License Upgrade and/or Renewal Packet Due

Step 1 – Gather in your hands official proof that may be applicable to you below to support your eligibility to obtain a valid 5-year professional license from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).

If your 5-year license was converted to provisional license to add required endorsement and your provisional license expired, then you must gather the following bulleted official proof that may be applicable to you.

• If you 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.
  
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• If you completed licensure deficiency(-ies) cited by VDOE on the “Requirements To Be Completed” document attached to your provisional license – Official transcript(s) from US college/university with regional accreditation from a VDOE recognized organization(s)  reflecting your successful completion of cited licensure coursework, score sheet(s) for passing Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA) if applicable to your teaching endorsement added, and/or passing Virginia Reading Assessment (VRA) if applicable to your teaching endorsement added, and/or passing Praxis II if applicable to your teaching endorsement added, and/or a copy of technology standards competency record if cited.

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If your 5-year or one-year extended professional license expired, then you must assemble your complete license renewal packet by using the instructions and forms in effect as of September 21, 2007.

Step 2 – Attach your signed and dated letter to the attention VDOE-Licensure requesting a valid 5-year professional 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. About 4-6 weeks from transmittal date, VDOE should send your valid 5-year professional license to your home address on file in FCPS HR and you gain “expired? = No” status on your school report.