How to Earn PDUs
Tenured faculty earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) for engaging in professional development and growth activities. Earning PDUs enables faculty members to advance on the salary scale. Untenured professional/technical faculty may also earn PDUs to maintain vocational certification. For more details about PDUs, please see the Faculty Contract Appendix A.
The PDU Process
- Revisit your Teaching Effectiveness Plan (TEP)
At the beginning of the academic year, revisit your TEP. Select PDU earning activities that will help you to meet the outcomes outlined in your TEP.
Submit the form to your dean for prior approval unless the activity is a graduate level course or a personal enrichment activity. All other activities require prior approval.
To receive credit for PDU generating activity, you must usually provide supporting documentation. This documentation might be a conference agenda, a transcript, a time log, a calendar, or a written report. Please see the PDU form to decide which documentation is appropriate for your activity.
- Submit the Completed Form
Submit your completed PDU form and supporting documentation to your dean (professional/technical faculty should submit forms to Janis Wright in the Office of Instruction).
Photocopy your completed PDU forms, with all supporting documentation, and file the forms in a safe place.
Track your PDUs using the PDU Tracker. Microsoft also offers an Excel template for tracking continuing education. Click here to download.
What you can do if your PDU application is denied
Documentation for PDU’s must be submitted within one year of the completion of the activity. PDU documentation submitted after the 30th of June in a given academic year will be evaluated for the following academic year.
Disputes over the validity or acceptability of an activity will be resolved by a Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) consisting of three faculty and three administrators. Consult Appendix X Section 1-E.