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On July 1, 2020, District Provided Professional Development (DPPD) transitioned to State Continuing Education Hours (SCECH) reported in the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS). Programs previously defined as “non-traditional” will also transition and be reported in the same manner as all other DPPD programs. Please note that participants in Non-Traditional Programs for the 2019-2020 school year may be uploaded as before. These changes will take effect beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.
In prior years, Non-Traditional Programs have been entered as SCECHs with specific attendance requirements (75% or 6 meetings), limitations on the number of hours (25) an individual may receive, and restrictions on the number of Non-Traditional programs in which an individual may participate over a five-year period (three). Programs deemed Non-Traditional programs in the past included:
After July 1, 2020, hours associated with programs formerly deemed Non-Traditional Programs may be uploaded as SCECHs in a general yearlong program with all other DPPD hours for the year or as a separate yearlong program for these hours only, per district preference. These programs may be entered on the district’s behalf by an Intermediate School District (ISD) or other Educational Entity that may help provide the programming, but should not be done in duplication. It should be noted that the required documentation for a yearlong DPPD program is a DPPD calendar. Specific agendas and participation documentation will still need to be kept in the program file.
Prior limitations on the number of SCECHs that could be earned through a Non-Traditional Program, attendance requirements, and restrictions of the number of activities an educator may participate in to receive SCECH Credit are no longer relevant at the state level. Local districts are responsible for determining the following through local policy:
For further information regarding the new reporting process for DPPD, please view our DPPD Reporting Process Resource page or contact SCECH@Michigan.gov.
