Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 9, December 18, 2023
Endorsement requirements.
1. The candidate must have graduated from an
approved teacher preparation program in early/primary education preK-3;
or
2. The candidate for the
early/primary education preK-3 endorsement must have earned a baccalaureate
degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the liberal arts
or sciences, or equivalent, and completed coursework that covers the
early/primary education preK-3 competencies and meets the following
semester-hour requirements:
a. English (shall
include composition, oral communication, and literature): 12 semester hours; or
complete 6 semester hours in English and pass a rigorous elementary subject
test prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education;
b. Mathematics (shall include algebra,
geometry, probability and statistics, and methods in teaching elementary
mathematics): 12 semester hours; or complete 6 semester hours in mathematics,
complete a methods in teaching elementary mathematics course (3 semester
hours), and pass a rigorous elementary subject test prescribed by the Virginia
Board of Education;
c. Laboratory
sciences: 12 semester hours (in at least two science disciplines and methods in
teaching elementary science); or complete 6 semester hours in laboratory
science (in two science disciplines), complete a methods in teaching elementary
science course (3 semester hours), and pass a rigorous elementary subject test
prescribed by the Virginia Board of Education;
d. History (shall include American history
and world history): 6 semester hours, and Social Science (shall include
geography and economics): 6 semester hours; or complete 3 semester hours in
history, complete 3 semester hours in social science (geography or economics),
complete a methods in teaching elementary history and social sciences course (3
semester hours), and pass a rigorous elementary subject test prescribed by the
Virginia Board of Education; and
e.
Arts: 3 semester hours.
Derived
From
Virginia
Register Volume 34, Issue 24, eff.
8/23/2018.
Statutory Authority: §§
22.1-298.1
and
22.1-299
of the Code of Virginia.
