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 license must receive the approval of his or her Local Professional Development Committee for an Individual Professional Development Plan and complete the required amount of professional development during their renewal cycle:
- Six semester hours of coursework related to classroom teaching and/or the area of licensure; or
- 180 contact hours (or 18 CEUs) in workshops or equivalent activities related to their IPDP goals as approved by their Local Professional Development Committee.
- Coursework, workshops, or other equivalent activities may be combined.
Master Teacher Application deadline is March 1st.
LPDC Policies and Procedures
Click on the links below to obtain more information about each of these topics.
Meeting Dates for 2020 - 2021
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September 14, 2020 All LPDC meetings are open to all staff to attend for help. It is best to notify an LPDC member if you plan to attend a meeting so the LPDC can set time aside for personal assistance. If a meeting time does not work with your schedule, please contact any LPDC member to arrange for a 1:1 help session. Google Meet code for this meeting is: meet.google.com/vxi-tikw-btb |
3:30-4:30pm | Lee Eaton conference room |
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October 5, 2020 Virtual Meeting, Google Code Meet is: meet.google.com/iwo-ycne-xvq |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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November 9, 2020 Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/nhd-uhtj-kai |
3:30-4:30pm | Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/nhd-uhtj-kai |
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December 7, 2020 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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January 4, 2021 This meeting is set aside as an open help session for staff. Staff can meet with an LPDC member 1:1. Please email any of the LPDC committee members so they may schedule a personal google meeting with you. For those renewing in 2021, fingerprinting will be done with Sue Kunar by appointment only. Please contact Sue to schedule this appointment. LPDC committee members are: Lisa Bass (NF and CO), Heather MacRaild (RW and LV), Tonya Huml (LE and MS) and Stephanie York (HS). |
2:20-4:45pm | IBC |
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February 2, 2021 Google meet code posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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March 1, 2021 Google Meet code posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual Meeting |
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April 12, 2021 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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May 3, 2021 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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May 24, 2021 LPDC continues to review IPDPs and coursework throughout the summer. Please feel free to reach out to any of the LPDC members for assistance during the summer. We are here to help you. LPDC committee members are: Lisa Bass (NF and CO), Heather MacRaild (RW and LV), Tonya Huml (LE and MS) and Stephanie York, (HS). |
3:30-4:30pm | Lee Eaton conference room |
The LPDC meets monthly. Forms for approval must be submitted before the 3:30pm meeting time to be reviewed that month.
Documentation of contact hours must be submitted online using the "Add Documentation" button next to the individual activity. Documentation should be submitted AFTER the hours are completed.