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Teacher Licensure

Before becoming a teacher-of-record, teacher candidates must demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed for effective classroom practice. Licensure provides the professional and public assurance that educators have met state teaching standards and have demonstrated their readiness to teach and improve student learning. Vermont-NEA's GrowVT-Ed Program supports teachers who are seeking Level I certification through the Vermont Agency of Education's Peer Review Program. Additionally, Vermont-NEA is teaming with districts in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont to offer the first Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program in Vermont.

NEA believes that all teachers should be “profession-ready” from their first day of responsibility for student learning. This means that before becoming a teacher-of-record, teacher candidates must demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed for effective classroom practice. While teachers continue to learn and grow after entering the profession, no candidate should ever be called a “teacher” without demonstrating the ability to improve student learning. Candidates who are placed in classrooms and expected to learn how to teach on the job are not profession-ready.  

All persons entering the teaching profession must have had enough opportunities to witness, implement, and reflect on quality teaching and learning and demonstrate classroom readiness by successfully completing a pre-service, classroom-based performance assessment prior to receiving full state licensure. The Vermont Agency of Education Educator Licensure Page has tutorials and FAQs on how to obtain your license in Vermont. If you have specific questions, feel free to email Juliette Longchamp at [email protected] or schedule a meeting with her here.  Some quick links are below. 

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Online Licensing System for Vermont Educators (ALiS) 

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GrowVT-Ed 2024-2025

If you are a teacher on a provisional license seeking endorsement through Peer Review, visit our GrowVT-Ed Webpage. We are offering this during the 2024-2025 School Year.  The information including the class schedule can be found on the GrowVT-Ed Webpage. Barbie Collette and Juliette Longchamp are coordinators of this program, which offers weekly seminars and content coaching leading the completion of the Peer Review Portfolio. 

NEK Teacher Apprentice Program 2024-2025

Visit the Teacher Apprentice Website to learn more about this exciting program offered to many districts in the NEK of Vermont. Vermont-NEA is providing mentor training and the supplemental instruction required for this program. The supplemental instruction includes weekly asynchronous modules and synchronous seminars. Lili Foster and Juliette Longchamp are coordinating the supplemental instruction, which leads to the completion of the Vermont Licensure Program. Visit the VT Teacher Apprentice website  to learn more about this program. 

Feel free to email Juliette Longchamp at [email protected] or schedule a meeting with her here. 

 

 

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The Vermont-National Education Association is the union of Vermont educators, 13,000 professionals who teach the state's children every day. As the state's largest union, Vermont-NEA is proud to represent the people who make a difference in the lives of students in classrooms across Vermont.
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The Vermont-NEA is a state affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.

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