Add Required Endorsement Due

Step 1 – Gather in your hands the following bulleted official proof that may be applicable to you to support your eligibility to add the required endorsement.

• VA endorsement reciprocity on out-of-state license – A valid out-of-state professional license (its expiration year at least a year or two from present school year) with comparable required endorsement.
  
  
• Completed US Teacher/Licensure Program – A copy of a College Verification Form  filled out by licensure designee at college/university with regional accreditation from a VDOE recognized organization(s)  where a state approved teacher/licensure program in required endorsement was completed AND official transcript(s) reflecting your successful completion of program coursework.
  
  
• Add Additional Endorsements to 5-yr Professional License Via Passing Applicable Praxis II (limited to specific license types and endorsements) – a copy of your score sheet from www.ets.org for passing Praxis II if applicable to your 5-yr license and the required endorsement.
  
  
• Completed Required Endorsement Coursework – Official transcript(s) from US college/university with regional accreditation from a VDOE recognized organization(s) reflecting your successful completion of required endorsement coursework identified under 2A of corresponding Virginia endorsement regulation.
  
  
• Foreign Language Native Speaker – A copy of official ACFTL oral (OPI) and written (WPI) foreign language test score sheets OR a copy of score sheet from www.ets.org for passing Praxis II applicable to the required foreign language endorsement.
  
  
• Seeking Provisional (Special Education) license – Official transcript(s) from US college/university with regional accreditation from a VDOE recognized organization(s) reflecting your successful completion of provisional (special education) license pre-requisite coursework requirement AND your original signed and dated special education application form I  and special education application form II.

Step 2 – Attach your signed and dated letter to the attention VDOE-Licensure requesting the addition of the required endorsement to your current valid license to your gathered proof.

Step 3 - Send your request letter and proof in a single packet via pony mail or postal mail to the FCPS 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.

Upon receipt of your packet, FCPS Licensure Office will transmit your request packet with FCPS payment to VDOE for their final review and decision in about 4-6 weeks from transmittal date.

If the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) finds…

• You are eligible, VDOE will send a valid VA license with the required endorsement added to your home address on file in FCPS HR and you gain “endorsed? = Yes” status on your school report.
• Your required endorsement coursework deficiency is no more than 6 semester hours (2 courses short) or you provided special education application, VDOE will send a valid VA 3 school year provisional license with the required endorsement added to your home address on file in FCPS HR. The provisional license will give you time to complete the licensure deficiency(-ies) and you gain “endorsed? = Yes” status on your school report.
• You are not eligible, you must ask your principal to re-assign you to instructional assignments that match your current license endorsement(s).