Tracking Professional Development for Staff Members

Aspen enables staff members to create professional development plans to track their progress in the five-year re-certification cycle. Staff members create and maintain their plans in the Staff view, on the My Info tab.

To help staff members maintain plans, administrators do the following in the Personnel view, on the PD Professional Development Admin tab:

• Create and manage district- or school-wide goals. Goals can be aligned to both PD courses and staff PD plans.
• Create and manage district- or school-wide courses. Each course can have multiple sections staff members can enroll in.

After a staff member creates a plan, administrators can use the Personnel view to view and update the plan, as necessary.

Within each plan, track the following for a staff member:

• Personal goals
• District goals
• Action plans
• Activities
• Course requests
• Courses
• Reviews of the plan