Individual Professional Development Plan

Guidelines for Submission to the LPDC

The XCS Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC) will publish a calendar of meeting dates and submission deadlines to certificated employees no later than September 1 of each school year.

Individual Professional Development Plans (IPDP) must be submitted on the forms prescribed by the LPDC. All forms must be completed neatly and thoroughly. Information requested concerning an educator's credentials must be accurate.

Computer software for proposal forms shall be available at each school building throughout the district.

Any submitted proposal deemed unreadable by the LPDC shall be returned to the educator without review. The proposal may be resubmitted in appropriate form for consideration at the next regularly scheduled LPDC meeting.

Reviewed IPDP's are to be returned to the educator within five (5) days of the LPDC review meeting. IPDP's which are denied may be resubmitted with modification(s), or the educator may request reconsideration by the LPDC, or engage in the appeals' process as appropriate.

The LPDC shall keep all IPDP reviews, evaluations and discussions in meetings confidential. No IPDP shall be used as an example without written permission of the party involved.

The LPDC must approve all coursework and activities in order satisfy the ODE renewal requirements.  Locally approved CEU's must be delivered by a provider on the LPDC approved list or approved by the LPDC in advance.

Coursework, ODE and locally approved CEU classes, workshops and activities that are completed prior to July 1, 1998 shall be accepted if included in the applicant's IPDP and related to the area of certification.

Credit hours and CEU's used for the renewal of a certificate or license must have been earned during the life of the certificate or license to be renewed.

Although required work within a Master's Degree program applies to a university's degree, courses submitted to the LPDC for certificate or license renewal purposes may apply if they are relevant to an approved IPDP.

Xenos Christian Schools has a policy of reciprocity.  Previously employed new hires to a district who hold a certificate or license issued by the ODE and who have coursework and activities approved by their prior LPDC during their current renewal cycle shall have said coursework and activities approved by the district LPDC when accompanied by verifiable supporting documentation.