BPS Staff Forms, Resources, and Tools
Professional Development Request Form
If you would like to attend a professional development conference or workshop and request the District cover the cost, please complete this form, which includes checking with your supervisor for approval. Once the form is submitted, Dr. Tricia Clifford will review your request. **The District does not cover the cost for graduate credits.** Please do not register for the course yourself. If approved, the Executive Assistant, Erin Crowley, will register you for the course and update you once completed. Forms must be submitted at least one week (five business days) before the course is scheduled to start.
Licensure & Professional Development Reference Sheet (updated August 2021)
Professional Development Committee (PDC)
You can find the link to the new In-District Course Proposal form here: In-District Course Proposal form.
- Propose a course to the PDC, using the In-District Course Proposal form. (The coursework must be rigorous, related to participants' teaching assignments, and completed outside the school day.) Wait for PDC approval of the course.
- Recruit a minimum of seven faculty members to take the course.
- Facilitate the course, keeping attendance records, and ensuring that all participants fulfill its requirements.
- Survey the participants using the PDC Course Evaluation form, and submit these forms to the PDC upon completion of the course.
- Facilitators will receive $750 per Inservice credit; participants will receive Inservice credit automatically after completion of the course.
- First, make sure you are not eligible for graduate study reimbursement through the School Committee. (See the article on Professional Improvement in the BEA-BPS contract on the District Documents and Communications page.)
- Complete the Course Approval for Reimbursement Form (PDC) by the April 1st deadline, and submit it to the PDC Committee via
- Nicole Myles (Nicole_Myles@bedfordps.org)
- Note that the study needs to be rigorous, related to your job assignment in Bedford, and completed outside the work day.
- Submit evidence of successful completion of appropriate courses, along with the evidence of payment of the relevant charges.*
- The PDC will recommend course reimbursement to the Superintendent by May 15th. Course reimbursement should be pro-rated with distinctions made for professional vs. non-professional status teachers. Final approval will rest with the Superintendent of Schools.
*If you are taking a late spring or early summer course that begins before June 30th, you still need to meet the April 1st deadline. Fill out the form with proof of enrollment in the course, and submit it by April 1st. As soon as you have successfully completed the course, send that evidence to Central Office, as well.
The forms below are "view-only." To edit a form directly, go to "File->Make a copy," and edit it in your own Google Drive. You may also download or print the files to fill out by hand.