The program and application procedures will be explained. Professors from GMU, a certification specialist from the FCPS Department of Human Resources, and a representative from the FCPS staff development office will be available on January 22 to answer questions. This program, designed to meet Virginia certification requirements for reading specialists and the special needs of FCPS, will begin in the summer. Teachers who are accepted will receive tuition assistance and a master's degree upon completing the program requirements. The Department of Human Resources is now accepting employee nominations for admission to the March 1 spring session of the Support Services Institute.
Sessions cover topics directly related to career enhancement.
An interested employee should obtain his or her program manager's approval for admission and release for the nine sessions. Deadline for applications is January 12. A committee will review the applications, and the employees who are chosen will be contacted in mid-February. Nomination forms have been sent to all assistant superintendents, cluster directors, directors, coordinators, principals, and program managers. The snow date is February 20.