Any educator who attends a professional development event is welcome to request Professional Development Units (PDUs)/Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for the time they attended the event.

The PDU/CDU certificate will include the number of direct engagement hours to the nearest 30 minutes. Breaks, mealtimes, and any other activities that are not “intended to increase your effectiveness as an educator” are not included in engagement hours. 

If you would like a PDU certificate as a record of your participation in the Gathering, please fill out the Gathering Stipend, Substitute Reimbursement, and PDU/CEU survey. 

Our certificate includes:

• Educator’s name.
• Event name, date(s), and location(s).
• The total number of direct engagement hours, to the nearest 30 minutes. 
• Oregon State University logo.
• Signature from our Curriculum and Professional Development Coordinator.

The survey includes a space to indicate whether your district/governing organization requires additional information on the certificate.

If you are required to use a specific form for PDUs/CEUs and need a signature, please contact Kristi Backe for assistance.

Nonformal outdoor school educators are eligible for a stipend if they meet all of the following criteria: 

• Are not being compensated by an employer or from another source while attending the training(s).
• Participate fully in the professional development event(s), including completion of all surveys.
• Meet at least ONE of the following criteria:
• Currently work/volunteer for an outdoor school provider or site that serves students attending outdoor school with Measure 99 funds.
• Have accepted an offer to work/volunteer for an outdoor school provider or site that serves students attending outdoor school with Measure 99 funds.
• Have worked/volunteered for an outdoor school provider or site in the last two years AND plan to work/volunteer for an outdoor school provider or site during the current/upcoming school year. The outdoor school provider or site must serve (or be contracted to begin serving) students attending outdoor school using Measure 99 funds.
• Have a Gray Family Foundation outdoor school planning grant. 
• Or, have facilitated/co-facilitated a professional development event specifically for Oregon outdoor school educators in the last year AND plan to facilitate/co-facilitate a professional development event specifically for Oregon outdoor school educators in the current or upcoming school year.

Formal educators are eligible for a stipend if they meet all of the following criteria: 

• Are not being compensated by an employer or from another source while attending the training(s). For example, if the workshop is during the summer, the teacher is not being paid by a summer contract. (Substitute reimbursements are available for formal educators who attend professional development events while they are being compensated by their district. See below.)
• Supports students attending outdoor school via Measure 99 funds.
• Participates fully in the professional development event(s), including completion of all surveys.

An individual educator is eligible for a maximum of $200 per year in outdoor school professional development stipends.

If you contribute to outdoor school in a way that is not addressed in our stipend eligibility criteria, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Kristi Backe to discuss your role and whether you might be eligible for a stipend.

We are happy to offer stipends to support educators' participation in the 2022 Virtual Outdoor School Gathering. Please view the Stipend Eligibility Criteria above to determine if you are eligible for a stipend. If you contribute to outdoor school in a way that is not addressed in our stipend eligibility criteria, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Kristi Backe to discuss your role and whether you might be eligible for a stipend.

If you would like to request a stipend for your participation in the Gathering, please fill out the Gathering Stipend, Substitute Reimbursement, and PDU/CEU survey. Stipends are processed and paid after the event (expected payment is approximately 3 weeks after the Gathering for Paypal payments, or 4-6 weeks after the Gathering for payments by mailed check). If this is a barrier to your participation in the Gathering, please contact Kristi Backe to discuss whether another arrangement might be possible.