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 2021 - 2022
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September 13, 2021 Google Meet code for this meeting is: meet.google.com/emo-zfnp-uou or join by phone at (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 791 860 160 7432# |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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October 4, 2021 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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November 1, 2021 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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December 6, 2021 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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January 3, 2022 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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February 7, 2022 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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March 7, 2022 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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April 4, 2022 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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May 2, 2022 Google Meet code is posted day of meeting. LPDC continues to review IPDPs and coursework throughout the summer. Please feel free to reach out to any of the committee members for help during the summer months. |
3:30-4:30pm | Virtual |
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.