Instructional Licensure
The Office of Licensure is designed to help new instructional employees secure everything that is needed to acquire an instructional license in Virginia while also helping current employees with the recertification process. Additionally, the Office of Licensure helps currently licensed employees with additional salary requests.
Licensed positions include teachers; librarians; principals; assistant principals; counselors; psychologists; social workers; occupational, physical, music, and art therapists; and school-based technology specialists.
Please familiarize yourself with and adhere to these Important FCPS Instructional Licensure Deadlines.
Virginia Licensure
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) contains a public license database (searchable by name) of all individuals who hold an active teaching and an educator license in the state of Virginia. To learn more about the state of Virginia requirements regarding teaching and educator license, please visit VDOE's licensure site.
Additional Salary Requests
FCPS offers the opportunity for additional salary to newly hired and current teacher-scale employees. Employees who meet one of the following five available salary credit adjustments listed below may submit a salary request application.
Office of Instructional Licensure
Gatehouse Administration Center
8115 Gatehouse Road, suite 1100
Falls Church, VA 22042
FCPS Licensure Assistants
Each Instructional employee is assigned a licensure assistant to help answer any and all questions about their instructional license. Licensure assistants are based on an employee's last name and their contact information can be found on our Employee Hub.
Non-FCPS employees should visit the VDOE's public licensure website for licensure information.
iteach
iteach provides an alternative route to licensure in the state of Virginia. iteach is the only non-institution of higher education accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).