This resource provides information about apprenticeship opportunities for paraprofessionals and internationally trained professionals (ITPs) who are interested in becoming teachers.

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This video provides a brief overview of the goals of the Virginia Area Health Education Centers (Virginia AHEC) and the program activities (Timestamp 2:33) including The Virginia AHEC Scholars.

AHEC VIDEO

Background: Virginia Child Care Provider Scholarship Program:  VDOE’s Child Care Provider Scholarship Program supports students seeking a career studies certificate or degree in Early Childhood Development. This scholarship is applied toward the cost of in-state tuition for at Virginia’s Community Colleges and Certified Montessori Training Programs. Effective October 2024, the lifetime maximum award for new scholarship accounts is $4,130.

This webinar from 2020 talks about opportunities for students who are interested in careers in childcare and early childhood education. To hear about scholarship opportunities, see timestamp 3:02. To hear about professional development initiatives, see timestamp 9:42. To hear from adult education practitioners who are doing early childhood IETs, see timestamp 31:35.

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This resource discusses the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and their workforce initiatives. To learn more about FastForward, see timestamp 1:13. To hear more about:

• The Virginia Infrastructure Academy, see timestamp 5:27.
• What G3 is and the 3-year outcomes, see timestamp 7:45.
• An update on other career initiatives within the VCCS, see timestamp 12:57.
• Some of the new strategic initiatives, including a focus on increasing work-based learning and serving incarcerated individuals, see timestamp 16:50.

VCCS Workforce VIDEO

These two resources from the Enhancing Access for Refugees and New Americans (EARN) national project provide guidance on how to support multilingual learners in and through career pathways.

• The Role of Navigators in IELCE/IET Career Pathways: Career navigators and advisors help English learners and immigrants navigate complex U.S. systems and access services to help support their integration into U.S. society. This EARN spotlight explores potential actions for navigators to take as they support English learners along an IELCE/IET career pathway.
• Serving Internationally-Trained Professionals in IELCE Activities: ITPs frequently attend adult education programs; they often take English language acquisition classes or participate in IELCE activities. This EARN spotlight shares promising practices that states, programs, and individual practitioners can use to support ITPs in applying their assets, skills, and credentials to achieve economic integration. Many of these practices support ITPs as they navigate career pathways, especially those that include IELCE and Integrated Education and Training (IET) activities.

These partners provide support to internationally trained professionals on credential evaluation and recognition.

• World Education Services: This is a non-profit social enterprise that supports the educational, economic, and social inclusion of immigrants, refugees, and international students in the U.S. and Canada.
• Upwardly Global: This organization is focused on advancing workforce inclusion for work-authorized immigrants, refugees, and asylees with professional experience and international degrees by helping them secure skill-aligned jobs to ensure a diverse workforce, build resilient communities, and contribute to a robust U.S. economy.