- Greene County Public Schools
- Licensure
- License Renewal
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Renewal Basics
Renewal of a 5-year license requires 180 recertification points. Effective July 1st, 2018, renewable licenses will be issued for 10 years. Renewal of a 10-year license will require 270 recertification points.
License renewals may be submitted beginning January 1st of the renewal year. This means that your application cannot be signed with a date prior to January 1st. If you submit an application with a date before January 1st, you will have to resubmit it with a date of January 1st or later.
The Renewal Manual (.docx) outlines the renewal process and contains the Application for License Renewal. The manual provides a summary of activities in which you can participate to earn recertification points, as well as the point value for such activities. In addition to those outlined in the Renewal Manual (.docx), here are some other common recertification point values:
- Hosting a Student Teacher = 90 points
- Hosting a Practicum Teacher = 30 points
- Mentoring a new teacher = 25 points
- Conferences that are 4 or more hours = 5 points for the day
- PD Presenter for GCPS = 5 points
Note: All Professional Development Hours also count as Recertification Points. Not all Recertification Points are Professional Development Hours.
Renewal packets (application, certificates for statutory requirements, and payment) should be submitted to the HR Coordinator in Central Office after January 1st of the renewal year. Submissions should occur no later than March 31st. If additional time is needed to satisfy all renewal requirements, please contact the HR Coordinator.
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Step 1: Complete the Application
- Click here to download the application (.docx)
- When printing the form, be sure that the format remains. Each page must show the page number at the bottom. The applicant's signature must also be at the bottom of all three pages.
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Step 2: Nonrefundable Application Fee - $50
- Check or money order made out to Greene County Public Schools
- If you are submitting other changes to your license at the time of renewal (other than a change of address), your application must be mailed. When mailed, the payment must be made to the Treasurer of Virginia (check, money order, or online payment receipt). The payment must include the fee for any changes being requested. Please review the fee schedule (.docx) to confirm the cost for each change.
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Step 3: List of 180 Recertification (Professional Development) Activities and Points
- All Professional Development activities must be listed on the third page of the Renewal Application.
- Each renewal activity must be a minimum of 5 points.
- Your administrators will initial each activity after confirming its completion.
- If the activity has already been approved in Professional Learning, a separate certificate is not required.
- Using college credits for renewal points? Please request official transcripts. When requesting official transcripts digitally, provide the email address for the HR Coordinator for delivery: bkeys@greenecountyschools.com. When requesting official transcripts via postal mail, please provide the following address for delivery:
Greene County Public Schools
Attn: Bridget Keys, HR Coordinator
40 Celt Rd.
Stanardsville, VA 22973 -
Step 4: Certification of Child Abuse and Neglect Recognition and Intervention Training
- The Child Abuse courses taken in Vector Solutions satisfies this requirement. Please print certificates for both the "Child Abuse: Identification and Intervention" and "Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting" and submit to the HR coordinator
- If you have not taken the above course, here is the link to a training module that has been pre-approved and is available to you at no cost. Please print the completion certificate immediately upon finishing the course (paper or PDF), as this will need to be submitted to the HR coordinator with your renewal. This module is worth 5 points towards your renewal.
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Step 5: Emergency First Aid, CPR, and AED Training or Certification
- The course must include a hands-on component.
- To complete an in-person course at GCPS, contact the Athletic Trainer, Andrew Kelly: akelly@greenecountyschools.com.
- This course is worth 5 points towards your renewal.
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Step 6: Dyslexia Awareness Training
- Module - Dyslexia Awareness Training
- Be sure to print the completion certificate immediately upon finishing the course (paper or PDF), as this will need to be submitted to the HR coordinator with your renewal.
- This module is worth 5 points towards your renewal.
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Step 7: Special Education Training
- New requirement for 2023 renewals
- Both modules must be completed in order to meet the requirement.
- Module - Meaningful IEP Online Training
- Module - Building a More Inclusive School Community: Key Elements
- Please save the PDF certificates and electronically add your name. Submit both certificates to the HR coordinator with your renewal.
- Together, these modules are worth 5 points towards your renewal.
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Step 8: School Counselors Only - Training in the Recognition of Mental Health Disorders and Behavioral Distress
- Individuals seeking licensure renewal with an endorsement as a school counselor must include verification of this statutory required training endorsement in the recognition of mental health disorder and behavioral distress, including depression, trauma, violence, youth suicide, and substance abuse.
- Refer to Superintendent’s Memo #313-17 for information on training options to meet this requirement.
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Step 9: Virginia History or State and Local Government Module. Only applies to those seeking renewal of licenses with the following endorsements:
- Early-Middle Education K-8
- Elementary Grades NK-8
- Elementary Grades K-7
- Elementary Grades K-8
- Elementary Grades 1-7
- Elementary Grades 4-7
- Kindergarten Elementary Grades 1-7
- Economics
- Government
- History
- History and Social Sciences
- Middle Education Grades 4-8
- Middle Education Grades 5-8
- Middle Education Grades 6-8
- Middle Education Grades 6-7
- Middle Education 6-8: History and Social Science
- Social Studies-Without History
*Please note that some endorsements are no longer issued; however, individuals may have received one or more of the endorsements pursuant to previous regulations. Individuals who hold any one of these endorsements on a Virginia license must satisfy the Virginia history or state and local government requirement for renewal.
Module - Virginia History or State and Local Government.
Note: If you have taken this module in the past, you may have to reset your progress; otherwise, the certificate of completion may reflect a prior completion date.
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Bridget Keys, Human Resources Coordinator
(434) 939-9017
bkeys@greenecountyschools.com