Orange County Public Schools is Hiring a Teacher - Grade 3 Anticipated 24 - 25 SY Near Locust Grove, GA
Position Type: Elementary School Teaching/Primary - Grades 1, 2, 3 Date Posted: 3/19/2024 Location: Locust Grove Elementary School Date Available: 24-25 SY Closing Date: Open until filledCandidates must hold or be eligible for a Virginia Teaching License. OCPS also collaborates with Mary Baldwin University and iteach to offer pathways for individuals to become fully certified. Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:
1. The candidate must have graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in early/primary education preK-3; or
2. The candidate for the early/primary education preK-3 endorsement must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the liberal arts or sciences, or equivalent, and completed coursework that covers the early/primary education preK-3 competencies and meets the following semester-hour requirements:
a. English (shall include composition, oral communication, and literature): 12 semester hours; or complete 6 semester hours in English and pass a rigorous elementary subject test prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education;
b. Mathematics (shall include algebra, geometry, probability and statistics, and methods in teaching elementary mathematics): 12 semester hours; or complete 6 semester hours in mathematics, complete a methods in teaching elementary mathematics course (3 semester hours), and pass a rigorous elementary subject test prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education;
c. Laboratory sciences: 12 semester hours (in at least two science disciplines and methods in teaching elementary science); or complete 6 semester hours in laboratory science (in two science disciplines), complete a methods in teaching elementary science course (3 semester hours), and pass a rigorous elementary subject test prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education;
d. History (shall include American history and world history): 6 semester hours, and Social Science (shall include geography and economics): 6 semester hours; or complete 3 semester hours in history, complete 3 semester hours in social science (geography or economics), complete a methods in teaching elementary history and social sciences course (3 semester hours), and pass a rigorous elementary subject test prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education; and
e. Arts: 3 semester hours.
To be elegible for a Provisional, you need to be within 9 semester hours in core content listed above.