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 2025 - 2026
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September 8, 2025 All Nordonia Hills LPDC meetings are open and anyone is welcome to attend. LPDC asks that you let us know you are attending so we are sure to set aside time in our meeting for you. Please reach out to any LPDC member to let them know. LPDC members are also willing to meet 1:1 with anyone who has questions or needs help navigating the licensure renewal process. |
3:45-4:45pm | RW - Room 26 |
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October 6, 2025 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting. |
3:45pm - ? | virtual |
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November 10, 2025 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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December 8, 2025 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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January 5, 2026 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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February 2, 2026 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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March 2, 2026 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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April 13, 2026 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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May 4, 2026 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
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June 1, 2026 Google Meet code will be posted the day of the meeting and deleted at the conclusion of the meeting. The Nordonia Hills LPDC continues to review submitted items throughout the summer. If you are in need of assistance with licensure renewal tasks please feel free to reach out to Tonya Huml, LPDC chair, over the summer. |
3:45pm - ? | Virtual |
The LPDC meets monthly. Forms for approval must be submitted before the 3:30pm meeting time to be reviewed that month.
Documentation of completed hours must be submitted online using the "Add Documentation" button next to the individual activity. Documentation should be submitted AFTER the hours are completed.