Professional Development Opportunities

Professional Development Partnerships at Grand Valley provides continuing education for educators throughout Michigan. We can:

• Create partnerships with schools and agencies
• Award university credit for training workshops
• Provide State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) for professional development workshops

School Districts/ Agencies/Departments

Download an Academic Course Proposal Form now

• Faculty Qualifications Assurance Form - required for academic courses but to be completed after proposal has been approved

Download a SCECH Course Proposal Form now

• Instructions

Hot Topics

Updated Hot Topics for Educators will be coming soon! 

Services

Some of the services provided include helping you:

• Earn Grand Valley academic credit for workshops and seminars you are already taking through your district or local agency
• Learn more about graduate degree programs at Grand Valley. Go to the College of Education & Community Innovation's Education Graduate Degree Programs website for more information
• Learn more about content-area endorsements at Grand Valley.  Go to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Endorsements website for more information
• Earn SCECHs
• Take academic and/or SCECHs courses in our Hot Topics for Educators series specifically designed to bring current topics in education to the classroom
• Answer questions about educator certification in Michigan.  Additional resources are available on the Office of Certification & Accreditation's Certification webpage 

Contact the Center for Adult & Continuing Studies for more information at (616) 331-7180.

SCECHs

State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs)

We assist teachers, administrators, school psychologists and school counselors in meeting their professional development needs. The GVSU processing fee for SCECHs is $10/participant. We offer the following services:

• State approval of SCECH hours
• Sign-in/out systems for participants
• Registration processes
• Upload eligible participants to the Michigan Online Educator Certificate System (MOECS)
• Maintain course records for MDE audit

For a list of courses offered for SCECHs, go to the Michigan Online Educator Certification System website, click on SCECH catalog, select Grand Valley State University as sponsor and search. 

The Michigan Department of Education has authorized an academic credit conversion.   If a course is being offered for academic credit it can be converted to SCECHs using the following chart:

• 1 academic credit = 25 SCECHs
• 2 academic credit = 50 SCECHs
• 3 academic credit = 75 SCECHs