Audit: Evidence Lacking 40% Of Public School Educators Took Required Continuing Ed Courses

Audit: Evidence Lacking 40% Of Public School Educators Took Required Continuing Ed Courses

• Department of Education created verification process only after audit found shortcoming

"...Specifically, 40% of those audited could not fully document they had completed a state-required program known as Education Related Professional Learning. 

...The audit was released on March 6 by the Office of the Auditor General, a separate state agency. The audit covered 2015 through 2018.

The Michigan Department of Education requires 150 hours of continuing education for each educator who seeks a license renewal, which is good for five years. 

But no office verifies whether educators who say they took the required training actually did so...Read all.