Flex Day Clarification

Trussville City Schools understands the need to differentiate professional development for teachers.  After developing a plan that has been approved by their principal, teachers may complete that professional learning any day of their choice or any time of their choice outside of school hours.  (Many teachers completed their professional learning this past summer when school was not in session or through an online class in the evenings.)  That’s why they are called “Flex” or Flexible days.  These are two days when teachers are paid to study, learn, and grow as a professional.  To earn credit for the two flex days, teachers must complete 12 hours of professional development outside of the school day.  

Please adhere to the following process:

1. Write a proposal explaining your intended learning.
2. Submit the proposal to your principal for approval.  
3. If approved, the principal sends the signed proposal form to Theresa Ray in C&I.  
4. The  proposed professional development is given an STIPD course number.  The teacher is informed of this STIPD course number. (Some PD may already have an STIPD course number.  Teachers should include this STIPD course number on their proposal form.)
5. The teacher signs up in STIPD for the course.
6. After completion of the professional development, the teacher completes a summary form and returns the form to Theresa Ray.  (If the professional learning was an online course or an outside workshop, a certificate of completion with hours completed should be included with the summary form.)
7. Theresa Ray will approve the professional development in STIPD.

For accounting purposes, the following dates have been deemed as flex days for the 2014-2015 school year:

• February 16, 2015
• May 22, 2015

Teachers who have completed the above process for at least 6 hours of professional development should request February 16 as a professional day.  Those teachers will not be expected to attend school on February 16 because they have spent time on a previous date outside of school hours on their professional development.  

Teachers who have NOT completed the above process should NOT request professional leave for February 16.  They will need to attend school that day and work on professional learning provided by the principal OR they will need to request personal leave for February 16.  

Teachers will be prompted at a later date to request professional leave for May 22.  No one should request professional leave for May 22 at this time.  

Click here for proposal form and summary form.  

For questions, contact Beth Bruno.