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  • Independent Study Requirements

    Independent Study Requests are submitted directly to the Professional Development Office.

    All submissions must include the Independent Study Verification Form where the independent study has been shared at the school/department level (e.g. with other colleagues, presentation shared at a Professional Learning Community (PLC), team/grade-level/department meeting, or instruction embedded in the classroom). The Independent Study Verification Form can be signed by your Principal/Supervisor and uploaded with the appropriate artifact(s). The request questionnaire will prompt you to upload the artifact(s) for a specific Independent Study.

     

    Examples of Independent Study types and their appropriate artifacts: 

    • Classroom visit - approved Temporary Duty Elsewhere (TDE) leave form
    • Conference - program agenda
    • Non-college Credit - certificate of completion signed by Inservice Director verifying number of hours and dates of completion
    • Educational Travel - slides, pictures, brochures, and artifacts used in the presentation 

    Once you have the appropriate documentation, please log into and choose the tab at the top of the page that says Independent Study. Then choose “Create Independent Study Request”. Fill out the questionnaire and be sure to include Verification Form and all attachments as required. Once it is approved, your points will be uploaded to your PowerSchool transcript.

     

    Retirees and past employees please follow the link below to submit your independent study through Qualtrics.

     

    Please review the questions you will be asked on the link below before starting the survey to avoid incompletion:

     

    If you have any questions, please reach out to Ellen Clarke by email clarkeE1@duvalschools.org 

    *a maximum of 60 independent study points can be earned within your current validity period

    *incomplete surveys will be deleted