What is the LPDC? 

All Oakmont Employees who hold a 5-year professional teaching license (K-12 Teaching, Admin/Principal, or CTE) have the opportunity to belong to Oakmont's LPDC to facilitate renewal of their license. 

To renew a license, teachers must complete 180 Contact Hours within the 5 years of their license. The Local Professional Development Committee works with teachers to help facilitate this process. 

Each school has an LPDC Representative who meets with the Oakmont LPDC four times per year to approve IPDPs and PD for teachers. The school LPDC Rep also works with teachers in the school to support them in understanding licensure requirements. For more information about teacher and representative roles and responsibilities, please see the slideshow at the bottom of the page titled "Introductory Training for Establishing and Maintaining LPDCs." 

25-26 LPDC Meeting Schedule and Roster of LPDC Representatives 

25-26 IPDP Submission Form

NOTE-- the 24-25 IPDP Form is closed for the year. If you would like to submit your IPDP, please fill out the 25-26 school year form, and your IPDP will be evaluated for approval at our first LPDC meeting of the year in September 2025. 

• Did you just renew your license? 

• Were you just hired into Oakmont? 

• Have you transitioned your license to any of the 5-year Professional license types? 

If any of the answers above are "yes," then you need to fill out the form below so the LPDC can approve your IPDP. 

Please review the Educator Standards and the IPDP Guidance below to avoid having to revise your IPDP. 

Click the Picture below to fill out the  25-26 IPDP Form. 

Below you will find instructions and guidance for writing your IPDP goals, as well as a sample IPDP (Individual Professional Development Plan.)

Above are the Ohio Standards for the Teaching Profession and the Continuum of Teacher Development provided by the state. 

Standards for Principals, Superintendents, and other positions can be found on the State Board of Education site here: 

State Board of Education Standards Resources Site

NEW!! 25-26 PD Submission Form

NOTE-- the 24-25 PD Submission Form is closed for the year. If you would like to submit PD certificates for approval, please fill out the 25-26 school year form below, and your PD will be evaluated for approval at our first LPDC meeting of the year in September 2025. 

Please make sure to submit PD by the deadline (about a week before the LPDC meeting) or it may not be counted. The LPDC Meeting Dates and Deadlines Schedule for the 25-26 School Year will be posted by August 2025. 

Other Forms and Documents for Teachers

PD Hours Conversion Chart

Teachers with a 5-year professional license need 180 Contact Hours to renew their license. 

Sample PD Tracking Log for Teachers

Every five years, teachers in Ohio with 5-year Professional Licenses need to complete 180 Contact Hours of Professional Development in order to renew their license. When a teacher submits their renewal application, ODEW does check with the Local Professional Development Committee to certify the the teacher has had 180 hours approved. To this end, the LPDC does track hours for the teachers in our committee. Best practice always recommends, though, that Individual Teachers also keep track of their approved hours. This is a sample tracking sheet teachers can use to track their hours. 

To make your own copy of the Individual PD log, click on the image below and then select "Make a Copy." 

Leaving LPDC Hours Verification Form

Teachers who hold a 5-year professional license and are hired into Oakmont with hours already accrued at a previous school or district need to submit the Educator Leaving an LPDC Verification Form. We cannot accept individual trainings or PD completed while the teacher was at another school into our LPDC, but we DO accept the total number of hours from that school's LPDC. It is the educator's responsibility to reach out to their previous school and request this form. We recommend doing this as soon as possible, but if a teacher is having trouble getting their previous school to provide this form, please reach out to Ali and Emily so we can work with the teacher. 

Introductory Training for Establishing and Maintaining LPDCs