{"data":{"id":"us-va/8vac20-23-370","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"8VAC20-23-370","heading":"Gifted education (add-on endorsement)","body":"Endorsement requirements. The candidate shall have:\n\n1. 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;\n\n2. Earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and completed an approved teacher preparation program in gifted education; or\n\n3. Completed the following requirements:\n\na. 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\n\nb. Completed 12 semester hours of graduate-level coursework in gifted education distributed in the following areas:\n\n(1) Introduction and identification of giftedness: three semester hours;\n\n(2) Social and emotional development and guidance of gifted learners: three semester hours;\n\n(3) Curriculum and instructional strategies for gifted learners: three semester hours; and\n\n(4) Advanced course work in one of the following areas: three semester hours:\n\n(a) Advanced curriculum, instruction, and assessment design;\n\n(b) Advanced program development and evaluation; or\n\n(c) Advanced study in underrepresented populations; and\n\nc. 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.","path":["Title 8. Education","Agency 20. State Board of Education","Chapter 23. Licensure Regulations for School Personnel","Part V. Licensure Regulations Governing PreK-12, Special Education, Secondary Grades 6-12, and Adult Education Endorsements"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title8/agency20/chapter23/section370/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:47:26Z","sha256":"f8c56886aa0d04600ef5a94e0699ffe18715aac3c2761288f8bca6dff7898b36","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/8vac20-23-360","next":"us-va/8vac20-23-380"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}