8VAC20-23-370. Gifted education (add-on endorsement).
Endorsement requirements. 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;
2. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and completed an approved teacher preparation program in gifted education; or
3. Completed the following requirements:
a. 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
b. Completed 12 semester hours of graduate-level coursework in gifted education distributed in the following areas:
(1) Introduction and identification of giftedness: three semester hours;
(2) Social and emotional development and guidance of gifted learners: three semester hours;
(3) Curriculum and instructional strategies for gifted learners: three semester hours; and
(4) Advanced course work in one of the following areas: three semester hours:
(a) Advanced curriculum, instruction, and assessment design;
(b) Advanced program development and evaluation; or
(c) Advanced study in underrepresented populations; and
c. Completed a practicum of at least 45 instructional hours. This practicum shall include a minimum of 45 instructional hours of successful teaching experiences with gifted students in a public or an accredited nonpublic school. In lieu of the practicum, one year of successful, full-time teaching experience with gifted students in a public or an accredited nonpublic school may be accepted, provided the teacher is assigned a mentor holding a valid license with an endorsement in gifted education.
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.