Fairfield Local School District

LPDC – Local Professional Development Committee

Local Professional Development Committees (LPDCs) were created under Ohio law to review coursework and professional development activities completed by educators to determine if state certification and licensure requirements have been met. The Office of Educator Licensure and Effectiveness publishes a variety of resources to assist in setting up and engaging in the work of an LPDC.

The primary responsibility of the LPDC is to review educators’ Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDPs) and ensure that the identified goals and strategies are relevant to the needs of the district, the school, the students and the educator.

Order of Events for Documentation and Renewal

1. Have an approved and signed IPDP

If you do not have a signed IPDP………
-Go to staff resources
-Click on LPDC
-Click on LPDC/Form IPDP 
-Download form
-Type onto form
-Print and give to a committee member for approval

(Once delivered to the member, the committee will review and “approve” or “ask for clarification or review”.  Once approved the document will be signed and dropped into the employee’s folder.  The original will be returned to the employee.)

2. Start collecting hours for next approval.
3. Scan/email the documentation to yourself.
4. Drop certificates and/or transcripts into your google file under your name:  Current IPDP Documentation
5. Continue accumulating hours and repeat steps 3 & 4. 

Hours needed to renew….

   In 5 years, a staff member needs:
           6 semester hours, 18 CEUs or a combination of botrh
            (10 contact hours = 1 CEU / 3 CEUs = 1 semester hour)

When it is your renewal year, the LPDC will be in communication with you about submitting/approving your hours for license renewal.
 

Steps to License Renewal

You will need to:

1. Have completed coursework (remember to drop in LPDC file: transcripts, certificates, meeting sheets, etc.)
2. Have current fingerprinting completed
3. Begin the license process through ODE under your OhioID account
4. Pay for the renewal online 

After those items are completed in their entirety, your renewal will be electronically signed by a district representative (district superintendent).  

Then:

5. Create a new IPDP
6. Give IPDP to the LPDC for approval
7. Await approval of new IPDP