SAVE YOUR PROGRAM BOOKLET!

Your program booklet is your proof of attendance and participation!  Please save it for your professional development portfolio.

The Regional Office of Education for Bond, Fayette, and Effngham Counties is a registered and approved professional development provider with the Illinois State Board of Education.

Teachers can receive 4 CPDU for participating in this Institute.  Teachers are required to turn in an evaluation form and complete the Professional Development Provider form (to be kept in the Teacher's possession) in order to claim these credits.

Administrators can claim up to 4 hours towards their Professional Development requirements.

Regular education teachers using CPDUs/CEUs for all or part of their professional development must have 20% pertaining to serving students in the least restrictive environment; special education teachers must have 50%. For more information, see“Special Education Requirements” on the Certification Update website.

Number of CEUs/CPDUs Needed

The law states that 100 percent of the requirement for continuing professional development for full-time teachers may be met by

• Earning 24 continuing education units (CEUs) or

• Earning 120 continuing professional development units (CPDUs) or

• Completing any combination of CEUs and CPDUs equivalent to 120 CPDUs.

To convert credit to CPDUs, multiply semester hours by 15 and CEUs by 5.The Certificate Renewal Tracking System (CeRTS) includes definitions and point values for activities, converts different types of credit to CPDUs and totals credits automatically.

Purposes for CPDU Activities

Your professional development activities earning CPDUs must address one of the following purposes, but are not required to meet any specific proportion except for Purpose E as specified in the law:

Purpose A. to advance your knowledge and skills in your current area(s) of certification, endorsement, or teaching assignment, consistent with the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards and the IllinoisContent-Area Standards;

Purpose B. to develop your knowledge and skills in areas determined to becritical for all Illinois teachers, known as state priorities;

Purpose C. to address the knowledge, skills, and goals of your local school improvement plan, if employed in an Illinois public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school, or cooperative orjoint agreement with a governing body or board of control;

Purpose D. to expand your knowledge and skills in an additional teaching field or toward the acquisition of another teaching certificate,endorsement, or relevant education degree;

Purpose E. to address the needs of serving students with disabilities,including adapting and modifying the general curriculum related tothe Illinois Learning Standards to meet the needs of students with disabilities and serving such students in the least restrictive environment. (Teachers who hold certificates endorsed for special education must devote at least 50% to this purpose.Teachers holding other certificates must devote at least 20% oftheir activities to this purpose.)

Purpose A - You may fulfill 100 percent of the requirement for continuing professional development by completing eight semester hours of college coursework. If you choose to use this option, at least two of these semester hours must address Purpose A. (If you qualify for proportionate reduction and choose to meet your entire requirement through coursework, at least one-fourthof your semester hours must pertain to Purpose A.)

State Priorities in Purpose B While you are not required to devote activities to the state priorities (Purpose B), the state priorities identified by the State Board of Education are listed here for your information.

In March 2000, the State Board adopted the following five state priorities:

• Reading

• Mathematics

• Standards and Assessment

• Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning

• Special Education