Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8 - EDUCATION
Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 23 - LICENSURE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL
Part IV - Licensure Regulations Governing Early/Primary Education, Elementary Education, and Middle Education Endorsements
Section 8VAC20-23-160 - Elementary education preK-6
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 20-23-160
Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 16, March 25, 2024
Endorsement requirements.
1. The candidate shall have graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in elementary education preK-6; or
2. The candidate for the elementary education preK-6 endorsement shall have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university majoring in the liberal arts or sciences (or equivalent) and meet 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 teaching elementary mathematics): 15
semester hours; or complete 6 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:
15 semester hours in at least three science disciplines and at least a three
credit science methods course; or complete 9 semester hours (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.
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.
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