LFCC Workforce Solutions Announcements, Promotions and Publications – Career Switcher Open Houses Scheduled

Bring your Passion to the Future…Be a Teacher

Lord Fairfax Community College's Office of Workforce Solutions offers a fast track alternative licensure program – EducateVA – a statewide initiative through the Virginia Community College System to address critical shortages in the teaching profession throughout the state, allowing you to bring your dream of teaching into reality. Teaching as a second career is as wide-spread throughout the state of Virginia as our Career Switcher backgrounds.  We've assisted professionals from engineering, medical, manufacturing and sales industries to begin their new or second career in teaching. Switching careers can be a rewarding experience and many times a longtime dream. Teach Science, Math, English or Foreign Language at the Middle or High School level, or English as a Second Language K-12, and make a difference with your experience and your degree!

Want to Teach in Virginia?

With the appropriate qualifications, EducateVA can help you become a licensed teacher in the state of Virginia, while maintaining your current job and responsibilities!  Using a combination of online and onsite instruction, you can complete the teaching certification program within 16 weeks, with six Saturdays required onsite at LFCC. Hundreds of people just like you have used EducateVA's Career Switcher program throughout the state and are actively teaching or in the process of getting their Virginia teaching license. The program's resources are vast, pulling from the knowledge and experience of previous public educators and the highly qualified team available through the state's community college system. We have a proven track record and success in education, teaching, teacher education, teacher training, teaching careers, teaching jobs, teaching in Virginia, teaching as a second career, high school teaching requirements, education in Virginia, and becoming a teacher, so please contact us today for more information or to begin the process.

Open Houses Schedule in March 2010…

LFCC's Workforce Solutions office has scheduled two informational Open Houses in March 2010 . Come to the Open House to learn more about what is involved and the steps to becoming a Teacher in Virginia. There is no obligation to attendees although attendees will have the opportunity to register for the Praxis Workshop on April 17^th. Payment for the Praxis workshop will be expected at the time of registration.

• Fauquier Campus Career Switcher Open House (Warrenton) – Tuesday, March 2, 2010 / 6 – 7:30 p.m.
• Middletown Campus Career Switcher Open House (Middletown) – Thursday, March 4, 2010

Praxis Workshop Scheduled March 27^th

We have a Praxis Workshop scheduled on Saturday, March 27^th , 2010, 8:30 am – 12:30 p.m. at the Middletown campus. This class will help you prepare to take the spring Praxis to qualify you for admission to the fall Career Switcher program. If we have enough interest in the Fauquier area, the class may be distanced to that campus. This workshop will be test taking strategies and will not be subject specific. The cost is $89 and attendees must pre-register.

For more information about the Career Switcher program you can go to the EducateVA Web site or locally you can contact Lori Killough at 540-868-7239 or Christine Kriz at 540-868-7284 if you have questions.