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.
Your responsibilities are to:
- Submit a new IPDP online (strongly recommended to do this immediately upon license renewal)
- Be aware of the timelines and meeting dates of the LPDC (documentation turned in when activity is completed)
- Maintain ALL DOCUMENTATION (your license, all forms, transcripts, certificates of contact hours)
- Know that the LPDC does not approve work retroactively from the date of your current IPDP approval
Fingerprinting
It is now required for all certified staff to be fingerprinted ( only FBI is required) when renewing their license. Here are locations where you can have this done:
- Summit Educational Service Center
420 Washington Ave.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Please call 330-945-5600 for an appointment
Appointments can be scheduled Tuesday – Thursday
Cost for BCI and FBI fingerprints is $61.00
Website
- License Bureau (in Ellet)
Wedgewood Drive (next to Acme)
330-733-8688
Mon-Fri (8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Tuesday (8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday (8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
$35.00 dollars for each BCI and FBI, or a total of $70.00 - Brimfield BMV
3975 Cascades Blvd, Unit 4 (next to Beef O'Brady's)
330-673-1820
$61.00 for both BCI/FBI; $32.00 for BCI only, $34.00 for FBI only - Cuyahoga Falls BMV
650 Graham Road, Suite 103
330-923-9721
http://www.fallsbmv.com
$35.00 dollars for each BCI and FBI, or a total of $70.00
Please remember when having your fingerprints done to make sure a copy is sent to the Ohio Dept. of Education Office of Licensure and a copy sent to the MEC.
FBI Fingerprinting Codes
- 3319 291 - School Employees - Licensure with Ohio Department of Education
- 3319 39 - Public School District or Chartered Nonpublic School Employees and School Bus Drivers
For more information regarding fingerprinting: Fingerprinting Requirements Chart
Accessing Your Information
You can access your BCI/FBI background check information on your Frontline account under Personnel Documents. To access these, do the following:
- Log in to Frontline
- Click on "Frontline CENTRAL" not "Absence Management"
- At the top, there is a search field. Search for yourself.
- Once your name populates, locate the "Personnel Documents" tabs and all your information will be displayed there.
LPDC Policies and Procedures
Click on the links below to obtain more information about each of these topics.
- Using LPDC Online
- LPDC ByLaws
- Equivalent Activities Options Chart
- Appeal Form
- Recognized Providers
- Salary Change Form
Meeting Dates for 2025 - 2026
| Dates | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2025 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| October 16, 2025 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| November 20, 2025 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| January 15, 2026 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| February 19, 2026 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| March 19, 2026 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| April 16, 2026 | 3:15 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
| May 8, 2026 | 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | MEC Conference Room |
All forms should be submitted one week prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Please submit all materials to your building LPDC representative or upload it on this website.