License renewal: PDU reporting is paused
The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) renews Oregon licenses. Preliminary licenses run three years and Professional licenses five. TSPC has suspended professional development unit (PDU) reporting for licenses that expire before July 1, 2029; the Commission has agreed to reinstate reporting for licenses expiring on or after that date.
The pause is about reporting to TSPC, not your job. District employment requirements for professional development continue during the suspension. Check with your district before you assume nothing is required.
When reporting resumes, TSPC's renewal table (updated April 1, 2026) is reported to list 75 PDUs for Preliminary licenses and 125 for Professional licenses. Confirm these figures with TSPC for your license type. TSPC counts:
- 1 semester credit = 30 PDUs;
- 1 quarter credit = 20 PDUs;
- 1 hour of professional development = 1 PDU.
PDUs can be documented through PEER verification, official transcripts, or a PDU certificate and log, tied to your license's expiration date. See clock hours, CEUs and semester credits for how the units compare.
How pay moves: district lanes in quarter credits
Each Oregon district bargains its own licensed salary schedule. Many count quarter credits. Sweet Home School District's 2025-26 schedule is one published example:
| Column | Education (quarter credits) |
|---|---|
| 1 | BA |
| 2 | BA+24 |
| 3 | BA+45 |
| 4 | BA+69 / MA |
| 5 | BA+90 / MA+24 |
| 6 | BA+110 / MA+45 |
This is one district's schedule, shown as an illustration. Your district's columns and credit rules may differ; see lane change, explained for the general mechanics.
District schedules
Items marked "confirm" are being verified for this guide and will be updated with a source and date.
Sweet Home School District
Six columns from BA to BA+110/MA+45, in quarter credits.
Source: Sweet Home SD 2025-26 Licensed Salary Schedule. Confirm credit rules and deadline.Portland Public Schools
A Portland Association of Teachers bargaining proposal dated May 6, 2026 references credit up to the BA+45 column.
Source: PAT economic package proposal, Article 12, 05-06-2026. Confirm against the adopted contract.Salem-Keizer
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- Check your license expiration date. If it is on or after July 1, 2029, plan for PDU reporting.
- Ask your district whether it has its own professional development requirement during the TSPC pause.
- For salary, open your district's licensed schedule and check whether it counts quarter or semester credits.
- Convert before you buy: 1 semester credit is 1.5 quarter credits by TSPC's PDU ratios (30 and 20).
- Ask HR in writing whether the specific course counts for column movement, and by what date. Keep the reply.
Salary deadlines are local. TSPC does not set them. Check your district's agreement for the transcript date.
Teaching near a state line? See the Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California guides, or compare course providers.
Sources
- Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, Renewal information.
- Sweet Home School District, 2025-26 Licensed Salary Schedule (PDF).
- Portland Association of Teachers, Economic package proposal, Article 12, May 6, 2026 (PDF).
- National Education Association, Rankings of the States 2025 and Estimates of School Statistics 2026, Table E-4 (teacher counts).
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