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.

Submit a new IPDP to LPDC Committee immediately upon receiving your new license

Maintain ALL DOCUMENTATION

• your license
• all forms
• transcripts
• certificates of contact hours

• Six semester hours of coursework related to classroom teaching and/or the area of licensure; or
  
• 180 contact hours in workshops or equivalent activities related to classroom teaching and/or the area of licensure as approved by the Local Professional Development Committee of the employing school or school district. 
• Coursework, workshops, or other equivalent activities may be combined.
• Current BCII and FBI background checks (fingerprinting) must be on file with ODE.
• The Standards-Based IPDP must be consistent with the growth of the educator, focus on student achievement, and the goals of the Greenville City School District.
• The Standards-Based IPDP includes 3 SMART goal statements.  These may contain your OTES goals.
• Upon completion of course work/CEUs a Records Review must be scheduled during the renewal year.
  

The committee meets the first Thursday* of each month during the school year at 4:00 p.m. at the K-8 Facility.