Application Process

RTR Online Application

• Please be prepared to upload unofficial transcripts for all previous post-secondary (college and university) schooling, even if you did not earn a degree from the institution.
• You will need to provide the name and email address of three professional references. These can be current/former supervisors, current/former colleagues, or current/former professors or advisors.
• You will need to upload your statement of intent. This is a 2+ page double-spaced document describing your motivation to becoming a teacher through the RTR program. Each pathway’s specific prompt can be found by clicking here.

Transcript Review

• After your application is submitted, your transcripts will be reviewed based on your teaching interest.
• VCU School of Education faculty will review your transcript to ensure that you have a 3.0 GPA (cumulative or in the last 60 hours) and that you have taken the prerequisite coursework needed for teacher licensure.
• If your GPA qualifies you to move forward with applying to the program, faculty will create a program of study for you, which may include additional courses that you will need to take prior to enrollment in the program.

Interview

• Once your transcripts have been reviewed, you will receive an invitation to sign up for a virtual Zoom interview with our RTR residency coordinators.
• During the interview, you will respond to interview questions focused on your desire to teach in the high-needs setting as well as qualities you will bring to the program.
• During the interview, you will also teach something for a total of 5 minutes. You get to choose what you would like to teach. This can be a lesson you would teach to your future students; how to knit a hat; how to make a bed; anything that you feel confident in teaching the interviewers.