Professional Learning & Licensure
Cultivating more reflective, capable, and confident professionals
We're on a mission to promote awareness, engagement, and participation in professional growth and leadership to cultivate more reflective, capable, and confident professionals.
We envision each educator to advance along the professional continuum of growth (i.e., pre-service, induction, in-service, and leadership).
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Phone: 614-365-5039
CEUs & University Credits
CEU Opportunities
Reminder: You must have an approved Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) on file with the Local Professional Development Committee in order to earn CEUs.
More information about earning CEUs can be found on the LPDC page.
- ASCD - Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
- CE Credits Online
- Childhood Education International
- Cox Campus
- Educational Service Center of Central Ohio
- EdWeb
- Education Week
- eLearning on Demand
- Gates Foundation
- Gopher Sport PD for PE Teachers
- INFOHIO
- LinkedIn Learning
- Use your Columbus Metro Library Card (the last 4 digits of your phone is usually your pin)
- Mathematics Resources
- Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
- Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Learning Management System
- Access the Learning Management System through your OH|ID account. Trainings that offer certificates can be submitted for CEUs.
- Ohio Leadership Advisory Council
- Ohio Learning Hub
- Ohio Professional Learning Directory
- Ohio State University - Difficult Subjects: K-12 Teaching Institute
- Ohio University - Ed2Go
- Online CCS Courses through Adult & Community Education
- OSU Professional Development Offerings
- OTIS for Educators
- Professional Development Institute
- STEM Streaming
- The Heritage Institute - Professional Development Courses for Educators
- The Teaching Channel
- Western Reserve Public Media
- WOSU
Non-CCS Providers
- American College of Education (ACE)
- Ashland University
- Bowling Green State University
- Bowling Green State University - Master of Educational Leadership
- Bowling Green State University - Specialist in Educational Leadership
- Bowling Green State University - Superintendent Certificate & License
- Bowling Green State University - Superintendent Licensure Program Checksheet
- Bowling Green State University - Superindendent Course Sequence
- Capital University
- Concordia University Chicago - Graduate Education Programs
- Defiance College
- Franklin University – online Micro-Credentials, Associates , Bachelors, Masters, and Doctor of Education with a discount
- Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership (available with K12 or Higher Education Focus)
- Instructional Assistants – complete your degree and/or get your teaching license.
- All Staff – Business, Healthcare, Information Technology/cyber, Public Administration, and other degree programs eligible
- Kent State University - Superintendent Licensure Program
- Miami University
- Ed.D. Handbook - Ed.D. to be offered at Wilmington
- Superintendent Licensure Courses
- Ed.D. (Educational Doctorate) Information
- Miami University - Earth Expeditions
- Ohio Writing Project
- Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA)
- Ohio Dominican University
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- Otterbein University
- University of La Verne - Professional Development
- University of Phoenix - Campus and Online University Degree Programs (including Columbus Campus)
- Walsh University
Fee Waivers
The next application window for Fee Waivers
Summer 2026 Semester: January 26, 2026 - February 12, 2026
If you need assistance, please email feewaivers@columbus.k12.oh.us or call 614-365-5039.
Documentation Guidelines
- PDF Preferred
- Must have the applicant's name on it.
- No personal letters accepted.
- If submitting documentation from a College/University, must be on their letterhead.
- If your documentation is dated over a year old, then recent documentation of classes attended will also need to be submitted.
- Examples: advising sheet, transcript, license/certificate etc.
Before you begin, what do you need?
- Your Student ID number from your college or university.
- If you are not a current student, please use 12345678.
- Please note: once your receive your ID number, please email that information to feewaivers@columbus.k12.oh.us
- If you are not a current student, please use 12345678.
- Your class information (name and code).
- Documentation that verifies your Priority status (PDF preferred).
- You are now ready to begin the application.
- Please allow time after you submit your application to ensure that additional documentation is not needed before the deadline.
Priority Status Guidelines
Priority I
Priority I: Present full-time professional staff members in M.A. or Ph.D. program who must finish course work during the upcoming semester or lose credits, and present full-time professional staff members, including vocational teachers, who must attend the university to maintain their present position because of certification requirements. DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: copy of expiring certificate or letter verifying from university that you will lose credits.
Priority II
Priority II: Professional staff members on sabbatical leaves. (Such staff members shall be given sufficient script for full-time attendance, subject to availability.) Priority II also includes certificated staff enrolled in a Master's or Doctoral Program in a College of Education. DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: a letter verifying that you are currently in the Master or Doctoral Program or an Endorsement Program on college letterhead.
Priority III
Priority III: All other applicants, not in priority groups I and II listed above, shall be considered on the basis of seniority in the Columbus City School System.
* If a request for additional documentation is not received by the deadline, you will automatically be placed in the appropriate Priority status.
*Although documentation is not required for all priority levels, it is still recommended for justification purposes.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a fee waiver?
- Who is eligible to apply for a fee waiver?
- Do I need a fee waiver if I am taking an Outreach course available through CCS?
- How am I notified that fee waivers are available?
- When are fee waiver applications available?
- Where do I go to apply for a fee waiver?
- How will I know if I am approved for a fee waiver?
- Can I still apply for a fee waiver if I don't know my College/University ID Number?
- How do I know if my documentation has been accepted for my priority status?
- Do I need to submit documentation, if I submitted documentation for the previous semester?
- What do I do if the class I submitted information for changes?
- What do I do if I receive an error message when trying to submit my electronic application?
- Can I submit an application to more than one College/University?
- Have you been accepted into the Accelerated Program for Principals, or the Superintendent Licensure Program?
- What do I do if I received a fee waiver and I decide not to take classes?
- Can I use my fee waiver for a different semester if I decide not to use it for the semester it was issued?
- Will the fee waiver cover all of my expenses for the class?
- When do I have to use the fee waiver?
What is a fee waiver?
Who is eligible to apply for a fee waiver?
Do I need a fee waiver if I am taking an Outreach course available through CCS?
How am I notified that fee waivers are available?
When are fee waiver applications available?
Where do I go to apply for a fee waiver?
The fee waiver application process is done using CCSDAS found on the Intranet/CCSNet. Click here using a district computer: CCSDAS
How will I know if I am approved for a fee waiver?
Once your application is electronically submitted, you will be notified that your application is pending by viewing the summery screen in CCSDAS. The Fee Waiver Committee will meet to approve or deny your application and you will receive an email from the CCSDAS system 2-3 weeks after the application deadline (please check your spam, junk, or clutter folders).
Otterbein, Ohio Dominican, Ashland and Capital all have paper certificates that you will need to turn in to your College/University. Once you receive the email of approval, the certificates will be sent through interoffice mail. *Autumn semesters only are sent to your home address.
Please sign and return the acknowledgement of receipt by the deadline or you risk forfeiting your fee waiver.
Can I still apply for a fee waiver if I don't know my College/University ID Number?
Yes, please enter 12345678 into the ID field of the electronic application, however your fee waiver cannot be applied to your account without your correct ID number. Once you receive your ID number, please email that information to feewaivers@columbus.k12.oh.us.
Please note that this will only allow you to submit the application, however your fee waiver cannot be applied to your account should you be approved. Once you receive your ID Number, please email that information here.
How do I know if my documentation has been accepted for my priority status?
Do I need to submit documentation, if I submitted documentation for the previous semester?
What do I do if the class I submitted information for changes?
What do I do if I receive an error message when trying to submit my electronic application?
Can I submit an application to more than one College/University?
Have you been accepted into the Accelerated Program for Principals, or the Superintendent Licensure Program?
What do I do if I received a fee waiver and I decide not to take classes?
For paper fee waivers: Return the certificate to Professional Learning and Licensure, 889 E. 17th Avenue 43211.
For electronic fee waivers: Send an email notification to feewaivers@columbus.k12.oh.us
Can I use my fee waiver for a different semester if I decide not to use it for the semester it was issued?
Will the fee waiver cover all of my expenses for the class?
When do I have to use the fee waiver?
Fee Waivers for Higher Education
Fee Waivers for Higher Education
- Ashland University
- Antioch University
- Capital University
- Columbus State Community College
- Ohio Dominican University
- Ohio State University
- Otterbein
Ashland University
- Ashland Fee Waivers are available for Autumn and Spring semesters.
- One Fee Waiver is equivalent to $166 toward a Professional Development Services graduate workshop or $200 towards a graduate education course.
- The Fee Waiver to Ashland is a certificate that will be mailed to you through interoffice mail.
- For the Autumn session, the certificate will be mailed to your home address.
- It is your responsibility to register for your class and to submit your Fee Waiver to Ashland.
- You have 2 weeks to return your acknowledgment form, or you may forfeit your Fee Waiver.
- Please return the Fee Waiver certificate if you do not use it to Professional Learning & Licensure, 889 E. 17th Avenue Columbus, OH, 43211.
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Antioch University
Please note: Due to a collaborative effort between Antioch University and Otterbein University, Fee Waivers for Antioch will be distributed in conjunction with Otterbein fee waiver applications.
- Antioch Fee Waivers are available for Autumn and Spring semesters. If any are available, they will be distributed for Summer semester, as well.
- One certificate is equivalent to one credit hour.
- An eligible employee may apply for two (2) certificates towards an Antioch course (School of Education courses only) per semester.
- The Fee Waivers will be issued in electronic form.
- It is your responsibility to register for your class.
- The number of Fee Waivers redeemed may not exceed the number of credit hours in which the holder is registered.
- Eligible employees utilizing Fee Waiver Certificate(s) during a term will be billed for any credits above those covered by the Certificate.
- Holders of Fee Waiver Certificates who drop all credit hours within the initial Antioch University Drop Deadline (usually the first three (3) days of the term), as appropriate, retain the right to use the Fee Waiver Certificate in another term if the Fee Waiver Certificate will still be valid; holders of Fee Waiver Certificates who drop all credit hours after the initial Drop Deadline forfeit any right to that Fee Waiver and the Fee Waiver is determined to be null and void.
- A Fee Waiver Certificate is applicable to tuition only and may not be applied to special fees, lab fees, technology fees, Capstone fees, textbooks, etc.
- Please inform Professional Learning and Licensure if you drop the intended class and will no longer use the assigned Fee Waiver.
- You may accumulate up to twelve (12) semester hours of graduate credit at the University before being required to be admitted to a specific program. Holding a Fee Waivers Certificate does not grant you the right to circumvent this requirement. The University is not obligated to admit employees to any program who would not otherwise meet eligibility requirements.
Capital University
- Capital Fee Waivers are available only for Autumn, Spring and Summer semesters.
- One Fee Waiver is equivalent to 4 credit hours (5 Max).
- The Fee Waiver to Capital University is a certificate that will be mailed to you through interoffice mail.
- For the Autumn session, the certificate will be mailed to your home address.
- It is your responsibility to register for your class and to submit your Fee Waiver to Capital.
- You have 2 weeks to return your acknowledgement form, or you may fortfeit your Fee Waiver.
- Please return the Fee Waiver certificate if you do not use it to Professional Learning & Licensure, 889 E. 17th Avenue Columbus, OH, 43211.
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Columbus State Community College
- CSCC Fee Waivers are for Interpreters Only.
- CSCC Fee waivers are available for Autumn, Spring and Summer Semesters.
- Your Fee Waiver is applied electronically to your CSCC Account.
- You are responsible for registering for your class.
- Please email feewaivers if you do not use the fee waiver or you take less credit hours than what you were approved for.
Additional Links
Ohio Dominican University
- Ohio Dominican Fee Waivers are available for Autumn and Spring semesters.
- One Fee Waiver is equivalent to one credit hour.
- The Fee Waiver to Ohio Dominican is a certificate that will be mailed to you through interoffice mail.
- For the Autumn session, the certificate will be mailed to your home address.
- It is your responsibility to register for your class and to submit your Fee Waiver to Ohio Dominican.
- You have 2 weeks to return your acknowledgement form, or you may fortfeit your Fee Waiver.
- Please return the Fee Waiver certificate if you do not use it to Professional Learning & Licensure, 889 E. 17th Avenue Columbus, OH, 43211.
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Ohio State University
- OSU Fee Waivers are available for Autumn, Spring and Summer semesters.
- One Fee Waiver is equivalent to 3 credit hours.
- You do not need a fee waiver for an Outreach Class.
- You will not receive a statement of account from The Ohio State University.
- It is your responsibility to register for your class.
- If you wish to schedule or drop classes, review your account or obtain other information, you may do so by using the Buckeye Link below.
- Please email FeeWaivers if you do not use the fee waiver or you take less credit hours than what you were approved for.
Additional Fees
There may be additional fees to pay, such as the COTA bus fee, distance learning fee (if applicable), and others. For an explanation of fees, visit the website below, or contact:
Buckeye Link at
614-292-0300
Bursar 614-292-1056
Application of Fee Waiver
Fee Waiver typically applied up to 3 credit hours per semester.
Payments will post to the student's account within one week after submission to OSU.
Additional Links
Otterbein
Please note: Due to a collaborative effort between Antioch University and Otterbein University, Fee Waivers for Otterbein will be distributed in conjunction with Antioch fee waiver applications.
- Otterbein Fee Waivers are available only for Autumn and Spring semesters. If any are available, they will be distributed for Summer semester, as well.
- One certificate is equivalent to one credit hour.
- An eligible employee may apply for three (3) certificates towards an Otterbein course per semester.
- The Fee Waivers will be issued in electronic form.
- It is your responsibility to register for your class.
- The number of Fee Waivers redeemed may not exceed the number of credit hours in which the holder is registered.
- Eligible employees utilizing Fee Waiver Certificate(s) during a term will be billed for any credits above those covered by the Certificate.
- Holders of Fee Waiver Certificates who drop all credit hours within the initial Otterbein University Drop Deadline (usually the first three (3) days of the term), as appropriate, retain the right to use the Fee Waiver Certificate in another term if the Fee Waiver Certificate will still be valid; holders of Fee Waiver Certificates who drop all credit hours after the initial Drop Deadline forfeit any right to that Fee Waiver and the Fee Waiver is determined to be null and void.
- A Fee Waiver Certificate is applicable to tuition only and may not be applied to special fees, lab fees, technology fees, Capstone fees, textbooks, etc.
- Please inform Professional Learning and Licensure if you drop the intended class and will no longer use the assigned Fee Waiver.
- You may accumulate up to twelve (12) semester hours of graduate credit at the University before being required to be admitted to a specific program. Holding a Fee Waivers Certificate does not grant you the right to circumvent this requirement. The University is not obligated to admit employees to any program who would not otherwise meet eligibility requirements.
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