91-1-218  Awarding of professional development points.

  (a) In awarding professional development points, each educational agency shall designate that one professional development point is equal to one clock hour of inservice education.

(b) If a person documents completion of an inservice activity, the person shall be awarded professional development points equal to the number of clock hours completed.

(c) If a person who has earned points for completion of an inservice activity later verifies that he or she has applied the skills or knowledge gained, the person shall be awarded two times the number of professional development points that were earned for completion of the inservice activity.  Evidence of application of the knowledge gained through the inservice activity shall be presented to the professional development council and may include the following:

            (1) independent observation:

            (2) written documentation; or

            (3) other evidence that is acceptable to the PDC.

(d) If a person who has earned points for application of knowledge or skills learned through inservice activities verifies that application of the knowledge or skills has had an impact on student performance or the educational program of the school or school district, the person shall be awarded three times the number of professional development points that were earned for completion of the inservice activity.  Evidence of impact upon student performance or school improvement shall be presented to the professional development council and may include the following:

            (1) independent observation;

            (2) written documentation:

            (3) evidence of improved student performance; or

            (4) other evidence that is acceptable to the PDC.

(e) A person shall be awarded professional development points for activities related to service to the profession upon the basis of the number of clock hours served.  The person shall be awarded one point for each clock hour of service.  The person shall submit verification of service to the professional development council.

(f) For purposes of renewing a certificate or license, a professional development council shall not impose a limit on the number of professional development points that mat be earned.  However, a council may impose limits on the number of professional development points that may be earned for purposes related to employment or other local matters.

(g) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1. 2003.  (Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution.)

91-1-216 Procedures for promulgation of inservice education plans; approval by state board; area professional development centers’ inservice programs.

(a) The board of education or other governing body of an educational agency, or the governing bodies of any two or more educational agencies, with the advice of representatives of the certified or licensed personnel who will be affected, may design and implement an inservice education plan to be offered by the educational agency or agencies.

(b) Procedures for development of an inservice plan shall include the following:

            (1) establishment of a professional development council;

            (2) an assessment of inservice needs;

            (3) identification of goals and objectives;

            (4) identification of activities; and

            (5) evaluative criteria.

(c) Based upon information developed under subsection (b) of this regulation, the educational agency shall prepare a proposed inservice plan.  The proposed plan shall be submitted to the state board by August 1 of the school year in which the plan is to become effective.

(d) The state board shall approve the plan or approve the plan subject to modifications, or disapprove the plan and notify the educational agency of the decision within 60 days of submission of the plan.

(e) An approved plan may be amended at any time by following the procedures specified in this regulation.

(f) Area professional development center providing inservice education for licensure renewal shall provide the inservice education through a local school district, an accredited nonpublic school, an institution of postsecondary education, or an educational agency which has a state-approved inservice education plan.

(g) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1, 2003.  (Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution.)

91-1-217Inserviceeducation professional development council.

(a) Each professional development council shall meet the following criteria:

(1) Be representative of the educational agency’s certified or licensed personnel; and

(2) include at least as many teachers as administrators and both shall be selected solely by the group they represent.

(b) Each council shall have the following responsibilities:

(1) To participate in annual training related to roles and responsibilities of council members, including implementing these regulations, K.A.R. 91-1-215 through 91-1-1220;

(2) to develop operational procedures; and

(3) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1, 2003.  (Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution.)

91-1-219 Expenditures for an inservice education program.

(a) Education agencies may receive inservice education funds for the following expenditures:

(1) Consultant fees and honorariums;

(2) travel expenses for consultants;

(3) cost of materials used in training;

(4) salaries of substitute teachers for certified staff who have filed an individual development plan, but these salaries shall not exceed 25 percent of the total inservice education expenditures;

(5) registration fees for, and travel expenses to, inservice workshops and conferences, both in state and out of state, for certified individuals who have individual development plans on file;

(6) salaries of secretarial personnel, but these salaries shall not exceed the amount of one hour of secretarial wages for each certified employee having an approved individual development plan on file; and

(7) salaries paid to certified staff, during noncontractual times, for participation in district-level or building-level training or other staff development activities.

(b) Education agencies shall not receive inservice education funds for the following expenditures:

(1) Rental or facilities;

(2) utilities;

(3) equipment;

(4) administrative expenses; and

(5) salaries of teachers attending inservice workshops or conferences during contractual times, or the salaries of council members.

(c) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1, 2003.  (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 72-9603.)

91-1-215Inservice education definitions.

(a) “Content endorsement standards” means those standards adopted by the state board that define the skills and knowledge required for the specific content endorsements prescribed in K.A.R. 91-1-202.

(b) “Educational agency” means a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, area professional development center, institution of postsecondary education authorized to award academic degrees, the Kansas state department of education, and any other organization that serves school districts.

(c) “Inservice education” means professional development and staff development and includes any planned learning opportunities provided to certificated personnel employed by a school district or other authorized educational agency for purposes of improving the performance of such personnel in already held or assigned positions.

(d) “Inservice education plan” or “plan” means a detailed program for provision of professional or staff development, or both.

(e) “Noncontractual times” means periods of time during which an employee is not under contractual obligation to perform services.

(f) “Professional development point” means one clock hour of inservice education.  One semester hour of college credit shall count as 20 professional development points.

(g) “Professional development” means continuous learning that is based on individual needs and meets both of the following criteria.

(1) It prepares a person for access to practice, maintains the person’s access to practice, builds an individual’s knowledge or skills, or is requested by the employing educational agency.

(2) It positively impacts the individual or the individual’s students, school or school district.

(h) “Professional development council” or “PDC” means a representative group of certified or licensed personnel from an educational agency that advises the governing body of the educational agency in matters concerning the planning, development, implementation, and operation of the educational agency’s inservice education plan.

( i) “Professional development plan” means a written document describing the inservice education activities to be completed during a specified period of time by the individual filing the plan.

(j) “Professional education standards” means those standards adopted by the state board that specify the knowledge, competencies and skills necessary to perform in a particular role or position.

(k) “Service to the profession” means any activity that assists others in acquiring proficiency in instructional systems, pedagogy, or content, or that directly relates to licensure of professional educators, accreditation processes, or professional organizations.

(l) “Staff development” means continuous learning offered to groups of professionals that develops the skills of those professionals to meet common goals or goals of a school or school district.

(m) “State board” means the state board of education.

(n) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1, 2003.  (Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution.)

91-1-206Professional development plans for license renewal.

(a) Any person filing a professional development plan with a local professional development council for licensure renewal purposes under S.B.R. 91-1-205 shall develop a plan that includes activities in at least two of the following areas:

            (1) Content endorsement standards as adopted by the state board;

            (2) professional education standards as adopted by the state board: OR

            (3) service to the profession.

(b) Any person who is employed by or who works or resides within any Kansas unified school district shall be eligible to file a professional development plan with that district’s local professional development council for licensure renewal purposes.

(c) Each individual submitting a professional development plan shall ensure the plan meets the following requirements.  The plan shall:

(1) Result from cooperative planning with a designated supervisor;

(2) be signed by the individual submitting the plan;

(3) be signed by the individual’s supervisor, if the supervisor agrees with the plan; and;

(4) be reviewed and approved by the local professional development council.

(d) If a person is unable to attain approval of an individual development plan through a local professional development council, the person may appeal to the licensure review committee for a review of the proposed individual development plan. 

(e) This regulation shall be effective on and after July 1, 2003.  (Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution; effective July 1, 2003.)