Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8 - EDUCATION
Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 23 - LICENSURE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL
Part V - Licensure Regulations Governing PreK-12, Special Education, Secondary Grades 6-12, and Adult Education Endorsements
Section 8VAC20-23-210 - Adult English as a second language (add-on endorsement)
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 20-23-210
Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 16, March 25, 2024
Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:
1. Earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in adult English as a second language; or
2. Earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and hold a license issued by the Virginia Board of Education with an endorsement in a teaching area; and
3. Completed 21 semester hours of coursework distributed in the following areas:
a. Methods for teaching adult English
learners: 3 semester hours;
b.
English linguistics: 3 semester hours;
c. Cross-cultural education: 3 semester
hours;
d. Modern foreign language:
6 semester hours; and
e. Electives
from the following areas: 6 semester hours:
(1) Cross-cultural communication;
(2) Second language acquisition;
(3) General linguistics;
(4) Teaching reading to adults;
(5) Adult English learner instruction;
or
(6) Adult English learner
curriculum development.
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.
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