/ / / / Career Switchers Bring your Passion to the Future. Become a Teacher. Lord Fairfax Community College hosts, a fast-track, alternative licensure program offered through a statewide initiative to address critical shortages in the teaching profession throughout the state, allowing you to bring your dream of teaching into reality. With the appropriate qualifications, can help you become a licensed teacher in the state of Virginia, while maintaining your current job and responsibilities! Using a combination of online and on-site instruction, you can complete the teaching certification program within 16 weeks, with six Saturdays required on-site. Hundreds of people just like you have used EducateVA’s Career Switcher program and are either actively teaching or in the process of obtaining their Virginia teaching license. Has a proven track record and success in education, teaching, teacher education, teacher training, teaching careers, teaching jobs, teaching in Virginia, teaching as a second career, and high school teaching requirements, so please contact today for more information or to begin the process. It Audit Checklist there.

DO YOU QUALIFY? ___Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution ___Five or more years of full-time work experience ___Content area expertise, with a GPA of 2.5 or better in applicable courses ___Required assessments ___Criminal background check ___Do not currently have a Provisional License or expired Provisional License from the VDOE or a teaching license from any other state. WHAT IS REQUIRED?

___Complete the 16-week Level One program, which includes 30 hours of classroom experience ___Teach successfully with a provisional license for one full year prior to being recommended for a full five-year renewable teaching license ___Complete Level Two of the program during the one-year provisional period, which includes Saturday sessions and online training Career SwitcherEndorsement Areas • Middle School Mathematics (6-8) • Middle School Science (6-8) • Middle School English/Lang. Arts (6-8) • Mathematics (6-12) • English (6-12) • Biology (6-12) • Chemistry (6-12) • Earth Science (6-12) • Physics (6-12) • Foreign Languages (K-12) • English as a Second Language (K-12) Additional information and an application available.

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030. Because of the state requirements for the Career Switcher Program. George Mason University. Peer Career Advisor Program.

The School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism (SRHT) offers exciting, career-ready majors in dynamic fields such as athletic training, tourism and events management, health and physical education, kinesiology, sport management, and recreation management. SRHT features renowned faculty, cutting-edge research, six laboratories and centers, and a diverse student body of more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year.

Each major requires one or more internship or clinical experiences, ensuring that students graduate not just with a transcript but with a resume that demonstrates their professional aptitude and skills. Tuition Discounts Discounts are available for Virginia educators and out-of-state graduate students. If you currently do not hold a valid VA teaching license and are not working as a full-time, contractual teacher with a VA school district, please provide the GMU Licensure Specialist with a completed licensure application packet which includes the following: • Licensure Application Fee: $50 if you list a VA address, $75 if you list an out of state address (make checks payable to The Treasurer of Virginia). Checks must be dated within 60 days of when the fee is received by the VA Dept.

• • Official Transcripts (from all universities attended INCLUDING GMU transcripts; must be in sealed envelope(s)). • (complete part I only, but be sure that your full address is listed). • Child Abuse Requirement ( Required for all applicants); Please visit the following website, complete the free online module and print a copy of your certificate. () • VCLA Scores* ( Does not apply to School Counseling and Ed Leadership; photocopies of official score reports can be accepted). • Praxis II scores* (if applicable; photocopies of official score reports can be accepted). • RVE Scores* OR VRA Scores* ( Only required for Reading Specialist, Early Childhood Ed, Elementary Ed and certain areas of Special Education; photocopies of official score reports can be accepted).

• A self-addressed envelope (used to mail a copy of the completed College Verification Form to you). • Copy of American Red Cross or American Heart Association certificate for. • Effective July 1st, 2017, every person seeking initial licensure must complete the Dyslexia Awareness Module (). Please print and save the completion certificate at the end of the module. * Students MUST submit photocopies or original test score reports.

The Licensure Coordinator cannot obtain these scores from ANY GMU records.* - Career Switcher students, please contact your programs for your licensure application instructions. If you do currently hold a valid VA teaching license and are not currently working with a VA school district, please provide the GMU Licensure Specialist with the following: • Addition of endorsement fee - $25 (checks written to The Treasurer of Virginia). • A written memo to the VDOE requesting that the new endorsement be added to your current license.

• Official Transcripts (from GMU). • College Verification Form (complete part I only, but be sure that your full address is listed). • VRA scores ( Only required at time of Add-On for Reading Specialist; photo copies of official score reports can be accepted).

*Students MUST submit photocopies or original test score reports. The Licensure Specialist cannot obtain these scores from other files on campus such as degree program files or internship files.* If you are currently working with a VA school district, please provide the GMU Licensure Specialist with the following: • College Verification Form (complete part I only, but be sure that your full address is listed). Page 8: You must be sure that ALL licensure grades have been posted prior to submitting your CVF. **Special Education- all waivers must be processed and reflected in the University system prior to submission of the CVF. ***Education Leadership- if you did not receive your Masters degree from GMU, please submit a photocopy of your Masters transcripts along with your College Verification Form. If you did receive your Masters from GMU, please be sure that your degree date has posted prior to submitting the form.

The college verification form will be sent back to you. You will then submit the completed form and the other required licensure materials to your school district's licensure representative. They will then submit the application on your behalf. All of the above forms can be downloaded at the following website: Students must submit a complete packet. If your application is missing any required document, it will be returned to you!

Etica Ministerial Joe E Trull Pdf Merge. Please submit the requested documents to the following address: George Mason University Attn: Rebekah Flis 4400 University Dr., MSN 6C13 Thompson Hall, Room 1707 Fairfax, VA 22030 Or packets may be dropped off to the Licensure Mailbox in Thompson room 1700 Packets must be originals and may not be faxed.