Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8 - EDUCATION
Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chapter 23 - LICENSURE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL
Part VI - Licensure Regulations Governing Support Personnel
Section 8VAC20-23-700 - School social worker

Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 20-23-700

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 16, March 25, 2024

Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:

1. Earned a master's of social work degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a minimum of 60 graduate-level semester hours; or earned an advanced standing master's of social work degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a minimum of 30 graduate-level semester hours;

2. A minimum of six graduate semester hours in education to include six semester hours from two of the following courses:

a. Foundations of education and the teaching profession (3 semester hours);

b. Characteristics of special education (3 semester hours);

c. Human development and learning (3 semester hours); or

d. Classroom and behavior management (3 semester hours).

3. Completed a supervised practicum or field experience of a minimum of 400 clock hours in a public or an accredited nonpublic school discharging the duties of a school social worker. One year of successful, full-time experience as a school social worker in a public or an accredited nonpublic school may be accepted in lieu of the school social work practicum.

Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.

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