Originally Posted by
atpcliff
..... Is the certification able to be used outside VA? That would be fantastic!
Yes and No. As far as I know you have to apply for a license in the state that you are going to be teaching in. Even if you get a degree in education, you still need to apply for a license. It's just that an education degree pretty much guarantees they give you one.
With the alternate route to a license there is no 1 semester of "student teaching". Because of that, you first teaching job will satisfy the student teaching requirement, so you are essentially on a 1 year probation. After that you trade in your 1 year license and get a standard full fledged teaching license (5 year renewable in VA).
(this next part is just me speculating)
Most states have a reciprocity agreement (formal/informal, idk). So, the state's department of education should grant you a license if you show you have one from another state (i hope).
Jeff