Michigan

Easy steps for renewing a teaching certificate in Michigan:

1. Get information about state renewal requirements and the staff professional development process for teachers in MI.
   ATTENTION MICHIGAN TEACHERS: Please get PRE-APPROVAL in writing (an email is fine) from your employing Michigan Public School District (the approved provider) to use Professional Learning Board courses for DPPD Hours.
   
   
   
2. Find and take classes online for teachers:
DPPD (watch a quick FAQ video)
Get a Certificate of Completion
Semester Graduate Credit (watch a quick FAQ video)
Get an official transcript from a regionally accredited university


3. Record hours
   Free PD tracker included at no cost with all courses.


4. Save or submit your total hours for renewal.

• Standards & Connecting (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  In an age where there are multiple approaches to teaching and educating students, it becomes important to ensure that a particular standard is maintained. This class helps educators achieve goals, while empowering you with skills and tools to deliver the best of quality education. Standards and Communications in Teaching is a three part integrated course that highlights various strategies for facilitating student learning and improving academic achievement. It also focuses on positive communication, both with students and parents, in order to achieve excellence in education.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Standards in the Classroom (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  Teachers in this course explore approaches to instruction, assessment and evaluation that they can implement in their classroom. This course focuses on practices teachers can use to promote student motivation and self-learning while decreasing and eliminating behavior issues. The resources, tools, and real-life examples help teachers develop self-reliant students who take responsibility for their own learning. Teachers learn to assess basic academic skills and identify areas in which students may need support. Tips, templates, and strategies help teachers periodically collect data to assess if students are meeting the set academic goals and assist teachers in developing a process of reflective thinking and responsiveness to students’ issues and needs. Practical examples and techniques provide teachers with an understanding of the phrase ‘learning while teaching.’

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Students with Disabilities (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Systematic and Phonemic Reading Instruction (1 semester credit - Ashland Univers…

  

  This course lays out explicit, sequential, and systematic approaches to reading instruction from developing students’ early reading skills and phonemic awareness to helping every child become a competent reader, regardless of their current reading level or learning condition. This must-have course for teachers is full of multisensory instruction strategies and explicit intervention techniques, video demos and downloadable templates.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Teachers in Leadership (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  The strength of an educational institution lies in its leadership, educators and students. This online course is rich in content that highlights changes or initiatives that can be implemented to improve student learning and encourage school improvement. Teachers taking this class can explore strategies for improving their public speaking skills and in turn, facilitate improved communication with audiences.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Teaching Online for the Classroom Teacher (1 semester credit - Ashland Universit…

  

  Delivering content online, assessment through collaboration and engagement, planning and safety considerations, digital reading technologies, technology supported reading, collaborative reading through technology, planning a virtual field trip, virtual field trip resources, conducting a virtual field trip, online PD for teachers.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Technology for Learning (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  We live in a technologically advanced world. But, for teachers, the hallmark question is to understand how we can effectively use this technology to enhance student learning in the classroom. This online course will shine light on the multi-faceted uses of technology in the classroom. Teachers will learn how to choose technology for the classroom, be techno-savvy especially in the use of iPads and how to flip a traditional classroom to one with innovative instructional methods designed for enhancing student learning.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Technology Today (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  Gone are the days when the word classroom brought to mind an image of a dusty blackboard, chalk or the dim light from an overhead projector machine. Instead we think of smart boards, computers, tablets and other technology. Libraries and books as reference material are supplemented by the internet, blogs and Google; all of which are available at our (and our students!) fingertips. This three part integrated course helps to bridge the gap, enabling safe implementation of technology in classrooms and preventing misuse by either students or adults while promoting effective learning. The course enhances professional development by presenting tools, techniques and resources to advance skills in using technology. Teachers learn to integrate technology in a way that promotes learning without being a distraction. The course is also filled with practical ideas and steps that educators can take to ensure safety of the students who have access to the internet whether through classroom technology, at home or via their cell phones.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Visual Aids in the Classroom (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  Visuals in the classroom enable both showing and telling. Today, visuals are at par with words in daily communication. Using bulletin boards is not a new teaching idea but this course delves into the details of creating effective and attractive classroom visuals. Teachers look at creating different types of visuals to ensure student participation.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280