DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 4
January 11, 2007
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
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In
recent years the Virginia Department of Education has offered a series of
training initiatives to encourage junior and senior high school students to
consider teaching as a professional career.
The training initiatives have been modeled after the South Carolina
Teacher Cadet Program.
Seminars
for statewide training to implement the Teachers for Tomorrow Program will be
conducted throughout 2007. The three-day
seminar will provide training for teachers assigned to offer this course in
their school.
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March
21-23, 2007 |
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Application
Deadline: February
8, 2007 |
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June
27-29, 2007 |
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Application
Deadline: May
16, 2007 |
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August
13-15, 2007 |
Hayfield
Secondary |
Application
Deadline: July
2, 2007 |
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October
24-26, 2007 |
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Application
Deadline: September
12, 2007 |
School
divisions interested in establishing or continuing Virginia Teachers for
Tomorrow/Teacher Cadet Programs are invited to participate in the seminar that
is closest to their school division. The
seminars will be sponsored by the Office of Career and Technical Education. Allowable expenses will be reimbursed to
participants in accordance with state travel guidelines. The new curriculum must be purchased by the
school divisions, and training is required prior to receiving the curriculum.
Individuals
teaching the curriculum must hold a valid collegiate professional or
postgraduate professional license; have a minimum of three years of full-time
secondary or postsecondary teaching experience; and be assigned to a secondary
teaching area. A masters degree is
preferred, but not required.
The
Office of Career and Technical Education is accepting registration forms for
the seminars. Registration for 25
participants per session is on a first-come, first-served basis, and all
registration forms must be received no
later than the application deadline associated with each training session. Please complete and return the attached
registration form as indicated.
For
more information about the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow/Teacher Cadet Program
training, please contact Scott W. Kemp, state coordinator for the program at
the Virginia Department of Education, via e-mail at Scott.kemp@doe.virginia.gov or telephone
at (804) 225-3370.
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Attachment
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2007/inf004a.doc