4 Where Educators Connect Fall and Spring Course Offerings 2017 - 2018 Professional Knowledge Coursework Pima JTED’s Premier Program Series Professional Knowledge Courses Provisionally Certified Teachers are required to take a certain number of “Professional Knowledge” courses. On your Provisional Certificate in the “deficiencies” column it may say, for instance, Prof Knldg 9 SH. That means you need nine semester hours (SH) of coursework in Professional Knowledge. Each of our 15 hour courses earns one semester hour. Each of the courses offered through the Pima JTED Premier Program Series has been approved by the Arizona Department of Education (A.D.E.). Teachers will receive an official A.D.E. certificate upon completion of each course. These certificates are accepted by the A.D.E. Certification Office to meet the “professional knowledge” requirement for Standard CTE Certification. As a benefit to teachers there is no charge for these courses for teachers employed by Pima County JTED and our member districts (TUSD, Amphi, Vail, Rio Rico etc.) In fact, we offer our courses free to community members pursuing CTE Certification as a part of our effort to create a pipeline of teachers to fill teaching positions as they come open. Structured English Immersion (SEI) is the one course for which there is a charge, please see course description on page 5 for cost. Because Pima JTED offers the following “Professional Knowledge” coursework required by the A.D.E. Certification Division, Pima JTED will no longer reimburse 50% of tuition if a teacher elects to take professional knowledge coursework through other providers. Attendance at every course session is essential for success and mandatory for certification for each participant. In the event of an emergency, please contact our office at 520-352-5833 ext. 7105 to speak with Mary Andrade. Registration: To begin, log into PD HUB using your Username and Password. (PD Hub link: pdhub.pimajted.org) If you need your Username or Password please contact Mary Andrade at mandrade@pimajted.org.