8VAC20-23-650: Mathematics specialist for elementary and middle education

Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:

1. Completed at least three years of successful, full-time teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school in which the teaching of mathematics was an important responsibility;

2. A Virginia license with a Mathematics – algebra I (add-on) or mathematics (secondary) teaching endorsement (grades 6-12); and

3. Either:

a. Graduated from a graduate-level approved mathematics specialist elementary and middle education preparation program - master's degree from an accredited institution required; or

b. Completed a graduate-level program in mathematics, mathematics education, or related education field - master's degree from an accredited institution required - with at least 21 semester hours of undergraduate or graduate mathematics coursework distributed in the following areas; (i) number and operations; (ii) rational numbers; (iii) geometry and measurement; (iv) probability and statistics; (v) algebra and functions; and (vi) at least nine semester hours of graduate coursework pertaining to mathematics education in mathematics instructional leadership, evaluation of mathematics curriculum and instruction, mathematical learning theory, and student assessment for mathematics.