8VAC20-543-150. Adult education.
The program in adult education shall ensure that the candidate has demonstrated the following competencies:
1. Foundations of adult education;
2. Understanding of the nature or psychology of the adult learner or adult development;
3. Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes needed for the selection, evaluation, and instructional applications of the methods and materials for adults to become college and career ready including:
a. Curriculum development in adult basic education or high school equivalency instruction;
b. Literacy skills for adults;
c. Numeracy skills for adults; and
d. Workforce skills for adults.
4. Understanding of and proficiency in grammar, usage, and mechanics and their integration in writing;
5. Understanding of and proficiency in andragogy to incorporate writing as an instructional and assessment tool for candidates to generate, gather, plan, organize, and present ideas in writing to communicate for a variety of purposes; and
6. One semester of supervised successful full-time, or an equivalent number of hours of part-time, experience teaching adults.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-298.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 34, Issue 24, eff. August 23, 2018.