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I am attending without a team as a professional development conference. I put it in just like I would any other conference request, and I gave them a copy of the Conference Schedule and Conference Abstracts.

Unfortunately, to be counted for salary advancement, the conference must be associated with an accredited university post-graduate program. Many other conferences I've attended are free or a minimal cost to attend, and then you may elect to purchase official units on a transcript. Most conferences I've attended offer between 1 and 3 semester units. A recent example is the UC Davis C-STEM conference I attended.

I'm hoping FIRST can find a university to set this up with for 2016 and beyond, to help our educators advance both professionally, and financially.