License Renewal

• Click here to download the application (.docx)
• When printing the form, be sure that the format remains. Each page must show the page number at the bottom. The applicant's signature must also be at the bottom of all three pages.

• Check or money order made out to Greene County Public Schools 
• If you are submitting other changes to your license at the time of renewal (other than a change of address), your application must be mailed. When mailed, the payment must be made to the Treasurer of Virginia (check, money order, or online payment receipt). The payment must include the fee for any changes being requested. Please review the fee schedule (.docx) to confirm the cost for each change.

• All Professional Development activities must be listed on the third page of the Renewal Application.
• Each renewal activity must be a minimum of 5 points.
• Your administrators will initial each activity after confirming its completion.
• If the activity has already been approved in Professional Learning, a separate certificate is not required.
• Using college credits for renewal points? Please request official transcripts. When requesting official transcripts digitally, provide the email address for the HR Coordinator for delivery: bkeys@greenecountyschools.com. When requesting official transcripts via postal mail, please provide the following address for delivery:

Greene County Public Schools
Attn: Bridget Keys, HR Coordinator
40 Celt Rd.
Stanardsville, VA 22973

• The Child Abuse courses taken in Vector Solutions satisfies this requirement. Please print certificates for both the "Child Abuse: Identification and Intervention" and "Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting" and submit to the HR coordinator
• If you have not taken the above course, here is the link to a training module that has been pre-approved and is available to you at no cost. Please print the completion certificate immediately upon finishing the course (paper or PDF), as this will need to be submitted to the HR coordinator with your renewal. This module is worth 5 points towards your renewal.

• The course must include a hands-on component.
• To complete an in-person course at GCPS, contact the Athletic Trainer, Andrew Kelly: akelly@greenecountyschools.com. 
• This course is worth 5 points towards your renewal.

• Module - Dyslexia Awareness Training
• Be sure to print the completion certificate immediately upon finishing the course (paper or PDF), as this will need to be submitted to the HR coordinator with your renewal.
• This module is worth 5 points towards your renewal.

• New requirement for 2023 renewals
• Both modules must be completed in order to meet the requirement.
• Module - Meaningful IEP Online Training
• Module - Building a More Inclusive School Community: Key Elements
• Please save the PDF certificates and electronically add your name. Submit both certificates to the HR coordinator with your renewal.
• Together, these modules are worth 5 points towards your renewal. 

• Individuals seeking licensure renewal with an endorsement as a school counselor must include verification of this statutory required training endorsement in the recognition of mental health disorder and behavioral distress, including depression, trauma, violence, youth suicide, and substance abuse.
• Refer to Superintendent’s Memo #313-17 for information on training options to meet this requirement.

• Early-Middle Education K-8
• Elementary Grades NK-8  
• Elementary Grades K-7  
• Elementary Grades K-8  
• Elementary Grades 1-7  
• Elementary Grades 4-7
• Kindergarten Elementary Grades 1-7
• Economics
• Government
• History
• History and Social Sciences
• Middle Education Grades 4-8
• Middle Education Grades 5-8
• Middle Education Grades 6-8
• Middle Education Grades 6-7
• Middle Education 6-8: History and Social Science
• Social Studies-Without History   

        *Please note that some endorsements are no longer issued; however, individuals may have received one or more of the endorsements pursuant to previous regulations. Individuals who hold any one of these endorsements on a Virginia license must satisfy the Virginia history or state and local government requirement for renewal.

Module - Virginia History or State and Local Government.

Note: If you have taken this module in the past, you may have to reset your progress; otherwise, the certificate of completion may reflect a prior completion date.