Educators will 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.
Educators who have obtained a permanent certificate do not have to develop an individual professional development plan. Permanent certificates remain permanent under the new licensure system.
What is the K12 PD Tracker?
K12 PD Tracker is an easy-to-use, comprehensive, and dynamic cloud-based professional development software used to create and track all LPDC documents such as Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDPs), professional development completion certificates, transcripts, and individual professional development activity forms. Everyone working through the LPDC must have a K12 PD Tracker account. Please contact Bill Lauson to set up your account.
Do I need to work with the LPDC to renew my license?
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
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 teachers) 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.
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 OT/PT, SLP, School Nurse, Audiologist)
- Permanent certificate license holders