Teacher PD & Credit Guides, State by State
For Teachers By Teachers is an online professional development company for PreK–12 teachers, founded in 2015, with regionally accredited university partners UMass Global and CSU Pueblo.
These free guides explain how each state's credit, renewal, and salary-advancement process actually works, step by step, sourced from official state requirements — no sales pitch, just the process.
HIDOE Salary Reclassification: Credits, Deadlines & Timing
How PD credits move you up the HIDOE salary schedule — what counts, which forms to submit, and how the timing works.
Read the guide →Act 48: Requirements, Hours & PERMS Reporting
How Act 48 hours work, how graduate credits convert to hours, and how hours get reported to your PERMS record.
Read the guide →NYC ASPDP Credits Explained: A+ Credit, P‑Credit & CTLE Hours
How ASPDP credits work for NYC DOE teachers — A+ Credit, P‑Credit, CTLE hours, and the salary differential process.
Read the guide →Salary Schedule Advancement: Steps, Columns & Graduate Units
How California's teacher salary schedule works, and how graduate units move you across columns for a permanent raise.
Read the guide →License Renewal: ELL & Special Education Requirements
How Colorado's 45-hour English Learner PD requirement and 10-hour Behavioral Health & Special Education requirement work at renewal.
Read the guide →License Renewal: Clock Hours, Approved Providers & OPAL
How Nevada renewal clock hours work, what counts as an approved provider, and how to submit your documentation through OPAL.
Read the guide →More state guides are on the way.
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