Licensure

The Office of Human Resources assists newly hired and current PCPS employees with application for a new Virginia teaching license, license renewal, and other licensure transactions.

Initial Licensure Requirements
All candidates must meet the educational requirements and professional assessments specified by the State Board of Education for the type of license sought.

Application
The Office of Human Resources provides teacher and administrator candidates with assistance to apply for a Virginia License.

The teacher/administrator candidate is responsible for returning to the Office of Human Resources all completed licensure forms and official transcripts covering all college and university coursework. These materials, including but not limited to fees and assessment exams, must be returned to the Human Resources Department within thirty (30) days after employment.

If all forms and transcripts required for licensure are not received within thirty (30) days, the teacher’s employment contract will be null and void, and the employee may be reassigned to a substitute position.

Provisional License
A three-year nonrenewable Provisional License may be granted to an individual who is employed as a teacher or administrator, but who has not met one or more of the conditions specified in the State Board of Education Licensure Regulations for School Personnel.

A three-year nonrenewable Special Education Provisional License may be granted to an individual who is employed in the area of Special Education, but who has not met one or more of the conditions specified in the State Board of Education Licensure Regulations for School Personnel.

As a condition of continued employment, employees who are issued Provisional Licenses must submit all of the requirements to obtain a ten-year renewable Virginia license with the appropriate endorsements by June 1 of the year the license expires.

Alternative Licensure
An individual may be eligible for an educator license even if an approved traditional educator preparation program was not completed. An alternate route to licensure is any route to licensure that is not an approved teacher preparation program or via reciprocity. There are multiple alternate routes to licensure in Virginia. An individual may have allowable deficiencies and must be employed in a public school division or accredited nonpublic school to be issued a provisional license through an alternate route. Virginia Department of Education