What are Local Professional Development Committees (LPDCs)?
LPDCs are groups sanctioned by the State to review coursework and professional development activities proposed and completed by educators to determine if state certification and licensure requirements have been met.
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What are LPDC responsibilities?
LPDCs are responsible for reviewing and approving Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDPs), coursework and other professional development activities that educators propose to complete for the purpose of license renewal.
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Where can our district look for help regarding LPDC operation?
These links provide support for LPDC’s.
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How does an LPDC establish an IRN?
An LPDC requires its own IRN separate from the school/organization IRN. If an LPDC does not currently have its own IRN , registration instructions can be found at: https://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Teaching/Professional-Development/LPDC-s/LPDC-Registration-and-Approved-Signatures.
This online system enables ESCs, school districts and schools to request new LPDC registrations and to update LPDC address and staffing information. The LPDC data will update the ODE OEDS-R system.
Once the LPDC has been registered with an IRN it is not necessary to re-register each year. The date associated with the LPDC indicates the year it was registered. An LPDC Change Request is only necessary when updating and changing the coordinator and designees.
It is the LPDCs responsibility to maintain and update the LPDC roles when necessary. The OEDS administrator cannot change the coordinator or designee roles. This is done through CORE, using the OH|ID Account of the active LPDC coordinator or LPDC designee. The change needs to be completed prior to an LPDC coordinator or LPDC designee leaving the district.
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Who must work through an LPDC?
All educators (teaching, non-teaching, and associate personnel, including interpreters and treasurers) who:
- Hold a certificate, professional or an associate or career technical workforce development 5-year license; and
- Are employed full- or part-time in the school, school district, agency or institution the LPDC represents; and
- Wish to fulfill the license renewal requirements
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Who may work through an LPDC?
An LPDC may develop criteria and procedures to serve educators with standard certificates or professional licenses (i.e., substitute teacher) who are employed on a regular basis in the district or school represented by the LPDC. If there is no such operational procedure, those educators must work directly with the Ohio Department of Education in order to fulfill license renewal requirements.
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Who is exempt from working through an LPDC?
- Resident Educators and Alternative Resident Educator license holders
- Provisional Career Technical Workforce Development license holders
- Alternative Administrative Educator license holders
- Supplemental or 1-year Out-of-Sate license holders
- Professional Pupil Services license holders (i.e, school nurse, school social worker)
- Permanent certificate license holders
For additional information, see Resource Guide for Establishing and Maintaining Local Professional Development Committees (ohio.gov)
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