CCPS Leadership Academy
We work for CCPS educators & leaders!
The School of Professional & Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond supports educators and school leaders. We’re pleased to provide professional development and licensure opportunities for Chesterfield County Public School classroom teachers and school leaders. We hope you’ll share these opportunities with your instructional and administrative staffs.
Teacher Education opportunities
We offer graduate degrees in Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. And we offer bachelor’s degree completion or the Master of Teaching toward initial licensure.
UR alums: Spider Spirit Alumni Discount
SPCS Education Consortium: Discounted tuition
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Engage with Partners in the Arts
Partners in the Arts (PIA) is the Richmond region’s premier resource for arts-integrated learning and teaching in P-12 classrooms. The center’s signature program is the Joan Oates Institute for Partners in the Arts.
PIA offers professional learning & instructional coaching, consulting in arts integration and support in implementing arts-integrated projects.
Add skills with a Professional Series
We offer professional series in several in-demand areas of instruction and leadership.
Three series include coursework that can lead to endorsements in Gifted Education, Special Education and ESL, noted with an asterisk (*) below.
Ready for professional development?
Complete provisional licensure & relicensure
We know that many teachers are hired with provisional licenses, and we offer a number of classes each semester to meet the needs of provisionally licensed teachers. And when you start working toward licensure renewal, our graduate professional development courses earn 90 points toward relicensure.
Cost per graduate PD class for educators
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We're the School of Professional & Continuing Studies at the University of Richmond
We’re the continuing and professional education unit of the University of Richmond.
The University of Richmond is a private liberal arts with stellar national reputation and rankings. We share the resources of the University throughout the Richmond community, and we have strong relationships with Central Virginia school divisions. Our programs are accredited and approved by CAEP and SACSCOC.
We hope you’ll consider the School of Professional & Continuing Studies as your source for career advancement and professional learning in education.
When you’re ready to take the next step in your career — perhaps by earning an advanced degree, adding an endorsement or improving your teaching and leadership skills — our graduate education programs and classes are ready when you are.
See what we offer, and when you’re ready to take the next step, let us know. Browse and follow links on this page to learn about our graduate education degrees and professional learning opportunities.
We look forward to hearing from you. We work for professional educators.