Licensed in Commonwealth of Virginia

Provisional (Career Switcher) License

What is a provisionally licensed career switcher?

Career switchers are those individuals with a bachelor’s degree and at least five years of work experience that receive formal teacher training and practicum experience as part of their preparation to switch into the teaching field.

To be a Provisionally Licensed Career Switcher means I have met all VDOE requirements for teaching and have completed a teacher preparation program (with accelerated coursework similar to a four-year university education program). This includes a full teaching practicum and masters level coursework.

A provisionally licensed career switcher is not  simply someone who holds a  traditional provisional license  with multiple deficiencies necessitating burdensome over site. The difference  between a Postgraduate Professional License and a Provisionally Licensed Career Switcher is the full semester of student teaching. In lieu of student teaching, I have completed a full teaching practicum, gain classroom experience through substitute teaching, and have 25+ years of professional employment and leadership experience.

To view any of the below Certificates or Credentials, please click here and enter your password.

• Provisional License – Career Switcher
• Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA)
• Praxis Score Report: Family and Consumer Sciences
• Broad Field Certification in Family and Consumer Sciences
• Praxis Score Report: Middle Education 6–8: Social Studies
• Praxis Score Report: Secondary Education History and Social Sciences
• Virginia History and State and Local Government Education Module (Civics Module)
• Praxis Score Report: Business Education (Pending)
• VDOE Training: Child Abuse & Neglect Recognition and Intervention Training
• VDOE Training: Dyslexia Awareness Training
• Emergency First Aid, CPR and AED Certification
• Personal Professional Liability Insurance