Career Switcher Program Thinking of a Teaching Career? Find yourself at the head of the class through the Virginia Career Switcher Alternative Route to Licensure Program The Career Switcher Alternative Route to Licensure Program is designed to provide an option for career professionals to enter Virginia’s classrooms. The career switcher program recognizes the life experiences of qualified individuals and provides participants with skills needed to pursue a teaching career in Virginia.
Graduate School of Education - George Mason University. This program emphasizes an understanding of the complexities of change in schools. Presented in large and small group discussions, on-the-job training, case studies, lectures, scenarios. The program includes all coursework required for Virginia licensure in. Access Virginia's statewide electronic job bank and application system. Learn how to become a Career Switcher through the alternate route to teaching.
Individuals interested in enrolling in a career switcher program must apply for admission directly to a certified program provider. These providers are listed below. Applicants must make certain they have met the prerequisites stated below and have submitted their applications and all other required documents directly to a career switcher program provider.
Program Providers Career switcher program providers are responsible for recruiting, screening, and selecting applicants. Providers must document that individuals accepted into their career switcher programs meet all Board of Education requirements. The following certified career switcher program providers are available in Virginia. Contact a program provider directly to inquire about the application process. Offers endorsements in preK-12, secondary, middle education, and elementary education. Please note that ODU is the only Career Switcher Program Provider offering an endorsement in elementary education.
Locations: Norfolk, Hampton, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach. Phone: 757-453-6856.
Offers endorsements in preK-12, secondary and middle education.Regent University does not offer an endorsement in elementary education. Location: Virginia Beach, Online Program.
Phone: 757-352-4479. Offers endorsements in preK-12, secondary, and middle education.Shenandoah University does not offer an endorsement in elementary education.
Locations: Winchester, Leesburg, Fredericksburg. Phone: 540-535-3552. Offers endorsements in preK-12, secondary, middle education, and English as a second language.The Virginia Community College System (Educate Virginia) does not offer an endorsement in elementary education. Locations:. Blue Ridge Community College. Central Virginia Community College. J.
Sargeant Reynolds Community College. John Tyler Community College. Northern Virginia Community College. Southwest Virginia Community College. Tidewater Community College.
Virginia Western Community College. Phone: 804-523-5671 The former Career Switcher Alternative Route to Licensure Programs, listed below, have been discontinued and are no longer accepting candidates.