8VAC20-23-290. Career and technical education – transition and special needs (add-on endorsement).
Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:
1. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in transition and special needs education; or
2. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and completed a major in career and technical education or special education preK-12 with an endorsement in one area of career and technical education or special education preK-12, including 12 semester hours distributed in the following areas:
a. Overview of special needs programs and services: three semester hours;
b. Instructional methods, curriculum, and resources: three semester hours;
c. Career and life planning, transitioning, occupational information, and delivery of cooperative education programs: three semester hours; and
d. Purposes and practices and characteristics of special populations: three semester hours; and
3. Completed successful, supervised occupational experience, three semester hours, or one year of full-time or the equivalent of relevant occupational experience within the past five years.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 24, eff. August 23, 2018; amended, Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 2, eff. October 24, 2024.