LPDC Coordinator: Virginia McClain
Contact Information: 419-738-3422 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Provisional/Temporary/Alternative/Supplement/Aide License: 

1. Click HERE for license application. You will mail in application with check.

2. You will need a BCI and FBI background check for this license. Click HERE to see ODE requirements. The ESC can run the BCI/FBI check for you between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m. The cost of the BCI is $27 and FBI is $30. You will need to bring your driver's license or state i.d. (Not your teaching license).

Renewing Five Year license or Transitioning an Eight Year Certificate

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To transition or renew your five year license, you must fill out an application and show proof that you have completed either six semester hours of coursework, 18 CEU of professional development or 180 "clock hours" of equivalent activities, or any combination that were planned and approved by an LPDC committee.

Gather the following items:   

1. A copy of your certificate or license.

2. State license/certificate application form. Click HERE  to find application forms from ODE.

3. Your IPDP plan

4. Original transcripts of any college work you completed under your license.

5. All "Certificate of Attendance" documentation for your activities you completed under your license.

6. All activity vouchers for activities that you do not have "certificate of attendance" documentation if needed. Click HERE for activity voucher form.

7.  Activity Cover Sheets  Click HERE for the cover sheets.

Now you are ready to prepare your "Portfolio" to turn into the LPDC Coordinator. This shows the continued education you have already completed in order to renew your license. Below are instructions:

1. You will organize your activities using your IPDP plan as your guide. In the "Activities" section of your IPDP, you will see four sections. Organize your activity documentation for each section.  

2. Clip an Activity Cover Sheet on top of each section and record the activities as CEU's. Click HERE for the cover sheets.

3. You only need a total of 18 CEU's.  Click HERE for the Conversion Chart.

4. Place your IPDP and all four sections of documentation into a manila folder as your "portfolio".

You may want to prepare for the new license requirements by writing a NEW IPDP. Click HERE to write your new plan. Place the following into a large envelope:

1. Completed license application

2. Check made out to: Treasurer State of Ohio  

3. "Portfolio" of documentation and IPDP

4. New IPDP  

The LPDC Coordinator will review your "Portfolio". If you have the 18 CEU's of documentation, this person will sign your license and mail it, along with your check, to ODE. Your documentation will be sent back to you. Your new IPDP will be reviewed by the LPDC committee during their next meeting. Click here for those details.

FBI/BCI CHECK: You will need a BCI and FBI background check for this license. Click HERE to see ODE requirements. The ESC can run the BCI/FBI check for you between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m. The cost of the BCI is $27 and FBI is $30. You will need to bring your driver's license or state i.d. (Not your teaching license).