How To Add/Remove Endorsement(s) from Teaching License

Teachers needing to add endorsement(s):

• Send a signed and dated letter to the licensure office requesting the addition of the endorsement(s) to their teaching licenses, include any official transcript(s) and supporting documents i.e., course descriptions or syllabi.

If the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) finds…

• All of the required coursework, the teacher is issued a license with the new endorsement(s).
• No more than 6 semester hours (2 courses) deficiency, the teacher is issued a provisional license with the new endorsement(s) and is given time to complete the courses. (Provisional license expected to change between 2005 and 2007)

Teachers needing to remove endorsement(s):

• Send a signed and dated letter to the licensure office requesting the removal of the endorsement(s) from their teaching licenses.

If the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) approves…

• The teacher is issued a license without these endorsement(s).
• If not approved, VDOE will send written reason directly to teacher.

Please send requests via pony mail or postal mail to the Licensure Office, Department of Human Resources, Gatehouse Administration Center I, 8115 Gatehouse Road, Falls Church, VA 22042.

Remember to include your FCPS ID number on your documents.