Traditional Professional Development

Our District will be offering both traditional and non-traditional District-sponsored professional development. Traditional professional development will include our Districtwide full day professional development programs which have been scheduled in the 2023-24 District Calendar:

• Monday, August 21, 2023

• Thursday, May 9, 2024

• Friday, May 31, 2024

These (3) full-day programs will be complemented by (12) scheduled days of designated professional learning time (1 hour each) sponsored by the building principals:

Designated Professional Meeting Time (2023-24)

• Upper Elementary (Dieck, Elms, & Gaines) . . . . . . . 7:10-8:10AM

• Lower Elementary (Morrish & Syring) . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30-8:30AM

• Secondary (High School) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:35-3:35PM

• Secondary (Middle School) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:45-3:45PM

Non-Traditional Professional Development

All of our buildings have important support functions that are provided to ensure building and staff preparedness to best educate students. Please review the list provided below:

• Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Teams

• Mentor Teacher Program

• Supervision of Student Teachers

• Counselor Development Programs

• Admin. Leadership Team Professional

  Development

Regarding non-traditional professional development, the first “point of contact” for questions will be the building principal. If additional clarification or application forms are required, staff can contact the District SCECH Coordinator, Kevin Klaeren (kklaeren@swcrk.org).

SCECH Earning Opportunities

Due to absences, cancellations or attendance issues, staff can fall off pace for earning adequate SCECHs to renew professional certificates. Certified staff can visit our PowerSchool - Professional Learning platform and search the released courses or join a PD Playlist to earn the posted SCECH's available for satisfactory completion of available courses. 

Certified staff wishing to be awarded SCECH's upon completion of any of these courses will need to obtain pre-approval from their building principal (Shared staff members are to obtain approval from their assigned evaluator).

PowerSchool - Professional Learning

Staff members can click on the platform title below for direct access:

PowerSchool - Professional Learning

*Please reference the instructional slides (in the right margin) for logging into any course, PD playlists, and SCECH earning verification featuring Educational Impact's professional learning catalog.

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has also compiled a list of free or low cost professional development opportunities that staff can independently pursue to earn SCECH’s. Please reference the following linked document below:

MDE - Free & Low Cost Online Professional Learning

 Two major sources referenced in the MDE Professional Development resource list include the following online learning platforms that are free to join. Regardless of your professional learning situation, all certified staff should consider registering and maintaining accounts with these organizations:

 Questions

Staff members that have specific questions regarding District-sponsored professional development and SCECHs can contact Kevin Klaeren (Director of Curriculum & Compliance) at (810) 591-2388 or(kklaeren@swcrk.org).