ODU Career Switcher

Peninsula Higher Education Center
Virginia Beach Higher Education Center
Tri-Cities Higher Education Center
Contact:

MR. FRANCIS C. PUCHALSKI
CO-DIRECTOR VDOE CAREER SWITCHER

MS. LISA M. TEMPLE
CO-DIRECTOR VDOE CAREER SWITCHER

Office Location and Contact Information:
ODU Main Campus
Room 122, Education Building
Norfolk, VA 23529
(757) 683-4686 or
1-800-262-0009

Co-Directors of the Career Switcher Program:
Francis C. Puchalski and Lisa Michele Temple

The Old Dominion University Darden College of Education has offered the Career Switcher Program on behalf of Virginia State Department of Education for the past eight years. In 1999, the General Assembly requested that the Board of Education develop an alternative pathway to teaching which would positively impact Virginia's teacher shortages. ODU was approached by the Department of Education to create and run the state's pilot Career Switcher Program. Since then, our program has trained thousands of Career Switchers who have gone on to be valued educators in school districts statewide.

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Varied program formats allowed for extremely accelerated training, while accommodating participants who wish to remain employed in their current jobs while pursuing licensure.