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Governor’s Workforce Cabinet

HEA 1002 – Professional Growth Points

June 5, 2019

Governor’s Workforce Cabinet

• Teachers have three options to renew their licenses:
• Professional Growth Points
• Six hours of college coursework
• National Board Certification
• If teachers choose the Professional Growth Points (PGP) renewal option, they

must complete 90 points (or hours) of professional development. The new law requires 15 of the 90 PGP points focus on career awareness experiences.

• What does this mean?
• Externships or volunteering is not required.
• No additional hours required, but refocusing a portion of existing hours on career

awareness.

Changes to Professional Growth Points

Benefits of PGP Changes

• Expands career exposure and engagement in the classroom

before high school

• Helps connect years of classroom learning to real-world

application

• Enhances current professional development opportunities to

make learning support students’ long-term

• Complements the focus on project- and inquiry-based learning

approaches in all grades promoted in DOE’s STEM Plan

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Current examples of New PGP Requirement

• Professional Learning Communities of elementary teachers mapping literacy and

numeracy curriculum to career exploration through hands-on learning experiences

• Teachers in LaPorte and Michigan City met with local leaders to learn about

economic trends and advancements

• Advanced manufacturing businesses in Fort Wayne offered teachers stipends for job

shadowing and plant tours

• Regional Opportunity Initiatives’ Educator Bootcamp lets teachers learn about the

skills needed to obtain positions in STEM-related industries and quality jobs

• DOE’s Work-Based Learning Teachers & Counselors in Industry Summer Internship

Project allows Indiana teachers and counselors to gain valuable industry knowledge while completing an internship with a partnering business or industry

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• Career Coaching Grants will provide an opportunity for schools,

higher education institutions, employers, and community-based

• rganizations to partner:
• To create a sustainable system of delivery for career information
• To provide students and adults with opportunities to participate in experiential

learning

• To lead to students and adults making informed career decisions
• Two types of grants available: Planning or Implementation

New Grant Opportunity for Career Coaching

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• The goal the grants is to help schools partner with higher education, employers,

and community-based organizations to create a sustainable system sharing career information, skill and education requirements, and work-based learning

• pportunities to students and adults
• Grantees will measure their systems’ effectiveness by looking at the following
• utcomes:
• The increase postsecondary attainment rates (e.g., industry-recognized credential,

technical certificate, associates, bachelor’s degree, and graduate degrees

• The increase the number of high-wage, high-demand jobs filled
• The increase the average annual wages of the communities that apply

Purpose of Career Coaching Grants