Professional Development Opportunities

The Center for Adult & Continuing Studies at Grand Valley State University provides continuing education credits for PreK-12 educators throughout Michigan.

What we do:

  • Create partnerships with schools and agencies, as long as a GVSU faculty or staff representative is included in preparation and delivery of the programming. 
  • Provide State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs) for professional development workshops. 
  • Create and administer both synchronous and asynchronous SCECH programming. 
  • Provide advising on Michigan licensure and certifications including initial certification, renewals, and adding endorsements to your Michigan credentials. 

For Educators

State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs)

We assist teachers, administrators, school psychologists and school counselors with meeting their professional development needs.  We offer the following services:

  • SCECH approved professional development courses. 
  • SCECH approved self-paced, on-demand professional development courses (coming soon). 
  • Advising on educator certification in Michigan.  Additional resources are available on the Office of Certification & Accreditation's Certification Webpage
  • Advising on graduate degree programs and endorsements at GVSU. Visit the College of Education & Community Innovation's Education Graduate Degree Programs website for more information.
  • Advising on content-area endorsements at GVSU. Visit the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Endorsements website for more information.

The Michigan Department of Education has also 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

Professional Development Courses

We are currently building out a catalog of SCECH-eligible self-paced professional development courses.  Our current offerings are listed below. 

If you are interested in delivering a professional development program either in person, virtually over Zoom, or on-demand and self-paced, please contact Lucas Treadwell at 616-331-7118 or [email protected]

For additional SCECH opportunities offered by offices throughout GVSU, please visit the Michigan Online Educator Certification System website, click on SCECH catalog, select Grand Valley State University as sponsor and search

In Person

Cost

Title

Date

SCECHs Offered

Duration

$59

Art for Therapeutic Application Series: Meanings and Metaphors

11/1/2024

3.0

3-hours

$59

Art for Therapeutic Application Series: Sensory Aspects of Making: Materials and Techniques of Art Therapy

11/22/2024

3.0

3-hours

$59

Art for Therapeutic Application Series: Storymaking, Improv, and Visual Image Making - registration opens early November

1/10/2025

3.0

3-hours

$59

Art for Therapeutic Application Series: Struggle and Joy: Using Art to Transform - registration opens early November

2/21/2025

3.0

3-hours

Self-Paced

Cost

Title

Mode of Instruction

SCECHs Offered

Duration

$85

Children of Trauma & Resilience New!

Online, Self-Paced

5.0

5-hours

$40

Dismantling Implicit Bias Through Reflective Practices and Reflexivity 

Online, Self-Paced

4.0

4-hours

$20

Adolescent Human Trafficking: An Introduction and Overview New!

Online, Self-Paced

2.0

2-hours

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For Program Sponsors

Services

Some of the services we provide include:

  • Providing SCECHs for education-related professional learning.  To have your workshop/program/event/meeting/experience approved for SCECHs, please complete the SCECHs Approval Form
  • Providing SCECH approved self-paced, on demand professional development for educators, administrators, and school counselors.
    • If you are interested in serving as an instructor for a self-paced professional development course, please contact Lucas Treadwell at 616-331-7118 or [email protected]
  • Registration & payment services.
  • Awarding SCECHs to eligible participants to the Michigan Online Educator Certificate System (MOECS).
  • Maintain course records for Michigan Department of Education audits.

 

For additional inquiries, please contact the Center for Adult & Continuing Studies at (616) 331-7180 or [email protected]


SCECH Team

Lauren Fodor

Lauren Fodor Headshot

Professional Development Assistant

Responsible for:

  • Daily course operations
  • Registration
  • Instructor/Sponsor needs
  • Learner services
  • Special accommodations
  • Managing the approval of experiences for SCECHs 

 

Contact information: 

(616) 331-7363

[email protected]

Lucas Treadwell

Lucas Treadwell Headshot

Director - Continuing and Workforce Education

Responsible for:

  • SCECH approval compliance
  • Certification and licensure advising
  • Internal and external partnerships
  • Oversight for the approval of courses/workshops/experiences for SCECHs
  • Asynchronous professional development course creation
  • Liaison to the Michigan Department of Education and GVSU's College of Education and Community Innovation. 

 

Contact information: 

(616) 331-7180

[email protected]



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