Common use of Validation Procedures Clause in Contracts

Validation Procedures. 1. In lieu of a sign-in validation for attendance, teachers are to complete an online survey through the District’s professional development management system after they have attended the professional development session. 2. The survey will consist of the following response prompts: a. The intended outcomes, as described for this offering, were accomplished. b. The offering was organized so I had time to reflect on what I learned. c. The presenters modeled effective questioning strategies and facilitation techniques to enhance my learning of content and/or skills. d. The offering was organized so I had time to collaborate with colleagues and plan how to implement the new content and/or skills. e. I feel confident in my ability to implement the new knowledge or skills gained in this offering in my current position. f. Three specific ways I might implement the new knowledge or skills gained in my current position. Response prompts #1-#5 (a-e above) will have blanks for multiple choice responses that reflect a degree of agreement with each statement including a “not applicable” response. Additionally, response #6 (f) seeks a short phrase response to the following: 3. All responses to the survey will be used to validate attendance only; any information gathered from the surveys will be used only for informational purposes by the District. 4. The parties recognize the mutual benefits for the teachers and District from receiving survey feedback as soon as possible following any professional development session. Accordingly, all participants are encouraged to complete the survey process in a timely manner. Within each of the four (4) marking periods, if the professional development session occurs before progress reports are due, teachers have until the end of that marking period to complete the survey. If the professional development session occurs after a progress reporting date, teachers have until the end of the following marking period to complete their surveys for validation of professional development attendance. Validations must be completed prior to the end of the school year. 5. The parties also recognize the mutual benefits for the teachers and District to provide professional development which meets the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) requirements for District-Provided Professional Developments (DPPD) that might be utilized for the purpose of teacher certificate renewal. While the ultimate determination of what professional development activities/sessions qualifies as DPPD is within the authority of MDE to decide, the District will take steps to identify the activities/sessions it believes should qualify for this purpose within the District’s professional development management system. Further, the parties recognize that voluntary response prompts will be provided (in addition to those identified in subsection 2 above) for teachers to utilize within the validation process as a means of supporting that the identified activities/sessions should qualify as DPPD. Nonetheless, despite the District’s efforts to support teachers in their possible use of completed professional development activities/sessions as DPPD for teacher certificate renewal, the parties again recognize this final determination is within the exclusive authority of MDE.

Validation Procedures. 1. In lieu of a sign-in validation for attendance, teachers are to complete an online survey through the District’s professional development management system after they have attended the professional development session. 2. The survey will consist of the following response prompts: a. The intended outcomes, as described for this offering, were accomplished. b. The offering was organized so I had time to reflect on what I learned. c. The presenters modeled effective questioning strategies and facilitation techniques to enhance my learning of content and/or skills. d. The offering was organized so I had time to collaborate with colleagues and plan how to implement the new content and/or skills. e. I feel confident in my ability to implement the new knowledge or skills gained in this offering in my current position. f. Three specific ways I might implement the new knowledge or skills gained in my current position. Response prompts #1-#5 (a-e above) will have blanks for multiple choice responses that reflect a degree of agreement with each statement including a “not applicable” response. Additionally, response #6 (f) seeks a short phrase response to the following: f. Three specific ways I might implement the new knowledge or skills gained in my current position. 3. All responses to the survey will be used to validate attendance only; any information gathered from the surveys will be used only for informational purposes by the District. 4. The parties recognize the mutual benefits for the teachers and District from receiving survey feedback as soon as possible following any professional development session. Accordingly, all participants are encouraged to complete the survey process in a timely manner. Within each of the four (4) marking periods, if the professional development session occurs before progress reports are due, teachers have until the end of that marking period to complete the survey. If the professional development session occurs after a progress reporting date, teachers have until the end of the following marking period to complete their surveys for validation of professional development attendance. Validations must be completed prior to the end of the school year. 5. The parties also recognize the mutual benefits for the teachers and District to provide professional development which meets the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) requirements for District-Provided Professional Developments (DPPD) that might be utilized for the purpose of teacher certificate renewal. While the ultimate determination of what professional development activities/sessions qualifies as DPPD is within the authority of MDE to decide, the District will take steps to identify the activities/sessions it believes should qualify for this purpose within the District’s professional development management system. Further, the parties recognize that voluntary response prompts will be provided (in addition to those identified in subsection 2 above) for teachers to utilize within the validation process as a means of supporting that the identified activities/sessions should qualify as DPPD. Nonetheless, despite the District’s efforts to support teachers in their possible use of completed professional development activities/sessions as DPPD for teacher certificate renewal, the parties again recognize this final determination is within the exclusive authority of MDE.