Professional Development
Effective teachers commit to furthering their own learning as well as their students’ learning. Practicing educators take part in regular professional development opportunities in order to be effective and engaged teachers. The College of Education fosters this career-long commitment to learning and professional development by requiring our undergraduate students seeking initial licensure to complete a series of Professional Growth Units, or PGUs.
All undergraduate students in licensure majors who entered NC State in fall 2011 or later must complete a minimum of 4.5 PGUs prior to graduation. All MAT students must complete a minimum of 2 PGUs prior to graduation. It is recommended that all undergraduate students complete a minimum of 1.5 PGUs per year and MAT students complete a minimum of 1.0 PGU per year. You cannot complete all of your PGU requirements in one academic year.
The College holds a variety of professional development events each semester that offer PGU credit. Qualifying events lasting 45 minutes to one hour earn 0.5 PGU, with longer events earning additional PGU credit. The maximum number of PGUs a student can earn for a single event is 1.5. We expect students to have completed a variety of opportunities within their required PGUs. Therefore, attending the same PGU experience every year will not be accepted. For example, all PGUs coming from conference attendance will not be accepted.
This semester’s events are listed below.
Please check back frequently as new events will be listed as they become available.
Are you interested in studying abroad but not sure how that would fit into your schedule? Consider joining us for this session about short-term student teaching abroad during your senior year!Join us as our student teachers, who are currently studying abroad in South Africa, present highlights and stories from their experiences! If you have an interest in studying abroad during your student teaching experience, please join us for this session!
Date: Monday, April 22, 2024
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 AM
Location: Online (https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqdeitpz8vHNWN68sr_D8k60awTgMJ0Idc)
Audience: College of Education Students
Contact: Dr. Angela Wiseman (amwisema@ncsu.edu)
Credit: 0.5
This Data Science and AI Education Share Fair revolves around the NC State University Data Science Academy ADAPT course design model (ADAPT stands for All-campus Data science through Accessible Project-based Teaching and learning), a cutting-edge framework for developing and teaching data science. Our goal is to foster a comprehensive understanding and effective implementation of this model across various educational settings. Participants can attend the Share Fair without presenting.
Date: Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
Time: 12:00 – 3:30 PM
Location: Online (Register at https://datascienceacademy.ncsu.edu/courses/course-model/ds-edu-share-fair/ )
Audience: Prospective and practicing teachers and teacher educators who are interested in incorporating Data Science and AI in their teaching.
Contact: Dr. Sunghwan Byun
Credit: 1.0
Agricultural Education and CTE students will attend the annual conference of the NCACTE and NCATA in Greensboro, NC. Participants will complete professional development related to curriculum, leadership, and CTE/Ag content areas.
Date: July 18-21, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Greensboro
Audience: Agricultural and CTE Education students
Contact: Dr.Park (tdpark@ncsu.edu)
Credit: 1.5