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CONTACT: Cheryl
McLean
cmclean@richmonddiocese.org or
Tel: 804-359-5661, ext. 253
7800 Carousel Lane, Richmond, VA 23294
Initial Certification in the State of Virginia Requires:
*Filling
out an application packet and doing the following:
1. Fill
out application (all questions must be answered and signature is required)
and send to Cheryl McLean along with a $50.00
check ($75.00 for non-Virginia resident) made out to Treasurer of
Virginia. (State Licensure application materials can be found at:
www.pen.k12.va.us )
2. Form
#35 (college verification): Top half filled out by applicant and bottom half
filled out by Dean/Registrar of college from which you graduated and
received degree and return to Cheryl McLean.
3. Form
#37 (report on experience): Top half filled out by applicant and bottom half
filled out by Principal of school where you taught. If you have not done
any teaching, fill out top half anyway and put N/A on bottom half and return
to Cheryl McLean. Virginia Department of
Education requires that all forms be returned to them.
4. Request
from all colleges that you have listed on application, an
original
transcript with a seal to be sent to Cheryl McLean.
5. If
you have a Teaching License from other states, submit copy/copies
when you submit your application and $50.00 check.
6. Send
a copy of your VIRTUS certificate along with your paperwork to
Cheryl McLean!
7. A
file folder will be established for the applicant by this office until all
information/paperwork is received, then it will be submitted to the Virginia
Department of Education.
8. Allow
12-16 weeks for response.
Renewal Requirements
1. The
cost is $25.00 to renew. (Check made out to Treasurer of Virginia) and send to Cheryl McLean.
Certificates must be renewed every 5 years. New DOE requirement:
Please advise Cheryl McLean of your CURRENT
teaching grade level or assignment. This is necessary before
submitting paperwork to the Department of Education!
2. If
you have a Provisional License, then you must complete the
requirements listed by the Virginia Department of Education. They allow you
three (3) years to do this. There are NO extensions allowed on
Provisional licenses. If you do not meet the requirements within the
three-year period, then when you decide to do so, if the criteria/guidelines
have changed, you will come under the new criteria/guidelines.
3. If
you have a Collegiate License, which means you have a Bachelor’s
Degree, then you must earn 3 college credits (90 points) in your
content area, by taking a course that you have not taken before and the
other 90 points can be earned through workshops/in-services/conferences/etc.
as long as you have documentation of hours, days, times, etc. A total of
180 points are needed to renew your license.
4. If
you have a Professional License, which means you have a Master’s or
Doctoral Degree, (a total of 180 points are needed to renew your license)
all points may be earned through college courses or all
points may be earned through workshops, in-services, conferences,
etc., or all points may be earned through a combination of
both.
5. All
points are only good for 5 years.
6. Renewals must
be claimed on the DOE Individualized Renewal Record, available on the DOE
website at: www.pen.k12.va.us pages
33-34 of the Renewal Manual.
7. You
must send a copy of your VIRTUS certificate and the technology requirements
signed by your school’s technology coordinator!
FINALLY, if you do
not keep your license renewed, and the criteria
changes, when you decide to renew, you must come under the new criteria,
which means instead of getting 180 points to renew, you may also have to
take additional classes. You are not grandfathered in once you let your
license expire.
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