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Welcome to Garfield Heights City Schools LPDC

The committee defines High Quality Professional Development (HQPD) according to the Ohio Standards of Professional Development. HQPD is defined as an on-going, systematic process, linked to the daily practice of educators and based on data-driven needs.

The goal of the Garfield Heights Professional Development Committee is two-fold: to promote and encourage high quality professional staff development and to insure a fair and equitable processing of licensure.

The five characteristics of HQPD are:

A purposeful, structured and continuous process that occurs over time;
Determined by multiple sources of data;
Collaborative;
Includes varied learning experiences;
Is evaluative by short and long-term impact on professional practice and student achievement; and
Is aligned with personal, building, district, state and national goals.

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CURRENT POLICY: All forms, IPDPs, Activity Proposals, etc. to be approved by the LPDC at a monthly LPDC meeting MUST be submitted in PD Express™ or to your LPDC Representative the day BEFORE the scheduled monthly meeting. (approved November 2011)

LPDC MONTHLY MEETING DATES

2022-2023 LPDC Regular Meeting Dates

The LPDC Monthly Meetings will be on the first TUESDAY of every month at 3:45pm, unless indicated (*).

September 6, 2022 * (3:30) January 10, 2023* May 9, 2023*

October 4, 2022 February 7, 2023 June 8, 2023*

November 1, 2022 March 7, 2023

December 6, 2022 April 18, 2023*

*All licensure documentation must be submitted to the LPDC and licenses applied for through ODE prior to the June 8th meeting in order to be approved within the renewal cycle.

Educators are not required to attend monthly committee meetings unless asked to do so.

All meetings will be conducted via zoom. They can be accessed at the following link: https://ohconnect.zoom.us/j/3076230643 No passcode necessary.

All original documents submitted to LPDC are currently on file in Room 230 at William Foster Elementary.

LPDC Representatives

The 2022-2023 GHCS LPDC Representatives include:

Mrs. Nora Lopez (LPDC Chair/Elmwood School Representative) [Exp. 2024]
Mrs. Sherri Mercsak (Wm. Foster School Representative ) [Exp. 2024]
Mrs. Kim Barber (Garfield Hts. High School Representative) [Exp. 2023]
Mrs. Leah Keefe (Garfield Hts. Middle School Representative) [Exp. 2024]
Mrs. Julie Frederick (Maple Leaf Representative) [Exp. 2023]
Mr. Sean Patton (Central Office Representative)
Ms.Jill Frimel (Administrative Designate)
Ms. Lindsey Komora (Administrative Designate)
Mr. Tom Price (Administrative Designate)

LPDC Representative NOTES

The following universities have been issuing quarter hours:

1. UC San Diego Extension (via Professional Development Institute)

*Note: The conversion for a quarter hour to a semester hour is 2/3.

If you choose to take a course through www.courses4teachers.net please be aware that credit awarded through the University of the Pacific Bernard College takes 4-6 weeks to process. They do not offer e-transcripts. Please keep this in mind when planning to use these credits. If we do not have an OFFICIAL transcript (letters of completion are not acceptable) we cannot verify the class. This could cause you to not renew your license on time if you wait until the last month or so.