CEU Committee 2022-2023 Newsletter

CEU Committee

Chairperson

Tokata Learning Center and Community

Shakopee High School A-L

Shakopee High School M-Z

East Middle School

West Middle School

Eagle Creek

Red Oak

Jackson

Sun Path

Sweeney

Pearson Central Family Center and District Office

Renewal Requirements

One hour minimum for all of the following:

• Warning signs of/identification of mental illness in children. During subsequent licensure renewal periods, preparation may include providing a more in-depth understanding of students' mental illness trauma, accommodations for students' mental illness, parents' role in addressing students' mental illness, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, autism, the requirements of section 125A.0942 governing restrictive procedures, and de-escalation methods, among other similar topics
• Suicide Prevention Best Practices as part of the Early-Onset Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents.
• Positive behavioral intervention
• English language development and content instruction and best teaching practices for meeting the varied needs of English learners from children to adults.
• Accommodation and Differentiation of Curriculum
• Literacy CEUs in scientifically based reading instruction
• No reading CEUs are required for educators who do not provide direct instruction including counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, and recreation personnel.

Cultural Competency

At least Four hours in cultural competency training must include the following elements in a format fostering self-reflection and discussion where the focus is on deepening the teachers’ own frames of reference, potential bias in these frames, and the impact of these frames on students, students’ families and the school communities:

• Racial, cultural, and socioeconomic groups,
• American Indian and Alaskan native students,
• Religious diversity,
• Gender identity, including transgender students,
• Sexual orientation,
• Language diversity,
• Individuals with disabilities and mental health concerns and,
• Systemic racism.

Frontline CEU Requests

If you want to request CEUs from outside the district, you will need to use the Frontline Professional Growth Tab.

First, upload the evidence of participation (certificate, transcript, letter) to My File Library. There is a "how to" PDF (Frontline File Upload) in My File Library if you are having trouble.

Next, complete a Certified CEU Request form. Complete all the sections highlighted in red.

"How To" Video

District Employee CEUs

To earn hours from District Professional Development, you must sign up on Frontline.

Go to Activity Catalogs/District Catalog BEFORE the date of the session.

Note: Before the date means before 12 AM; the system closes the sign up completely at midnight.

You may search for a specific date or title, or you may scroll the catalog and find the PD session for which you would like to sign up.

Once you find the session, click on the blue title to sign up for the session. You will receive a message to state you have been enrolled.

Your hours will be added after the session has concluded and attendance was taken. The committee is processing these hours, so they will not be in your account immediately after the session; this may take a few weeks until the CEU meeting following the session. Please be patient.

Once you have met all requirements for renewal, let your CEU rep know.

Send a screenshot of your "View Licensure" screen from your Frontline account. Please check with your rep if you have questions about this step.

We will confirm everything and hours will be reported after January 1, 2023 and before June 01, 2023.

Once your hours are reported you will receive an email with all the information you will need to renew with the state.