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Professional Development
Requirements
- Professional Development and Renewal of Standard Teaching License
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Verification Form for Professional Development Training - PDF April, 2006
This form may be used to document a single professional development activity. While this form may be used by all teachers, it will be most helpful for those teachers that are not employed, as a way of verifying completion of the 60 hours of professional development required annually. This form will accompany the application form for licensure renewal, only for those teachers not employed. - Verification Form for Professional Development and Work Experience Required for Renewal - PDF March 13, 2006
This form may be used to verify professional development and the required work experience necessary for the renewal of a standard Arkansas teaching license for teachers that are employed in non-public school settings (or other agencies/organizations requiring a licensed teacher) and institutions of higher education. This form will accompany the application for the renewal of a teaching license. - Request for 15 Hours Credit for Professional Development, for 3 Hours of College Level Coursework - PDF June 4, 2009
Resources
- Arkansas IDEAS
- Current PD 360 Content with Descriptions - PDF Feb. 29, 2008
- Gifted and Talented, and Advanced Placement Professional Development Opportunities
- Internet Delivered Education for Arkansas Schools (Arkansas IDEAS)
- MathLINKS - 2007 training for teachers in Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, and Grades 7-8
- Preparing for the Alternate Portfolio Assessment: Creative Curriculum Strategies for Beginners - 2007 Special Education Programs
- Professional Development: Hands-on Science/Math for Students with Disabilities - Feb. 8, 2007
- Supporting Professional Development for Arkansas Educators - PDF 2007
Literacy Programs
- Arkansas Reading First
- Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas (ELLA)
- Effective Literacy
- Dynamic Indicators of Early Literacy Success (DIBELS)
- Intensive Reading Intervention (IRI)
- Literacy Lab Classroom Project
- Smart Step Strategies
- Mid-Level Fluency
- Mid-Level Word Study
- Mid-Level Vocabulary
- Literature Circles


