Therefore, if you were to earn in-service credit on a personal or sick leave day, you would be paid twice for the same day. State guidelines preclude teachers from receiving credit for conferences or workshops where they are supervising students. If there are sessions which only sponsors or coaches attend, you may request in-service credit from your principal and instructional supervisor. That depends on the nature of the travel and its relevance to your teaching assignment. A limited number of hours may be earned depending upon approval from your principal and instructional supervisor.
Strands are a means to focus the content of in-service.
They change each year based on input from the Staff Development Committee, textbook adoption cycle, and other factors. Reports are sent to each school in January, April and May that reflect each teacher's status. If your requirements are complete, the report will be stamped as such. If not, there will be an indication of the hours needed. If you do not receive a report, that indicates that we have no hours recorded for you.