“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
~Keshavan Nair

Eligibility Criteria for VCU Clinical Faculty

Level 1 Clinical Faculty (Cooperating Teachers):

• Valid Virginia Collegiate Professional Certificate
• Virginia Teaching Endorsement for subject(s)/grade(s) currently teaching
• Successful classroom teaching experience for a minimum of three years
• Recognition from a peer and supervisor as an accomplished teacher with positive human relations skills
• Full-time teaching assignment within one school in Chesterfield County, Hanover County, Henrico County, and Richmond City Public Schools
• Teaching assignment in one of the following areas:

• Art Education
• Early and Elementary Education
• Special Education (Early Childhood Special Education; Special Education-General; Special Education-Adapted; Severe Disabilities)
• Music Education
• Health and Physical Education
• Reading
• Secondary Education
    - English
    - Foreign Language (French, Spanish, German)
    - Math
    - Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics)
    -Social Studies and History

• Valid Virginia Collegiate Professional Certificate
• Successful classroom teaching experience for a minimum of three years
• Recognition from a peer and supervisor as an accomplished teacher with positive human relations skills
• Master’s Degree
• Successful completion of TEDU 501 Supervising Student Teachers (attaining a grade of A or B)

• Successful experience of at least two years as Level 2 Clinical Faculty member
• Recommendation from a VCU faculty member