In accordance with the agreement between the Saint Paul Board of Education and the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers, in-service credit may be granted for professional development coursework completed. In-service credits earned may result in movement on the wage scale for teachers and educational assistants. For more information regarding in-service credit and lane change for teachers/educational assistants click on the following link: http://hr.spps.org/Teachers2.html. Clock hour credit may result in movement on the wage scale for teaching assistants. For more information regarding lane for teaching assistants click on the following link: http://hr.spps.org/Teaching_Assistants.html.

Workshops must be directly related to a teacher’s or educational/teacher assistant’s employment responsibilities. Teachers and educational assistants may apply for in-service credit by completing the Pre-Approval Application for Credit. Teaching assistants apply for clock hour pre-approval by completing the Teaching Assistant Workshop Pre-Approval Application. Submit a workshop course description or a copy of the brochure/flyer with the application. Workshops must receive pre-approval two (2) weeks prior to the course start date from the employee’s principal/supervisor and the Center for Professional Development.

The number of in-service credits earned is determined by actual instruction time. Ten (10) hours of instructional time is equal to one (1) in-service credit. The minimum number of workshop/course hours eligible to request in-service credit is two (2) hours for 0.2 in-service credits. Teaching assistants earn credit per workshop hour attended. The minimum number of workshop/course hours to request clock hour credit is two (2) hours.