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Book Policy Manual
Section 4000 - Personnel Certified/Non-Certified
Title Professional Growth and Development: Appendix
Code 4131 Appendix
Status Active
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: APPENDIX
A. Required In-service Topics for Certified Personnel
1. Nature and the relationships of drugs and alcohol to health and personality development and procedures for
discouraging their abuse.
2. Health and mental health risk reduction education including, but not limited to the prevention of risk-taking
behavior by children and the relationship of such behavior to substance abuse, pregnancy, sexually
transmitted diseases, including HIV-infection and AIDS, violence, teen dating, domestic violence and child
abuse.
3. School violence prevention and conflict resolution and the prevention of and response to youth suicide and
the identification and prevention of bullying and response to bullying, as defined in 10-222d, subsection (a)
as amended. (Boards that implement an evidence-based model approach approved by the SDE are not
required to provide in-service training on the identification and prevention of and response to prevention of
bullying.)
4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other emergency life-saving procedures.
5. Requirements and obligations of a mandated reporter regarding reporting of child abuse and neglect.
6. Training in the detection and recognition of, and evidence-based structured literacy interventions for, students
with dyslexia.
7. Training in the awareness of human trafficking issues.
8. Culturally responsive pedagogy and practice.
B. Optional In-Service Topics for Certified Personnel
The State Department of Education, within available appropriates and utilizing available materials, shall make the
following subject matter available to boards of education:
Holocaust and genocide education and awareness
African-American and black studies (required commencing July 1, 2021)
Puerto-Rican and Latino studies (required commencing July 1, 2021)
Native American History
Personal Financial Management
The historical events surrounding the Great Famine in Ireland
Domestic violence and teen dating violence
Mental health first aid training
Trauma-informed practices for the school setting to enable teachers, administrators and pupil personnel to
more adequately respond to students with mental, emotional or behavioral health needs.
Second language acquisition, including, but not limited to, language development and cultural responsive
pedagogy.
Topics approved by the State Board of Education upon the request of local or regional boards of education as part of in-
service training programs pursuant to CGS 10-220a, section 3.
NOTE: The Board may include any of the items listed above (Section B) in its in-service training program, pursuant to CGS
10-220a.
Legal Connecticut General Statutes 10-220a - In-service Training
Not in the purview of the Board. Handled by admins and CT state statute