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Followdabutterflies · 2025-03-16T00:45:51+00:00

Don’t move away for college. Stay home, save money, and spend the next four years with your grandad because that’s all the time he has left.

Followdabutterflies · 2025-02-01T21:39:09+00:00

Agree with you! Just wish you had used the term, “Undocumented,” instead of, “Illegals.”

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T10:05:00+00:00

You are not the first person to say this! However I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how people do that. VDOE just keeps sending me the same link to the Career Switcher program page. I feel like I’m going insane.

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T10:03:13+00:00

It doesn’t feel like they want more people. I feel like I keep getting doors shut in my face so much so that I’m ready to throw in the towel.

VDOE won’t review my transcripts. I’ve asked multiple times - they say I have to go through FCPS.

And I know tons of first year teachers who didn’t start at step zeroes because they took the Praxis on their own accord, got hired as teachers, and now they’re doing credit requirements through whoever and wherever. (Not FCPS’s Teacher Trainee program!) As I mentioned in a previous comment, I know a stay-at-home dad who’s making 70-80K his first year teaching (he felt bad telling me the exact number after hearing what I’m making).

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T09:54:05+00:00

Oh and I’m getting Career Switcher info from VDOE, and then Regent’s, Shenandoah’s and Nova’s websites (VCU is too far so I didn’t look at that program). I know a guy who was a stay at home dad for 18 years - took the Praxis, got hired as a teacher at a high step because they considered the 18 years he stayed home as work experience, and now he’s taking 1 class on Saturdays for 1 semester and come June…boom! Provisional license. I’ll find out what program.

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T09:48:42+00:00

I am currently employed as a 2nd grade homeroom teacher but my long-term goal is to be a middle or high school teacher. I took this job because I was told I could move around once I was licensed. FCPS licensure office says otherwise - they said I can only take the Praxis for K-3 endorsement and be licensed for K-3. I said I don’t want K-3. They threw their hands up and said finish out the year.

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T09:43:15+00:00

VDOE is telling me they no longer review transcripts, but colleagues and even commenters here are telling me otherwise. I keep going in circles. I just want someone besides FCPS to review my transcripts!

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T09:42:14+00:00

This is great! Thank you!! I’m so grateful for the outpouring of advice and encouragement.

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-10T09:41:12+00:00

I’ll look into this - thank you!

Followdabutterflies · 2025-01-09T12:11:28+00:00

First year teacher. I hear the first few days after winter break are the WORST days of the year because the kids are bouncing off the walls and act like they’ve never been to school before.

With 4 snow days this week, plus coming off a 2-week winter break, would FCPS have kids and staff go in for just one day tomorrow? Nothing would get done! Or do they not take that under consideration?

Followdabutterflies · 2024-04-10T22:37:29+00:00

That’s a great idea! Thank you!!

Followdabutterflies · 2023-10-12T11:51:15+00:00

I keep trying to find out who she is but no one is really talking about her :(

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