What kinds of credit are available to employees in DCSD?

Relicensure - used for renewal of a professional license through CDE and may be earned for training attended during or outside contracted work hours. Staff development courses offered through the district catalog as well as preapproved site-based trainings with a minimum of 7.5 instructional contact hours will offer relicensure credit.   Skills Blocks may also be counted towards relicensure credit.

Knowledge-level (salary) Advancement - used for DCSD teacher salary increase. KLA credit may be earned in addition to relicensure credit, but cannot be earned for attendance at training during contracted work hours, for completion of skill blocks, or using personal days. Advancement on the salary schedule requires a combination of one-half KLA credit hours & one-half university credit hours or all may be university credit hours.

All applications for salary advancement must be made through Human Resources.

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University/College Credit - awarded by a sponsoring higher education institution & requires a tuition payment for credit. This credit is needed for salary advancement in DCSD but is no longer required for CDE relicensure. When KLA & university credit are both available, only one option may be used for salary / knowledge level advancement.

Out-of-District Knowledge-Level Advancement (salary) Credit - awarded to certified personnel for preapproved professional development attended outside DCSD. Application is made through the staff development office and credit hours awarded by Human Resources. A brief summary of learning and verification of attendance are required.

Which box should I check when registering for a staff development course offered through the district staff development online catalog?

The box you check when registering will coincide with your employee group and the credit type you will receive upon completion of the course.  The following choices are available upon registration:

• Certified Staff Development/KLA/Relicensure – Certified/licensed employees (primarily on a teacher contract) will receive  Knowledge Level (salary) Advancement credit if attending outside work hours – as well as CDE relicensure credit.
• Certified Staff Development/Relicensure – Certified/licensed employees will receive CDE relicensure credit /instructional  hours only
• Admin/Pro/Tech Staff Development/Relicensure – Licensed administrators and other Professionals and Tech employees will receive CDE relicensure credit &/or staff development  hours.
• Classified Staff Development – Classified employees will receive staff development hours to be used for cumulative skills blocks (if attending outside work hours) or as needed
• Charter School Employees – All employees of DCSD Charter Schools
• DCSD Substitute – All DCSD registered/active substitutes
• Non-Employee – Individuals not currently employed by DCSD who wish to attend an advertised course that is open to non-employees/out-of-district participants.