Professional Development

Upcoming PD Opportunities

 *Please note that if you are viewing PD opportunities that have been recorded  and do not receive an email confirmation denoting your attendance, you will be responsible for emailing the presenter to obtain confirmation of your attendance.

WEBINAR OFFERINGS

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The AFT Share My Lesson is offering it’s virtual conference March 23, 2021-March 25, 2021.  All AFT members are eligible to register.  Some of these webinars would apply as Professional Development hours. Please use the link below for registration.  If you are unsure of whether or not the topic is applicable for PD hours, please contact the Professional Growth Chair at profgrowth@ncedonline.org

https://sharemylesson.com/vc2021?link_id=0&can_id=ae55b16be5c4d20adc844bb7b300437f&source=email-join-us-march-23-25-for-the-2021-virtual-conference&email_referrer=email_1081906&email_subject=join-us-march-23-25-for-the-2021-virtual-conference

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The following are past webinars which can still be accessed for PD hours.  Most publishers have not made the calendar of upcoming webinars available.  Once available, these will be posted in this area as well.

C-SEP Beyond the Score webinars can be accessed at the following link:

https://www.csep.online/webinar.html#past

These are past webinars that can be accessed through a link on the C-SEP page.  You will need to register and you will be able to access some of the previous webinars.  Once you have viewed each webinar in its entirety, you should receive a certificate.  Not all of them are available but many are.  Topics include: Implicit biases, Fostering Childhood Resilience, Remote Testing, Dyslexia, and School to Prison Pipeline.  

There is also a Facebook page C-SEP Beyond the Score which an Educational Diagnostician can join.  This will give you information on upcoming PDs as well.  

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Beyond the Score January 2021-May 2021

Visit the C-SEP website at https://www.csep.online/webinar.html#upcoming

The following webinars are offered on different dates/times. If you can not view the webinar on its offered date/time, a recording will be emailed out to everyone who registers but is unable to attend live.  You MUST REGISTER to receive the recording.

Topics:

The TEA is Speaking C-SEP’s Language: Understanding Recent Guidance – Offered 02/04/2021

Remote Testing (RT) is Closer than You Think: Tips for Planning and Conducting RT – Offered 2/12/21, 3/12/21, 4/9/21

Assessment of Early Literacy and Math Using Battelle Early Academic Survey (BEAS) – Offered 3/1/21, 4/5/21, 5/3/21

Introduction to Battelle Developmental Inventory, Third Edition (BDI-3) – Offered 2/8/21, 3/8/21, 4/12/21, 5/10/21

Understanding Exclusionary Factors: An Update as the New Year Begins – Offered 2/5/2021

Finding Balance During a Pandemic – Offered 2/19/2021

Bilingual Dyslexia Assessment – Offered 2/24/2021

C-SEP A Refresher – Offered 2/17/21, 3/23/21

Conducting a Remote Assessment Using the BDI-3: Guidance and Considerations – Offered 2/25/2021

Exploring and Understanding our Implicit Biases – Offered 3/26/2021

Working Smarter, Not Harder: Streamlining the Assessment Process – Offered 4/15/2021

Thinking Outside the Box: Early Childhood Assessments – Offered 3/18/2021

Overview of the Bateria IV – Offered 2/16/21, 4/16/21

Risk Factors, the Brain, and Behavior – 3/24/2021

Introduction to the TOWL-4 and TEWL-3 – Offered 3/25/2021

Understanding Curriculum Based Measurements (CBMs) – Offered 4/27/2021

RIVERSIDE PUBLISHING WEBINARS can be accessed at the following link:

https://info.riversideinsights.com/events

Just as Beyond the Score, past webinars can be accessed to view.  Topics include: Dysgraphia, RTI, Maximizing Identification while Minimizing Time, Importance of Early Childhood Academic Skills, and Remote Testing & ELL Students

Disclaimer: We have permission to repost Professional Development opportunities on our website. We want to be sure to state that NCED does not promote any one company, methodology, assessment tool/battery, or theory, we are simply providing an opportunity for professional growth which may be of interest to you.   

PD INFORMATION

Professional Development Requirements

The NCED Code of Ethics describes an Educational Diagnostician as a “professional holding an advanced degree with qualifications necessary to select, administer, interpret, and report results of educational assessment procedures for purposes of individual eligibility, program and intervention planning, and progress  monitoring” (p. 1).  Continuing education, growth, and development for NCED certificate holders should revolve around current practices to ensure a professional quality of practice.

Guidelines

NCED holders must earn and document 150 clock hours of professional development activities within a five-year cycle.

PD hours will be submitted electronically at the NCED web site,  http://www.ncedonline.org.

All required PD hours must be submitted no later than June 30th after the five-year cycle concludes.

All PD submissions are subject to audit by the NCED Board of Directors.  Renewal documentation should be maintained electronically on a CD/DVD or other electronic format that can be submitted to the Board upon request.

• Upon completion of the audit, the NCED Board of Directors shall notify NCED Holders who have accumulated the required PD hours of the satisfactory completion of this requirement.
• Following the audit, any certificate holder who has not satisfied the requirements shall be notified they have 30 calendar days to respond and be in compliance.
• Failure to be in compliance within 60 days of the NCED Board’s notice will result in revocation of the certificate and removal of the individual’s name from the National Registry (By-Laws 14 B)
• Individuals who have an extraordinary reason for not completing the hours in the required timeframe should notify the NCED Board Chair and Professional Growth Chair in writing with the reason for a request for an extension before June 30th of the year the PD hours are due. The NCED Board will review the request and notify the NCED holder of the decision.

Professional development is limited to only those that directly relate to the practice of educational assessment, as described in the NCED Code of Ethics cited above.

Professional development is divided into six (6) areas of activities to encourage breadth of professional growth and development as provided below. The 150 clock hours must reflect a minimum of three (3) areas of professional development activities.  All PD activities must focus on educational assessment procedures for the purposes of individual eligibility, program and intervention planning, and progress monitoring. 

NOTE: PD hours must directly relate to the practice of educational assessment, as described in the NCED Code of Ethics.