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