REQUESTING CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS – NON-DISTRICT STAFF DEVELOPMENT

District CEU Committee

Office of Human Resources

Office of Staff Development & Continuous Improvement

Rochester Public Schools

2012-2013

GETTING NON-DISTRICT CEUS DOCUMENTED ON PDEXPRESS

The information on the slides that follow are for staff who have earned continuing education credits from staff development experiences not offered through the Rochester Public Schools.

This tool should also be used if you have provided in-District staff development. (Be sure to get a signed verification of completion of this service from the site administrator or program director that you can upload with your request.)

Login at: https://pdexpress.rochester.k12.mn.us/pdexpress/login.aspx

Click on “PD Activities” located under the “My Pages” heading

Click on “Propose PD ActivitiesNote: this button may also appear on your home page when you log in.

• Select the licensure category this activity fits under. (Beginning July 1, 2012 teachers must also include a reflective statement that summarizes the impact of training you have taken part in. Select that from the bottom of the list.)

• Enter the title of your experience and then click Next.

• Read the Instructions at the top of the form page. Failure to comply with these will result in delays in processing your request.

• Complete the form as prompted.

1. Scan a copy of the verification of clock hours with the signatures of the provider and attendee (certificate, syllabus, transcript) and email it to yourself.

2. Save that PDF to your U:drive.

Adding Documents to the Request

Click the Attachments link at the bottom of the request page.

Click on browse and find the file you saved. Enter the document name.

Click attach.

Click on Submit for Review. Be sure to check the Approval History for verification of submission. You will not be able to submit if information is missing.

Note: Under the Approval History space, you only need to see that it has been submitted. In our system, you will not see “Approved”. Your activity is final when you see “Completed” under the status column of your Out-of-District PD listings.

Check back to see what the status is of your activities. At the end of the process your activities will be marked “Completed”. If you don’t see the activity under that tab, click the “All” tab. Open your activity. Look near the bottom for any comments from a member of the CEU Committee.

What now?You may revise your activity and resubmit. • First return it to active status by

clicking the Withdraw button in the top right corner of the page.

• Make the necessary changes in information.

• Click Submit.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Any paper copies submitted to HR for the District CEU committee to review will be returned to the person submitting the CEU approval form unless they are NOT employees.

Only electronic approval forms will be accepted from district staff.