Co-Chairs:
Kristen Harmon, Asst. Superintendent
Michael Smith, First BTA Vice-President

BTA Representatives:
Erica Anderson, Jane Anglin, Renee Dowling, Lance Kuntzman, Chaitra McCarty, Jennifer Sheehy

Admin Representatives:
Kari Andrade, Bethann Orr, 

The Professional Development Board Policy of Procedures will adhere to the following guidelines:

• Encourage PD proposals and projects to be initiated by BPS staff and administration.
• The PDB will be available, upon request, as a resource for school councils and school administrators to help meet school improvement plan objectives.
• The PDB will disseminate all professional development opportunities to staff in a timely manner.
• The PDB will review and approve all professional development course/workshop/project proposals to ensure compliance with state, district, and/or individual PD objectives, and PDB guidelines.
• Develop a system for approval of course reimbursement including approval, processing, and reimbursement.
• Develop a mechanism for the evaluation of all PD activities.

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The 5-Step Evaluation Cycle:

• Provides a structure for supporting an educator’s growth and development and, ultimately, determining a Summative Performance Rating

• Provides educators with a continuous opportunity for professional learning through self-directed analysis and reflection, planning, action steps, and collaboration 

• Promotes regular, constructive feedback from the evaluator, coupled with opportunities to reflect on and improve practice

Education Evaluation Slidedeck: This is an overview of Ma DESE's evaluation framework.Educator Evaluation Overview

Droplet – Digital Portal for Course Request Approval and Reimbursement

The induction begins once a new educator is hired into the district. 

New Employee Orientation is held for three days toward the end of  August; during this time, new educators are oriented to the vision and goals of the district; meet their colleagues and mentors; have a tour of our schools, meet our administrators, receive a district issued laptop and learn about our district resources, among other very important information.

Each new educator works with a mentor over their first year in the district. The goal is to provide new educators with orientation, support, and a problem-solving partner. In general, new educators meet with their mentors weekly. The mentors are all highly qualified educators with professional status and in the same department and school building as the new educator.

New educators are matched with mentors by their school principal and/or their department chair. Professional development points are offered for the mentoring program. The mentoring program is led by mentor facilitators.

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Extending an Initial License
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The Initial license is valid for five years of employment and may be extended at the discretion of the Commissioner for an additional five years. Educators who have been employed under an Initial license, are in their fifth (5) year of employment, and have not yet satisfied the requirements for advancing to the Professional license; have the option of applying for an Extension of their Initial license. ‘Under a license’ is defined here as meaning; “employment in the role and at the grade of the license from the date it was issued”. **Note: Initial Administrator licenses cannot be extended. Extension of Initial License Guide and Template

Advancing or Extending a License

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To advance a license from one type to the next type: Provisional to Initial; Initial to Professional; you will need to apply for the new type of license and send in all required documentation verifying that the requirements for the new/advanced license have been met.

To determine the requirements for a particular type of license, please use our Licensure Requirements Tool.

The quickest way to apply for the new/advanced license is through the Educator Licensure And Renewal (ELAR) system.

How to Renew a Professional License
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The quickest way to renew your Professional license is through the Educator Licensure And Renewal (ELAR) system. After you log into the ELAR system, select the Apply to renew your professional level license link on your Welcome to ELAR home page. Follow all of the prompts, pay the required fees ($100 for primary license, $25 for additional licenses), and your license(s) will be renewed automatically.

Do not send in any of your supporting documentation (verifying the attainment of the required PDPs) unless you are selected for an audit. If selected for an audit, you will be required to submit documentation in support of the license(s) that you renewed.

Please note that the Office of Educator Licensure no longer sends out hard copies of newly approved or renewed licenses.

Professional development activities shall be identified by the educator and supervisor during the development of, and review of, the Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP)* in order to better support student achievement. Individual professional development plans must include at least 150 PDPs that break down as follows:

• At least 15 PDPs in content (subject matter knowledge)
• At least 15 PDPs in pedagogy (professional skills and knowledge)
• At least 15 PDPs related to Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) or English as a Second Language (ESL)
• At least 15 PDPs related to training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and the instruction of students with diverse learning styles
• The remaining required 90 PDPs may be earned through either “elective” activities that address other educational issues and topics that improve student learning, or additional content, and/or pedagogy.

Calendar Years (Professional Licenses Only)
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A Professional license is valid for five (5) calendar years. Time elapses regardless of employment status under this license.
Calculation of “Years of Employment” (For Temporary, Provisional, and Initial Licenses):
Time elapses only while actually employed by a school or district (that requires a license in the state of MA) and is used to calculate total years of employment with respect to how long a Temporary, Provisional, or Initial license remains valid. For example, if an educator works under an Initial license (in a MA school requiring that license) for one (1) year and is then released or goes on maternity leave, that educator’s license remains valid for an additional four (4) years upon his/her return to teaching.

Attention: You must meet with the Assistant Superintendent before starting this program.