{"id":4635,"date":"2018-04-01T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2018-04-01T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T02:02:49","slug":"do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-become-a-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-become-a-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have What it Takes to Become a Teacher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-Teacher-Flyer-Final.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4638 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-260x336.png\" alt=\"Become a teacher flier\" width=\"260\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-260x336.png 260w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-77x100.png 77w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-464x600.png 464w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-441x571.png 441w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-361x467.png 361w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image-309x400.png 309w, https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/Become-a-teacher-flier-image.png 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>We know that exemplary staff is the key to success in the classroom, so ACPS is looking to find ways to grow our own awesome staff and parents into teachers.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for paras, substitute teachers, support staff and parents who have expressed an interest in becoming a teacher, who may or may not already have a college degree.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 11, the Department of Human Resources will host an information session on what it takes to become a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>The session will explore alternate routes to licensure, options through the Virginia Department of Education, ACPS higher education institution partners and information about current ACPS programs that provide opportunities for current employees to become teachers.<\/p>\n<p>On hand answering questions at the presentation will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACPS\u2019 Virginia Department of Education licensure consultant from Joseph Educational Consulting Services<\/li>\n<li>Representatives from George Mason University and other partner higher education institutions<\/li>\n<li>ACPS licensure specialist, Tamiko Hudson<\/li>\n<li>ACPS Talent Development director Debra Lane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this great opportunity to become one of our exemplary staff!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday, April 11, 2018<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>5:30 \u2013 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>T.C. Williams High School\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please RSVP to Tamiko Hudson at <a href=\"mailto:tamiko.hudson@acps.k12.va.us\">tamiko.hudson@acps.k12.va.us<\/a> to reserve a seat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/539\">Learning more about licensing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ACPS is committed to recruiting, developing, supporting and retaining a staff that meets the needs of every student. Learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/1664\">Goal 3: An Exemplary Staff<\/a>, one of six goals that comprise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/Page\/329\">ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever considered becoming a teacher, here&#8217;s an opportunity to get the information you need to decide if it would be a good fit for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 07:32:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4635"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4667,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4635\/revisions\/4667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}