Professional Learning Courses, Sessions, & Conferences

College Credits

Teaching College Courses

Subject Area Exams

Educators may be eligible to earn inservice credit for attending and implementing new learning from courses, sessions, learning communities, and conferences that are facilitated within the district and that are included as part of our PCSD Professional Learning Catalog.

Sessions, courses, and conferences facilitated by other entities must be pre-approved by your supervisor and the Department of Teaching and Learning to ensure alignment to the PCSD Professional Learning Catalog, Florida’s Professional Learning Standards, and identified needs.

Inservice points will not be awarded for attendance only.  Attendance and documentation of implementation are required in order to earn inservice credits/points.

College level credits for appropriate topics may be used for certificate renewal if earned within the current renewal period. 

College credits must be awarded by an accredited or approved institution , or the American Council on Education (ACE), and must be reflected on an official transcript. View a list of Florida's accredited state universities and state colleges and community colleges using the links above or on the Florida Department of Education Website.  One semester hour is equivalent to 20 inservice points.

An educator who teaches a college level course for appropriate topics at an accredited or approved institution may be awarded a credit equivalent to the course credit, if taught during the renewal period.

Points  for teaching a specific course may only be awarded once.

View a list of Florida's accredited state universities and state colleges and community colleges using the links above or on the Florida Department of Education Website. 

One semester hour is equivalent to 20 inservice points.

A passing numerical score on the Florida subject area exam may be used for certificate renewal. The exam must be specific to the coverage to be renewed. 

The exam must be taken and passed within the current certificate validity period to qualify for inservice points/credit.

Passing the exam is equivalent to three (3) semester hours of college credit or 60 inservice points for renewal purposes.

Option 1: Bridge to Practice 

The PCSD Bridge to Practice model promotes and encourages educator support during the most critical and important phase of learning - the implementation phase. 

The Bridge to Practice structure typically requires 2 implementation steps.  Please see the example below. 

Step 1 - Planning with Collegial Feedback
The educator selects a piece of new or extended learning that they will try in the classroom. Educators will then create a plan for implementing the new learning and share it with a selected colleague (peer teacher, mentor, coach, facilitator, administrator) for feedback. 

Step 2 - Implementation with Collegial Feedback
The educator invites a colleague (peer teacher, mentor, coach, facilitator, administrator) to observe the implementation of the plan and provide feedback on expected instructional behaviors and student learning behaviors.

All Bridge to Practice artifacts must be submitted through the Kickup platform using SSO credentials by the designated due date. Implementation is due within 90 days of the event.

To see a sample Bridge to Practice, click HERE.

Option 2: Professional Learning Implementation Form & Implementation Hour Log

The PCSD Professional Learning Plan and Implementation Hour Log model requires self-guided learning and implementation and may not include support and/or feedback during implementation. Like the Bridge to Practice, Option 2 also requires 2 implementation steps.

Step 1 - Professional Learning Implementation Form
Write a narrative report responding to each section listed below. Each section must be a minimum of 100 words.

• FOCUS:  Describe how this training specifically relates to your school’s School Improvement Plan and your Individual Professional Development Plan.

• PURPOSE:  What specific instructional practice, leadership practice, or student learning behaviors are you hoping to impact?

• ACTIVITIES:  What information, strategies, or ideas that were shared were of greatest value to you?

• FOLLOW-UP:  What specific actions did you take to implement this new learning?

• IMPACT(Educator): What specific instructional or leadership practices were impacted as a result of this new learning and your implementation?

• IMPACT(Student):  What specific student learning behaviors were impacted as a result of implementing this new learning? What is your evidence?

Step 2 - Time and Implementation Log
The educator records specific implementation activities, along with the dates and times of implementation, and acquires his or her administrator’s signature. The signature designates validation of implementation.

Professional Development Implementation Form and Time and Implementation Log forms are submitted electronically to the Department of Teaching and Learning by the designated due date. Implementation is due within 90 days of the event.

To access the Professional Learning Implementation Form and Implementation Log, click HERE.