Dear Educator:

 In 1996 Ohio’s General Assembly passed Senate Bill 230 which authorized the establishment of Local Professional Development Committees (LPDC’s).  Such committees were to be established in every school district, educational service center and chartered nonpublic schools by September 1998.  The purpose of the committee is to give school districts more involvement in the implementation and approval of professional development requirements for certification/licensure renewal. 

The LPDC cannot approve any new certification or licensure, only renewals.

If you need to renew a certificate for the second time, please read the document
Requirements for Second Renewals.

Educators will be expected to renew their certificate/licensure by developing an Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) that must be reviewed, approved and verified by the LPDC in each school district.  The committee determines if our employees have met the requirements for renewal of an Ohio certificate/license.

If you hold a certificate/license issued by the Ohio Department of Education, you must have a current five year Individual Professional Development Plan approved by the LPDC.  You should have a new IPDP on file each time you renew your certificate/license.  Please see the LPDC handbook (page 8, item III).

Your LPDC is here to help you.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact any member of the committee.

Sincerely,
Jimmi McIntosh, Chair
LPDC