N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 513.02

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Ed 513.02 - Criteria for State Approval of Local Professional Development Master Plan

The following criteria shall apply to the approval of the master plan:

(a) Each school administrative unit, local school district, or participating nonpublic school shall file with the department the 5-year master plan required by Ed 513.01;

(b) The senior educational official shall establish a local professional development committee which shall include representation of licensed educators including teachers, paraeducators, certified licensed service professionals, and administrators. This committee may include local school board members, parents, or community lay persons;

(c) The local professional development committee shall develop and monitor the master plan according to Ed 513.02(Ed) through (g) under the direction of the senior educational official in accordance with local school board policies, state statutes, and state board rules;

(d) The professional development master plan shall include the following:

(1) The process and procedures for establishment of a local professional development committee;

(2) A statement describing the purpose of the master plan that includes but is not limited to:

a. The educational organization's definition of professional development that directs continuous professional learning to increase educator effectiveness and improve results for all students;

b. The role of the plan in increasing educator effectiveness and the relationship between professional learning and the local evaluation system;

c. The role of the plan in increasing student learning and academic achievement;

d. The alignment with local, state, and national professional development standards; and

e. The function and role of the plan for license renewal of all educators;

(3) A statement describing the role and function of the local professional development committee which includes, but is not limited to:

a. How the committee will develop, monitor, implement, evaluate, and propose changes to the plan;

b. How the committee will collaborate with other district committees or teams in developing an overarching framework for professional development including, but not limited to:

1. School improvement committees;

2. Local improvement committees; and

3. Leadership teams; and

c. How the committee shall be involved with individual educator license renewal and how appeals of decisions in the local process will be handled;

(4) A description of the needs assessment process that includes a data collection system and how the school or district makes decisions regarding professional development priorities in order to:

a. Identify student learning needs;

b. Determine individual licensed educator goals;

c. Determine educational organization goals;

d. Evaluate student learning and licensed educator growth;

e. Measure the effectiveness of an individual professional development plan; and

f. Evaluate the effectiveness of the master professional development plan on an on­going basis;

(5) Procedures for recommending licensed educators for licensure renewal that provide evidence of each licensed educator's growth in:

a. Knowledge of content area(s), subject, or field of specialization including requirements of individual endorsement areas in Ed 506, Ed 507, and Ed 508;

b. Pedagogy and knowledge of learners and learning as defined in Ed 610.02 and Ed 505.03;

c. Professional standards as referenced in the local evaluation system; and

d. Effective instructional practices related to school and district goals that increase student achievement as demonstrated by data such as but not limited to:

1. The education improvement and assessment program, RSA 193­C:3, III;

2. Portfolios;

3. Analysis of student work;

4. Standardized and other local assessment instruments; and

5. Performance evaluations and portfolios of professional work;

(6) A description of the job-embedded and formal professional development activities that the school or district supports for a comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to improving educator effectiveness in raising student achievement such as but not limited to:

a. Observations;

b. Independent study;

c. Study groups and professional learning communities;

d. Action research;

e. Educational peer coaching;

f. Mentoring;

g. Curriculum, instruction, and assessment development;

h. Lesson study;

i. Collegiate or graduate course work; and

j. Workshops, webinars and professional conferences;

(7) How the activities in (6) shall:

a. Be facilitated by school principals, school-based professional development coaches, mentors, master teachers, or other teacher leaders;

b. Engage licensed educators in a continuous cycle of improvement;

c. Foster collective responsibility for improved student performance;

d. Support coherent, sustained, and evidenced-based learning strategies; and

e. Provide coaching or other forms of support to transfer new knowledge and skills to the classroom; and

(8) Describe differentiated processes to address the unique professional learning needs of all credential holders;

(e) The professional development master plan shall comply with state credentialing rules and with federal, state and local laws, rules, and regulations, including the local education improvement plan required in federal grant applications;

(f) The professional development master plan shall include the following processes for developing comprehensive 3-year individual professional development plans that describe how:

(1) Individual plans are developed and goals are determined;

(2) Individual plans and goals are approved;

(3) Individual plans are formatively assessed and summatively evaluated;

(4) Progress is documented and recorded by the district;

(5) Activities and documentation from in-progress plans are accepted and transferred into the school or district including how district requirements are pro-rated for the remainder of the 3 year cycle;

(6) Requirements for endorsements that are added mid-cycle are pro-rated;

(7) Disputes are handled including an appeals process;

(8) Licensed educators reflect on and provide evidence of the impact of professional learning on their own educational practices and on student learning; and

(9) Recommendations for licensure renewal are determined;

(g) The professional development master plan shall allow individuals licensed educators to document and provide evidence that they have met the requirements for licensure renewal as part of the differentiation of professional learning for the unique needs of licensed educators as follows:

(1) For all of the methods, the professional development master plan shall specify how individual licensed educators reflect on and provide evidence of the impact of professional learning on their own educational practices and on student learning and provide evidence that the professional development addresses:

a. Increases in educator learning;

b. Growth in student learning and academic achievement;

c. Content area knowledge and pedagogy;

d. The individual educational organization goal(s); and

e. Professional standards such as those in the local evaluation plan; and

(2) Using any one of the following methods:

a. The development of a body of evidence that documents job­embedded or formal professional development;

b. An accumulation of a minimum of 75 continuing education hours with 30 hours for each endorsement area and 45 hours documenting job­embedded or formal professional development; or

c. A combination of less than 75 continuing education units and evidence that together document job-embedded or formal professional development addressing the school or district improvement goal(s) and content area;

(h) The department shall review each professional development master plan and:

(1) Approve such plan in writing if it meets the requirements of this section; or

(2) Confirm in writing that the plan needs modification and a timeline for completing the required revisions;

(i) If the professional development master plan is amended by the school or district, the amendments shall be made in accordance with this section, as confirmed by the department; and

(j) Representatives of the department shall make an on-site visitation, on an as-needed basis as determined by the department, in order to observe whether the local administration of the master plan adheres to the criteria set forth in this section.

N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 513.02

#7923, eff 7-24-03, EXPIRED: 7-24-11

New. #9992, eff 9-16-11

Amended by Volume XL Number 41, Filed October 8, 2020, Proposed by # 13103, Effective 10/5/2020, Expires 10/5/2030.