LPDC Online Form Management

About Your Professional Development

Professional development is required for continued licensure for all educators and administrators. To be of high quality, professional development is guided by the learning needs of all students, includes accepted theory on the learning needs of educators and incorporates a planned progression for improvement on a continuing basis. A professional development plan that fulfills the licensure renewal requirements is based on the needs of the educator, the students, the school, and the school district in which the educator is currently employed.

An educator/staff member wishing to renew a professional or associate license must receive the approval of his or her Local Professional Development Committee for an Individual Professional Development Plan that includes the following requirements to be completed during the five year period following the issuance of the license to be renewed:

1. Six semester hours of coursework related to classroom teaching and/or the area of licensure; or
2. Eighteen continuing education units (180 contact hours) or other equivalent activities related to classroom teaching and/or the area of licensure as approved by the Local Professional Development Committee of the employing school or school district.
3. Coursework or continuing education units or other equivalent activities may be combined.

Click on the links below to obtain more information about each of these topics.

• Using the LPDC Online Form Management System
• Professional Development Strands
• LPDC By-Laws
• Developing Your Learning Goals
• College Credit/Semester Hours
• Continuing Education Units
• Equivalent Activities Options Chart

Meeting Dates for 2009-2010

Forms should be submitted online by 4:00pm on the Friday prior to the scheduled meeting date.

Documentation should be submitted to Catherine Roberts.