Virginia Law

The program in economics and personal finance shall ensure that the candidate holds an active license (Collegiate Professional License, Postgraduate Professional License, or a Provisional License leading to a Collegiate Professional or Postgraduate Professional License) with a teaching endorsement or endorsements issued by the State Board of Education and has demonstrated the following competencies:

1. Understanding and demonstration of the required knowledge, skills, and processes to support learners in achievement of the Economics and Personal Finance Virginia Standards of Learning, including:

a. Integration of economic concepts and structures, including how consumers, businesses, and governments face scarcity of resources and make trade-offs and incur opportunity costs;

b. Role of producers and consumers in a market economy including response to incentives, the role of entrepreneurs, and how costs and revenues affect profit and supply;

c. The price system;

d. Factors that affect income;

e. Nation's economic goals, including full employment, stable prices, and economic growth;

f. Nation's financial system;

g. Monetary and fiscal policy;

h. Role of government in a market economy;

i. Global economy including trade and comparative advantage;

j. Consumer skills;

k. Planning for living and leisure expenses;

l. Banking transactions;

m. Credit and loan functions;

n. Role of insurance in risk management;

o. Income earning, taxes, and reporting;

p. Personal financial planning;

q. Investment and savings planning; and

r. Financing postsecondary education (including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); and

2. Understanding and knowledge of teaching in an online or blended learning environment.