Professional Development Academy

Unit 5 prides itself in offering quality professional development opportunities to all educators. Educators are given opportunities to attend conferences outside the district and/or enroll in courses at Illinois State University. Within the district educators may attend a variety of courses based on the needs of its students and teachers.

New Guidelines: Beginning  fall of 2008 there is a limit of one facilitator per Action Research PDA.  Also all Action Research will be limited to 6 hours.  All other PDAs under 30 participants will have a limit of one instructor. PDAs with more than 30 participants may have two instructors if requested.

Class Cancellation: Classes must have a minimum of 15 participants registered in order to be offered. Classes with fewer than 15 participants will be canceled.

Reminder of the Attendance Policy: Immediately after you enroll on-line you will see a confirmation page.  This means that your registration was completed correctly.  This does NOT confirm your spot in the class.  If there is a space for you in the class, you will receive a confirmation e-mail about 3 weeks prior to the first class date that includes class name and number, dates and times of class and any other important information. No walk-ins are allowed! 

Participants MUST attend ALL scheduled class hours. 

If you arrive late or leave early, you may not receive the stipend or credit your requested.

If you cannot attend a class you have signed up for, please notify us as soon as possible by responding to the confirmation e-mail address.

We understand that content evolves in classes that are offered repeatedly so as space allows, you may repeat a PDA, however you will receive a credit or stipend only once. 

If you have questions or comments contact Stacy Keiser. 

NCLB Professional Development Plan

Check out other summer professional development opportunities at the Regional Office.  ROE17 Workshops