The development of Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDPs) has made it possible to accept a wide variety of additional professional development activities which may be counted towards the 18 CEUs needed to renew your new teacher license.

In general, the following activities may be approved by the LPDC for incorporating into your IPDP.

• curricular projects
• research, action research, and other forms of inquiry
• serving as a mentor teacher or lead mentor
• peer coaching
• student teacher supervision
• professional writing/publishing
• school-community partnership initiatives
• teacher initiated projects
• visitations to other schools
• preparing and giving presentations at workshops and conferences
• reflective/analytical portfolios such as those completed for National Board Certification and the Presidential Awards in math and science
• Teacher networks
• Shadowing experiences

If you have an equivalent activity that you would like to receive continuing education credit for then please submit the activity to the LPDC for prior approval. The LPDC cannot give credit for equivalent activities you participated in prior to September 1, 1998, and prior to the approval of an IPDP.

Many of the equivalent activities require you to keep an “activity time log.” A sample of such a log can be downloaded HERE. You may use this form or create your own form as long as it contains the following information: dates, times, purpose, results of time spent and resources utilized. Please maintain the log while you are completing the activity. Do not attempt to reconstruct the time line after the activity is completed.