UWM Professional Development Plan (PDP) Support


Professional Development Plan (PDP) Support at UWM

The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, School of Education, Office of Education Outreach, License Renewal Support Center (UWM-LRSC) is one of 15 centers across the state designated to provide support in the development and goal attainment of professional development plans (PDPs).UWM Education Outreach hosts a wealth of professional development opportunities for the continuing educator. It offers a variety of credit and noncredit offerings available on campus or off-campus, major local and state conferences, partnerships with school districts in support of individual educator PDP goals, as well as a range of supports for the development of an individual professional development plan. UWM provides support to individual educators, pupil service professionals and administrators seeking renewal of their professional license or changing license categories. In addition, it hosts training sessions for school districts and those seeking to become trained by the Department of Public Instruction as Professional Development Plan Reviewers. PDP reviewers must complete the DPI training and become certified in order to verify completion of PDP requirements. UWM is working with DPI to help build capacity of mentors and PDP plan reviewers that will be needed to implement PI 34 requirements.


Frequently Asked Questions about Professional Developments Plans
Q: Do I have to do a PDP?
A: Yes, for Initial Educators; optional for Professional Educators (licensed prior to Aug 31, '04)

Q: When does my PDP have to he written?
A: Initial Educators: No later than December of Year Two.
Professional Educators: choosing the PDPoption: during Year 5 of your license cycle (by June 30th)

Q: Do I need a PDP Review Team to approve my plan?
A: Yes for Initial Educators -(not required for Professional Educators) - consisting of a peer, an Institute of Higher Education representative, and an administrator designee

Q: What is required in my PDP?
A: The licensure process timeline, and procedures have been created by the DPI. *Objectives, activities, time lines that extends through multiple years, and a plan for collaboration).

Q: Where do I get help with the requirements for licensure using the PDP process?
A: Visit the UWM School of Education-Outreach's website at http://www.edoutreach.soe.uwm.edu and click on License Renewal Support Center. You'll find all the resources you need to guide you through the PDPprocess. Additional PDPresources, provided by the Department of Public Instruction can be found at http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/pdp.html.



Renewal Process for Those Not Currently Employed in License Areas
Questions often surface about how one should approach getting their license renewed if they are not currently employed in one of their license areas. This question can lead to much confusion-but a solution is readily available. If someone holds an Initial Educator teaching license and then simultaneously is licensed on an emergency teaching license, they may work on a PDP while holding the emergency license. It is actually in their advantage to do so, as they can then go ahead and complete the PDP and become a Professional Educator in both the area of their Initial Educator license and in the area of the new license that hey will be receiving after completing a program. In addition, the district can be providing support to this educator since they are an Initial Educator and are even eligible to obtain the $375 in funds that Online PDP Resources help support Initial Educators. The PDP that they create should have a goal that is broad enough to cover both the area of their Initial Educator license and the subject of their emergency license.  This way, if for some reason they would not continue working in the area of their emergency license, they could continue working on their PDP-assuming, of course, that they are still working.



Online PDP Resources
Center for New and Professional Educators - CNPE

Collaborating Partners - An online community for parents, administrators and staff of early education programs throughout Wisconsin - http://www.collaboratingpartners.com

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - Professional Development Plan (POP) Resources provided by the DPI - http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/pdp.html

Wisconision Education Associative Council - http://www.weac.org



Professional Development

The requirement under PI 34 for educators to complete a PDP to renew their licenses, created the need for a system to review plans to approve goals and verify their completion. This mechanism is the Professional Development Plan Review Team. For initial educators, a team is composedof an Institute of Higher Education (IHE) representative, an administrator who is not a direct supervisor, and a peer. Districts are responsible for supporting initial educators by providing administrators who are trained in the review process. For professional educators, goals do not have to be pre-approved. The professional educator needs to convene a PDP team only to verify plan completion. The POP review team for a professional educator is composed of certified reviewers of that individual's choosing - the composition is not specified under the rule. For example, a professional educator could opt to have three teachers on his/her team, there is no requirement for an administrator or IHE representative.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Office of Education Outreach continuously hosts Department of Public Instruction (DPI)
Reviewer Training Sessions for people wishing to become Professional Development Plan team members. Attendance at this one-day workshop is required by DPI for those wanting to become PDP review team members. Individuals completing this session are entered into a reviewer database that is available through the DPI website. ♠An application to be a PDP reviewer is available to download: http://www.edoutreach.soe.uwm.edu, or call: (414) 229-5255.

Training sessions are held throughout the state at all 15 LRSCs and in some school districts. A list of scheduled sessions is available at: http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/pdptrain.html. The UWM LRSC is committed to partnering with DPI to develop a pool of individuals to support initial educators, building the data-  base of trained PDP plan reviewers to meet the needs of educators entering schools today and in the future. Completion of the PDP must be verified by 3 reviewers. Two of the three must agree that the plan is completed for verification. DPI maintains a list of approved reviewers that can be accessed through their website: http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/pdpteammembers.html To support PDP team members after the training, DPI developed PDP Team toolkit that can be downloaded free of charge from: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/tepdl/pdp.html Individuals may convene a PDP Reviewer team on an individual basis - or attend one of the many workshops and conferences sponsored by the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Office of Education Outreach. Each workshop or conference providing team reviewers as part of the package will be designated as such on the Office of Education Outreach website:  http://www.edoutreach.soe.uwm.edu


What's This Going to Cost Me?
• UWM IHE reviewers are encouraged not to charge a fee and use the verification process toward service and/or merit.
• You may find that other reviewers charge a fee.


Terms You Should Know:
CESA: Cooperative Educational Service Agency (region # = Milwaukee)

DPI: Department of Public Instruction, State Superintendent is Libby Burmaster of Instruction

Initial Educators License: 3-5 years non-renewable

LRSC: The UWM License Renewal and Support Center-one of sixteen centers funded by the DPI to support PI 34 implementation.

Mentor: a qualified colleague trained to provide formative feedback and who is not part of the formal evaluation process.

PDP: Professional Development Plan with components, timelines and procedures outlined by the state licensing agency, DPI

PDP Review Team: For IEs = IHE rep, peer, and administrator designee (not the mentor) For PEs = 3 peers

PI 34: Administrative Rule for both approval of pre-service programs and Wisconsin educator licensure

PI 34 Consortium: provides support to UWM educators in PI 34-related requirements with financial support from districts



Message from our Associate Dean on courses offered through Education Outreach

Dr. Elise Frattura, Associate Dean of Education Outreach frattura@uwm.edu

There is no better time than now to begin your planning for courses through Education Outreach at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee School of Education. This is an ideal venue for educators to meet their professional development goals, as well as obtain continuing education credits. Contact Elise:

The School of Education offers many courses and workshops to assist teachers, administrators and student service personnel to develop, implement and evaluate PDPs (professional development plans). In addition, we offer programs to assist educators in deepening their own expertise and professional practice based on special requirements of PI 34. The School of  Education-Outreach is dedicated to helping you have a positive and rewarding impact on student learning. Our courses are designed and offered by highly qualified faculty and staff, who bridge the gaps between research and practice, with the ultimate goal of improving the education of each and every learner. We look forward to assisting you in meeting your professional development goals. We encourage you to register and enroll early for all courses and workshops that meet our individual and district needs. Please do not hesitate to contact me (frattura@uwm.edu) with any questions or future course requests. For a full listing of course offerings per semester, please visit our website at the address listed below.

http://www.edoutreach.soe.uwm.edu




Pursuing an Advanced Degree While Working on Your PDP
UWM offers three one-credit graduate courses to support the development of your PDP. These courses easily transfer into your graduate program.

Click here to see how to augment your PDP with these 1-credit courses.


A few more helpful links:

UWM Graduate School

Areas of Graduate Study

Financial Resources


Questions?

Contact (email to Ed-Outreach; needs to be created)