Renew a five-year professional or associate license with 18 CEUs, 180 contact hours, or six semester hours, approved by your LPDC.
To renew or align a five-year professional or associate license in Ohio, you must earn the equivalent of six semester hours of coursework related to classroom teaching or your area of licensure.
Ohio treats those as interchangeable: six semester hours equal 18 CEUs, which equal 180 contact hours - or any combination of the three. Typically one CEU equals 10 contact hours, three CEUs equal one semester hour, and 30 contact hours equal one semester hour.
Two dates matter as much as the total. The coursework or professional development must be completed after the issue date of the credential you are renewing, and after the approval date of your Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP). Work done before either date does not count, which is the most common way Ohio educators lose hours they thought they had.
Six semester hours related to classroom teaching or your area of licensure. One semester hour equals 3 CEUs or 30 contact hours.
18 CEUs, or a combination of CEUs and coursework that reaches the six-semester-hour equivalent. One CEU equals 10 contact hours.
180 contact hours of professional development, counted toward the same total.
Activities related to classroom teaching or your area of licensure, where your LPDC approves them as equivalent.
The Local Professional Development Committee of your employing school, district or agency must approve all CEUs and contact hours. This is not a formality: the Ohio State Board of Education's own conversion chart states it as a condition of use.
Professional development must be completed after the approval date of your Individual Professional Development Plan, and after the issue date of the credential being renewed. Hours earned before either date do not count toward this renewal.
Submit an Individual Professional Development Plan to your LPDC and get it approved before you begin any professional development for this cycle.
18 CEUs, 180 contact hours, six semester hours of coursework, or a combination - all related to classroom teaching or your area of licensure.
Your LPDC reviews the coursework and activities to determine whether the state's licensure requirements have been met.
Submit your renewal application through the Ohio educator licensure system once your LPDC has signed off.
Eighteen CEUs, which Ohio treats as equal to 180 contact hours or six semester hours of coursework. You may use any combination of the three.
One CEU equals 10 contact hours. Three CEUs equal one semester hour, and 30 contact hours equal one semester hour.
The Local Professional Development Committee of your employing school, district or agency reviews the coursework and professional development you complete and determines whether Ohio's licensure requirements have been met. It must approve all CEUs and contact hours.
No. Coursework or professional development must be completed after the issue date of the credential you are renewing and after the approval date of your Individual Professional Development Plan.
Yes. Select Ohio and the system tracks progress toward the 18-CEU equivalent, records the contact-hour conversions, and keeps the evidence your LPDC needs in one place.
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