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 8VAC20-23-340 - English
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 20-23-340
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 English; or
2. Earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and completed a major in English or a minimum of 36 semester hours of coursework distributed in the following areas:
a. Literacy and reading: 12 semester
hours. Courses shall include:
(1) Survey of
British literature;
(2) Survey of
American literature;
(3) World
literature; and
(4) Literary theory
and criticism.
b.
Language: 3 semester hours. Includes the development and nature of the English
language.
c. Composition: 12
semester hours. Experiences shall include:
(1)
A grammar course integrating grammar and writing;
(2) The teaching of writing, based on current
knowledge and most effective practices, including the use of technology for
this purpose;
(3) An advanced
composition course emphasizing rhetorical practices of expository, persuasive,
argumentative, and analytical writing; and
(4) Teaching research including ethical
accessing, evaluating, organizing, crediting, and synthesizing
information.
d. Oral
language: 3 semester hours. Experiences shall include the teaching of public
and presentation speaking, including nonverbal communication and the role of
communication in small group and mass communication.
e. Electives from the areas listed in this
subdivision 2: 6 semester hours.
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.
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