Professional Development for Staff

2025-26 Committee Members

Member Name Role
Laura Fryday Committee Co-Chair  – Queens County Local NSTU
TBD Queens County Local NSTU
TBD Lunenburg County Local NSTU
Mai-Ling Storm Lunenburg County Local NSTU
Connie Bird SSRCE
Shawn Feener SSRCE
Jennifer McMullen SSRCE
Beth Woodford-Collins Committee Co-Chair – SSRCE

Please check the current SSRCE NSTU PD Committee’s Form and Guidelines here.

The Committee meets on a monthly basis throughout the school year and on an “as-needed” basis during the summer months. The tentative meeting dates and application deadlines for the 2025-2026 school year are as follows:

The meeting dates and application deadlines for the 2025-2026 year are as follows:

APPLICATION DEADLINES Documents Due Meeting Date
Thursday, July 31, 2025 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, August 7, 2025
Thursday, September 4, 2025 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, September 11, 2025
Thursday, September 18, 2025 Course Grant Applications Thursday, October 9, 2025
Thursday, October 2, 2025 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year. teacher initiated PD Thursday, October 9, 2025
Monday, November 3, 2025 NSTU Conference Grant Deadline Thursday, November 13, 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, November 13, 2025

PLEASE NOTE: THE PD COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE MEETING IN DECEMBER

Thursday, January 8, 2026 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, January 15, 2026 (Storm Date: Thurs, Jan 22, 2026)
Thursday, February 12, 2026 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, February 19, 2026 (Storm Date: Thurs, Feb 26, 2026)
Thursday, February 12, 2026 Applications for educational leaves of one year Thursday, February 19, 2026 (Storm Date: Thurs, Feb 26, 2026)
Thursday, March 12, 2026 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, March 26, 2026 (Storm Date: Fri, March 27, 2026)
Thursday, April 9, 2026 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, April 16, 2026
Thursday, April 9, 2026 Applications for Educational Leave of 60-77 Days 
Thursday, April 16, 2026

PLEASE NOTE: THE PD COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE MEETING IN MAY

Thursday, May 28, 2026 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD Thursday, June 4, 2026
Thursday, July 30, 2026 Eligible conferences, leaves less than 1 year, teacher initiated PD TBD

 

Applications received between the deadline date and the meeting date will normally be deferred to the following meeting.