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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 8. Education
Agency 20. State Board of Education
Chapter 23. Licensure Regulations for School Personnel
12/21/2024

8VAC20-23-310. Dance arts preK-12.

A. Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:

1. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in dance arts; or

2. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and completed a major in dance arts or 24 semester hours with coursework distributed in the following areas:

a. Development of movement language: nine semester hours.

(1) A course in each area of ballet, folk, jazz, and modern dance: six semester hours; and

(2) Area of concentration in one area of ballet, folk, jazz, or modern dance beyond the entry level: three semester hours;

b. Composition, improvisation, and dance arts production, which may include stage lighting, stage costuming, or stage makeup: three semester hours;

c. Scientific foundations, including human anatomy, kinesiology, and injury prevention and care for dance arts: nine semester hours; and

d. Cultural understanding, including cultural context and dance history: three semester hours.

B. Add-on endorsement requirements in dance arts. The candidate shall have:

1. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and hold a license issued by the Virginia Board of Education with a teaching endorsement in a teaching area; and

2. Completed 15 semester hours of coursework distributed in the following areas:

a. Development of movement language: nine semester hours.

(1) A course in each area of ballet, folk, jazz, and modern dance: six semester hours; and

(2) Area of concentration in one area of ballet, folk, jazz, or modern dance beyond the entry level: three semester hours;

b. Composition, improvisation, and dance arts production, which may include stage lighting, stage costuming, or stage makeup: three semester hours; and

c. Cultural understanding, including cultural context and dance history: three semester hours.

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.

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