Frequently Answered Questions

• Ongoing activities that help educators gain knowledge and skills to enable student success in a changing world.
• Activities are sustained, relevant, collaborative, classroom-focused, data-driven, and result in changes in practice

• Most educators with a standard certificate: 150 hours every 5 years (recommended 30 hours/year).
• Counselors, librarians, educational diagnosticians, master teachers, superintendents, principals, and assistant principals: 200 hours every 5 years (recommended 40 hours/year).

• Classroom teachers: 150 hours every 5 years.
• Certain roles (see above): 200 hours every 5 years.
• All are responsible for keeping records and must provide documentation to TEA upon request.

• Little Elm ISD follows state guidelines and Board Policy.
• Professional learning should directly benefit student growth and be documented in Eduphoria Strive.

• Loss of state/local leave equal to hours owed (in 3-hour increments).
• If no leave days remain, pay will be docked accordingly.

• Through Region 10/11 or LEISD-provided opportunities (in-person or online).
• Contact the Director of Professional Learning for details.

• All Teachers of Record must show proficiency in the adopted Learning Management System (LMS) yearly.
• Required training is to be completed annually by the stated deadline.

• Orientation for all new teachers and instructional professionals.
• Required for new hires; if hired after Welcome Week, you’ll attend the next session

• Yes—new educators get a mentor for 2-3 years.
• Veteran educators new to the district may get a campus support partner for 1 year.

Cross-campus PLCs, targeted sessions, and professional learning events before students return.

• District/Campus professional learning days/sessions
• Conferences, Summer Institutes
• Approved out-of-district learning, online learning, or webinars
• Curriculum creation or session facilitation (up to 10% of hours)
• Graduate/undergraduate coursework related to your position (1 credit = 15 hours, up to 90 hours/year)

• Regular planning time
• Staff/team/departmental meetings
• Faculty operational (“nuts & bolts”) meetings
• Compliance trainings (e.g., Safe Schools, TELPAS calibration)

• Use Eduphoria Strive to enroll, submit credits, and track progress.
• Keep and upload certificates for out-of-district learning.

Set annual learning goals, seek out/attend sessions, update Eduphoria Strive, and implement new skills.

Support, monitor, and facilitate growth; manage campus learning in Strive.

Design learning, gather feedback, manage sessions in Strive.

Oversee district plan, provide guidance, track compliance, and support campuses.