Criteria for approving PD activities

Professional development is defined in 704 KAE 3:035 Section (2) (10) as “those experiences which systematically over a sustained period of time, enable educators to acquire and apply knowledge, understanding, skills, and abilities to achieve personal, professional, and organizational goals and to facilitate the learning of students.”

According to research on professional development, helping teachers understand more deeply the content they teach and the ways students learn the content appears to be a vital dimension of effective professional development (Guskey, 2003).

Professional development is required for every adult education program director, instructor, instructor’s aide and family literacy staff.

To have local professional development approved for credit, the activity must meet the following criteria and be a KYAE priority area:

• Results in improved practice
• Employs multiple methods of delivery, including technology, that recognizes the diversity of all learners
• Is based on research in the process of teaching and learning, effective program management and effective professional development strategies
• Is accessible and viewed as an integral part of practitioners’ work
• Gives practitioners opportunities to explore, reflect, question and debate
• Is based on instructor and administrative practitioner standards/competencies
• Builds leadership capabilities of program administrators
• Addresses the educational needs of students, educators, communities and the Commonwealth

*Submit all local PD request via PDtrack.