Central Local LPDC
Local Professional Development Committee
2023- 2024 Meetings:
Aug. 24, 2023
November 15, 2023
January 10, 2024
March 6, 2024
May 28, 2024
The purpose of the Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC) is to review coursework and professional development activities proposed and completed by educators to determine if state certification and licensure requirements have been met for renewal purposes.
To renew your state certification(s) and/or license(s), you will need to complete professional development activities totaling 180 contact hours per renewal period. Your LPDC approves and keeps record of your professional development activities to assist in the renewal process.
STEP 1: IPDP
Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) Tips:
The purpose of the IPDP is to guide your personal professional development goals for the length of your current certificate/license. You are required to enter 3 professional development goals. Each goal needs to be written with a standard selected, a plan on how to achieve that goal and its intended outcome for yourself, your students, and/or the district.
example:
Standard 4.4 : I intend to participate in local workshops focusing on dyslexia and/or autism to better understand how my students think and learn. This will improve my planning and instruction and will benefit my students.
Standard 3.3: I intend to use the data to improve and guide my instruction. I plan on attending several webinars that focus on data-driven decisions and programs that support them. With this goal in mind, instruction will be geared to improving student scores which is a benefit to both students and the district.
Standard 7:3: I intend to participate on the PBIS team. By participating on this committee, this will be a benefit to me by increasing my knowledge of school issues and work collaboratively to help improve the school.
You will complete a new IPDP each time you receive a new certificate/license.
If you have multiple certificates/licenses, you will complete one IPDP per renewal period.
IPDP's need to be turned in and approved PRIOR to receiving any CEU credit toward the renewal period of your certificate(s)/license(s).
K12 PD Tracker is where you will fill out the IPDP.
STEP 2: PD REQUEST
PD Request Tips:
If you are interested in something other than traditional college classes, workshops, or conferences, the Activity Options Rubric is available to help you with the verification necessary, and the criteria that must be met to receive credit.
NO PRE-APPROVALS REQUIRED for LPDC. You only submit once you are finished with the college course or activity.
If taking a college course, remember to see the Superintendent's Secretary for a tuition reimbursement form prior to taking the class.
Professional Development must be turned in within one calendar year from the completion date.
Monitor your CEU's. You will need 180 contact hours to renew your certificate/license. You can monitor this by logging into K12 PD Tracker.
K12 PD Tracker is where you will fill out your activity requests.
STEP 3: RENEW YOUR CERTIFICATE(S)/LICENSE(S)
Once you have 180 or more contact hours, you may renew your certificate(s)/license(s) beginning January 1 of the year of expiration.
Navigate to the OH|ID Portal and log in.
Find Educator Licensure and Records (CORE). If you are having trouble finding this, you may have to create a profile with the Department of Education prior to completing the next step. Click on the Department of Education icon, apply, and then click Request Access. Once your profile is set up, you can find Educator Licensure and Records (CORE).
Tip - You can click the star in the right hand corner and it will save it to your log in page, eliminating a step when logging into the site in the future.
Click the Open App button.
Your credentials will be listed. You will see an action button to the right of each credential. If you have more than one with different expiration dates, you may choose to align them before renewing. Choose the credential that you would like to renew and follow the steps to pay for and submit your application. When using LPDC for renewal, you'll need a Required LPDC signature. Type Central Local into the search bar and click search. Select our district.
When you receive notification that your certificate(s)/license(s) have been renewed, you will use the Archive Utility in K12 PD Tracker to archive your expired/expiring licenses and PD requests associated with those. You will import your new licenses and create a new IPDP. At that point, you may begin adding PD requests toward the new license.
If you have any questions, contact one of the LPDC members for assistance.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
Are you leaving our district? Do you need to transfer your LPDC credit to another district?
If you are transferring to a K12 PDTracker district, the transfer can be completed online.
If your district is not a user of K12 PDTracker, email the Chairperson and the Superintendent with a request for a transfer of CEUs. The Chairperson will fill out a form verifying the contact hours earned. A copy will be saved in the Superintendent's office and the original will given back to you to take to your new district.