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Can I add endorsements to my license by taking and passing the Praxis II?
 
If you currently hold a Virginia Teaching License you may add endorsements offered by the VDOE to your license by taking the associated Praxis II assessment for the endorsement area.

This testing option does not apply to individuals seeking early/primary preK-3, Elementary Education, ESOL or Special Education or who hold a technical professional license, vocational evaluator license, pupil personnel services license, school manager license or division superintendent license.

The Praxis II route to licensure option is a good way for Special Education Teachers to become endorsed in content areas to teach a verified credit course and to meet the NCLB Highly Qualified requirements. Consultative Special Education Teachers (collaborating or co-teaching) are also encouraged to pursue adding content area endorsements to their current license to allow flexibility in school placements.
 
ETS nows offers some computer based assessments in addition to the paper/pencil assessment. (i.e. Middle School English test code 5049, Middle School Social Studies test code 5089)
Please refer to the website www.ets.org for more information and registration details.

Information on Praxis II Assessments accepted by the VDOE and the required scores can be found at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching/licensure/prof_teacher_assessment.pdf
Upon receiving a passing Praxis II score sheet, please send a copy of the score sheet along with a $25 fee payable to the Treasurer of Virginia to the PWCS Office of Certification to add the endorsement to your license.

Licensure News!!

License Renewals submitted after July 1, 2012 (this will primarily begin with the 2013 License Renewal period for five year renewable licenses expiring June 30, 2013)- any individual with an endorsement in early/primary prek-3, elementary education preK-6, Middle education 6-8, history and social sciences, history, or political science must complete study of the structures, function, and powers of state and local government of Virginia and the importance of citizen participation in the political process in state and local government of Virginia. The VDOE is working to develop a free, online training module, similar to the Child Abuse Recognition Training, that will meet this requirement. This requirement will only need to be met one time for renewals submitted after July 1, 2012. More information on this requirement will be coming at a later date.

The Master Schedule of Course Collection(MSC) to meet federal requirements of the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund requires school divisions to adopt the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) School Codes for the Exchange of Data (SCED). The new SCED codes have been incorporated into the SCED/Assignment to Endorsement Mapping to determine licensure requirements for a specific assignment. This is not a one-to-one mapping. The new SCED codes will replace the Virginia Assignment Code listing in the near future. School divisions will need to become familiar with the new SCED code system:


PRIVACY ACT NOTICE: The application for teacher licensure in Virginia requires that you provide your social security number. Section 22.1-296.4 of the Code of Virginia requires a check of the registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect in Virginia and other states. A social security number is required for this search. In addition, Virginia is a member of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, and uses their clearinghouse to check for licensure revocation, suspension, denial, and reinstatement in other states. Virginia also provides information to the clearinghouse regarding licensure revocation, suspension, denial, and reinstatement in Virginia. The social security number is used for the clearinghouse and was required prior to 1975. The Virginia Department of Education will not release your social security number except in reporting cases of licensure revocation, suspension, denial and reinstatement as noted above.         




Updated 02/22/2012

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