signature/Conference Official________________________________________________________

District Completion Approval__________________________________ Date___________________________

# of Completed Hours Approved______________________________________________________________

Certification or recertification is the sole responsibility of the individual. Certificated individuals are responsible for documenting their own professional development activities.

Attachments:

Official transcript
Certificate of attendance
Other______________________________________________________________