3-Credits • UMass Global • Brain-Based Strategies for Supercharging Student Learning and Engagement

Aloha Hawaii State Department of Education educators!

3-PD Credits: Just like our other courses in partnership with UMass Global and CSU Pueblo, this course also results in 3-PD credits towards HIDOE salary step movement/reclassification!

To register for this course, please complete the following two steps:

Step One: Complete the $165 registration fee payment using the link above and you'll gain instant access to your new online classroom.

Step Two: If you would like to earn 3 graduate level PD credits from UMass Global upon course completion, please complete the $210 PD credit fee at UMass Global's online portal by clicking here and purchasing course EDDU 9881. After you add the course to your cart, click "checkout" and "proceed to confirmation", you'll be prompted to "create an account" with UMass Global. You are welcome to wait until you've finished the course to complete this payment.

This course is open to participants nationwide!

✶ Hawaii State DOE participants: If you are a Hawaii State DOE participant, please be sure to receive signed principal approval for any university coursework that will be applied towards reclassification by using the 200-005 Form (click here). Also, every year in January, HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union typically begins providing PD support stipends to reimburse Hawaii State DOE educators for their professional development fees accrued throughout the year. For more information about this fantastic opportunity, click the following link: The HawaiiUSA Professional Support Stipend.

✶ Portland Public Schools participants: If you are a PPS participant, please note that per your Union contract, "The District will reimburse professional educators for tuition cost for up to six (6) non-cumulative hours in a 12-month period for which graduate credit is granted by a college or university." See the PAT/PPS contract for details and the PPS website for how to access your tuition reimbursement, and learn more about tuition reimbursement for PPS teachers by clicking here.

Self-paced, Self-guided and Online:

This course has no start date and no due dates, so you can begin and complete the course whenever it is convenient for you. You do not need to be working with students to complete this course. Because it is entirely self-paced, self-guided and online, there are no scheduled meetings, so you are free to work on the content whenever and wherever it is most convenient for you.

Information about PD-Credits for Hawaii State DOE participants:

Hawaii State DOE educators can use these graduate-level PD credits in place of PDE3 or Learnsoft-issued PD credits for salary step movement in the HIDOE Teacher Reclassification system. Please note that this graduate-level PD course is not available through the HIDOE Learnsoft system. Since these are graduate-level PD credits, coursework will only be reviewed by UMass Global instructors and does not require submission to Learnsoft for further review. Upon completion, 3 PD credits will be issued directly by UMass Global. For more details on using university or college credits for salary reclassification, please refer to the Hawaii State DOE "Guidelines for Reclassification" memo: click here.

If you are a Hawaii State DOE educator, please download and print the 200-005 Form for university credits, and have it signed by your school’s principal. To apply your 3 graduate-level PD credits toward salary step movement, simply submit the completed 200-005 form to the DOE’s Reclassification Unit along with your UMass Global transcript after finishing the course. The course information has already been filled out for you on the form, which can be downloaded and printed using the following link: click here.