Career Pathways

Education & Training, Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow

Education & Training Career Cluster

The Education & Training Career Cluster is focused on planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.

Check with your counselor to see which pathways are offered at your school.

Program Information

Schools
Battlefield High School,
Brentsville District High School,
Colgan High School,
Forest Park High School,
Freedom High School,
Gainesville High School,
Gar-Field High School,
Hylton High School,
Osbourn Park High School,
Patriot High School,
Potomac High School,
Unity Reed High School,
Woodbridge High School

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (VTfT)

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow program is dual enrolled with Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). Students successfully completing the 2-year high school program will receive 14 of the 20 college credits in the Education: Teaching Professional Career Studies Certificate with an option to finish the final 3 – 6 credits in the summer/fall after graduation to become immediately employable.

The Teaching Professional Career Studies Certificate represents the first 20 credits of the 60-credit Associate's Degree in Education. Students with the Career Studies Certificate may continue to finish the Associate Degree in Education within approximately 3 semesters of course work at NVCC.

The Education, A.S. program is aligned with the Transfer Virginia common curriculum. Students may choose to transfer to a four-year university program to finish a full teacher licensure program.

GradePWCS CoursesPWCS 
Credits
Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) CoursesNVCC
Credits

9

Child Development and Parenting

1

  

10

Introduction to Early Childhood Education

1

  

11

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow 1 DE

1

EDU 200, Foundations of Education,
EDU 207, Human Growth and Development, and
SDV 101, Orientation to Teaching

3
3

1

12

Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow 2 DE

1

EDU 204, Teaching in a Diverse Society,
EDU 206, Classroom and Behavioral Management, and
EDU 290, Coordinated Internship

3
3

1

 Total Credits

4

 

14

Sub-Total Credits
4-4.00