School-Based Professional Development Overview
The School-Based Professional Development (SBPD) program was designed to provide qualified schools, with well-developed professional development programs, the flexibility of managing their school leadership and faculty qualification and continuing education requirements through displaying a commitment to providing a quality professional development program that is intentionally aligned to schoolwide goals and measured for effectiveness. An approved plan can be used in lieu of K-12 faculty and administrator certification to fulfill ACSI accreditation requirements (Inspire indicator 12.2). There is an application fee as well as an annual fee in order to participate in the SBPD program.
There are two steps to receive full approval of the school’s plan.
Step 1: Complete the School-Based Professional Development (SBPD) Application form on your school's Fabric Dashboard under the "Updates & Sub Changes" dropdown:
This brief inquiry contains several Yes/No questions, with various follow-up questions, and will allow ACSI to determine if the school has the necessary elements in place in order to successfully operate an approved SBPD plan. 
Step 2: Complete the School-Based Professional Development Application form in Fabric
The school will complete the full SBPD application after ACSI Staff has received the Inquiry Form and recommendation from your school's Divisional Accreditation Director. ACSI Staff will schedule this instrument for you in Fabric.
The application instrument will ask the school to describe the following:
Section 1: Eligibility Requirements
Section 2: Program Requirements
Section 3: Information regarding Program Monitoring
Step 3: When approved, the school will be invoiced for the $250 application fee.
There will be no need to reapply each year and continuation in the program will be determined with each Accreditation Visit.
An annual fee of $350 is added to the school's membership invoice.
For more details, see School-Based Professional Development Details or email SchoolBasedPD@acsi.org