PERSONNEL 4133

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

The Board of Education believes in the importance of teachers participating in staff development activities as part of their professional and educational development. State law requires the successful completion of 9 CEUs every five years in order for a holder to maintain a professional educator certificate. In order to achieve this goal, the Board will make available annually at no cost to its certified employees, no fewer than eighteen, 60 minute instructional contact hours of professional development activities for CEUs. CEUs awarded by providers approved by the State Department of Education also may be used to fulfill the CEU requirements.

The specific professional development activities to be made available will be determined with the advice and assistance of the Staff Development Committee which will include a representative of the Manchester Education Association and the Manchester School Administrators Association.

The Board of Education may award CEU equivalents to any of its employees for the successful completion of professional development activities which are not offered by an approved CEU provider. Any combination of CEUs and CEU equivalents can be used toward the CEU requirement. All 90 hours of CEU activities may be earned as CEU equivalents.

Adopted: December 11, 1989