603 CMR, § 44.05 - Approval of Individual Professional Development Plans
(1) In accordance with M.G.L. c. 71, §
38G, educators working in a Massachusetts public school must obtain approval of
their proposed Individual Professional Development Plans from their
supervisors. Licensed educators working in schools other than Massachusetts
public schools are encouraged to seek such approval.
(a) Approval for proposed Individual
Professional Development Plans shall be from the educator 's direct supervisor
or an appropriate designee. In most instances, this will mean that the plans of
teachers and other educators who report to the principal will be approved by
the principal, a principal's plan will be approved by the superintendent of
schools, and a superintendent's plan will be approved by the chairperson of the
school committee.
(b) Professional
development activities shall be identified by the Educator and supervisor
during the development of, and review of, the Individual Professional
Development Plan in order to better support student achievement. Approval of a
plan shall be based on whether the 80% of the PDPs in the plan that are subject
to supervisor approval are consistent with the educational needs of the school
and/or district and whether the plan is designed to enhance the ability of the
Educator to improve student learning.
(c) Supervisor approval is not required to
renew any additional licenses under which the Educator is not
employed.
(d) Educators working in
Massachusetts public schools must obtain initial approval of their professional
development plans pursuant to 603 CMR 44.05(1) within six months of issuance of
the license to be renewed.
(e)
Approval of Individual Professional Development Plans shall not be unreasonably
withheld. In the event that a plan is rejected by a supervisor, teachers and
other educators who report to the principal may seek review of the denial from
the superintendent of schools, principals may seek review from the school
committee chairperson, and superintendents may seek review from the Department .
An Educator may then seek additional review from the Department , according to
the provisions of
603 CMR
44.10.
(2) A supervisor shall review the
Professional Development Plan of any Educator new to the district or school
within three months of the Educator 's beginning employment in the new position.
A supervisor may require an Educator to amend the plan or may withdraw approval
for a plan that had been previously approved, provided however, that any PDPs
that were earned consistently with an approved plan shall be deemed approved in
applying for license renewal. Any PDPs that are earned prior to the approval of
a plan may be subject to disapproval, if in the opinion of the Educator 's
supervisor, the PDPs are not consistent with the educational improvement goals
of the school and/or district.
(3)
Prior to applying to renew a Professional license , Educators shall obtain a
signature from a supervisor. A supervisor's signature will indicate that the
supervisor has reviewed the log of professional development activities
maintained by the Educator to ensure that the reported activities are
consistent with the approved Individual Professional Development Plan . The
Educator remains responsible for the final accounting of PDPs applied towards
license renewal. An Educator whose supervisor refuses to sign an Individual
Professional Development Plan may follow the review procedures set out in 603
CMR 44.05(l)(d) and
603 CMR
44.10.
Notes
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