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 8VAC20-23-280 - Career and technical education - trade and industrial education
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 20-23-280
Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 16, March 25, 2024
A. Endorsement requirements.
1. The candidate shall have
graduated from an approved teacher preparation program with a minimum of a
baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in
trade and industrial education; or
2. A candidate who has graduated from an
approved teacher preparation program that is not in the trade and industrial
education program subject area for which the candidate is seeking endorsement
shall have:
a. A current state license or
industry certification based on the prescribed standard or examination, if
applicable; and
b. Evidence of at
least two years of successful full-time or equivalent occupational experience
within the past five years in the teaching specialty for which the candidate is
seeking endorsement. A candidate whose occupational experience has not been
within the last five years shall participate in a supervised technical update
related to the teaching specialty or area of endorsement or complete a
supervised internship of work experience of not less than six weeks related to
the area of endorsement or teaching specialty.
B. Technical Professional License. An endorsement in a specialized trade and industrial education area will be granted to an individual who has:
1. Been
recommended by an employing Virginia educational agency;
2. A current license or is currently
certified as a professional practitioner in the area in which the individual is
to be teaching, if applicable, or can demonstrate competency in the area of
trade and industrial education the individual is to be teaching;
3. Evidence of at least two years of
successful full-time or the equivalent occupational experience within the past
five years in the teaching specialty for which he is seeking endorsement.
Candidates whose occupational experience has not been within the last five
years shall participate in a supervised technical update related to the
teaching specialty or area of endorsement or complete a supervised internship
of work experience of not less than six weeks related to the area of
endorsement or teaching specialty; and
4. Completed professional studies
requirements (human development and learning: 3 semester hours; curriculum and
instruction in career and technical education: 3 semester hours; and
applications of instructional technology or classroom and behavior management:
3 semester hours).
C. Add-on endorsement requirements. A candidate shall:
1. Hold an active Collegiate Professional or
Postgraduate Professional License with a teaching endorsement;
2. Demonstrate competency in the trade or
industrial area being sought;
3.
Hold current state licensure or industry certification for the trade or
industrial area for which endorsement is sought based upon the prescribed
standard or examination;
4. Have
completed two years or 4,000 clock hours of satisfactory, full-time
occupational experience at the journeyman level or an equivalent level in the
occupation within the last five years. Candidates whose occupational experience
has not been within the last five years shall participate in a supervised
technical update related to the teaching specialty or area of endorsement or
complete a supervised internship of work experience of not less than six weeks
related to the area of endorsement or teaching specialty; and
5. Have completed 3 semester hours in
curriculum and instruction specific to vocational industrial
education.
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.
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