Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 23 - LICENSURE REGULATIONS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL › Part I - Definitions › Section 8VAC20-23-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly implies
					 otherwise:
"Accredited institution" means an institution of higher
					 education accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the United
					 States Department of Education.
"Accredited virtual school or program" means a virtual
					 school or program accredited by one of the accrediting agencies recognized by
					 the Virginia Department of Education. School divisions operating as
					 multi-division online providers may be deemed as meeting accreditation
					 requirements if a majority of their schools are fully accredited by the
					 Virginia Board of Education.
"Alternate route to licensure" means a nontraditional route
					 to licensure available to individuals who meet the criteria specified in
					 guidelines developed by the board or
					 8VAC20-23-90.
"Approved program" means a professional education program
					 recognized as meeting state standards for the content and operation of such
					 programs so that graduates of the program will be eligible for state licensure.
					 The Virginia Board of Education has the authority to approve programs in
					 Virginia.
"Cancellation" means the withdrawal of a license following
					 the voluntary return of the license by the license holder.
"Career and Technical Education License" means a three-year
					 license available to qualified individuals to teach, either full time or part
					 time, high school career and technical education courses in specific subject
					 areas who meet requirements set forth in this chapter. Individuals issued a
					 three-year Career and Technical Education License shall not be eligible for
					 continuing contract status while teaching under such license and shall be
					 subject to the probationary terms of employment specified in § 22.1-303 of
					 the Code of Virginia.
"Certified program provider" means a provider certified by
					 the Virginia Department of Education to provide preparation and training for
					 applicants seeking the Provisional License specified in
					 8VAC20-23-90.
"Career and Technical Education or Dual Enrollment License"
					 means a three-year license to solely teach career and technical education
					 courses or dual enrollment courses at public high schools in the Commonwealth
					 issued to any individual who (i) is employed as an instructor by an institution
					 of higher education that is accredited by a nationally recognized regional
					 accreditation body, (ii) is teaching in the specific career and technical
					 education or dual enrollment subject area at such institution in which the
					 individual seeks to teach at a public school, and (iii) complies with the
					 requirements set forth in subdivisions D 1 and D 3 of § 22.1-298.1 of the
					 Code of Virginia. The Virginia Board of Education shall require any such
					 instructor to maintain continuous employment in such position at the
					 institution of higher education as a condition of continued license. The
					 provisions of this regulation shall expire on July 1, 2021, however, any
					 license issued pursuant to the act prior to July 1, 2021, shall remain in
					 effect for three years from the date it was issued unless such license is
					 revoked by the Virginia Board of Education.
"Collegiate Professional License" means a 10-year,
					 renewable teaching license available to an individual who has satisfied all
					 requirements for licensure set forth in this chapter, including an earned
					 baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and the
					 professional teacher's assessments prescribed by the Virginia Board of
					 Education.
"Denial" means the refusal to grant a license.
"Division Superintendent License" means a 10-year,
					 renewable license available to an individual who has completed an earned
					 master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university and meets
					 the requirements specified in
					 8VAC20-23-630.
					 The individual's name shall be listed on the Virginia Board of Education's list
					 of eligible division superintendents.
"Experiential learning" means a process of applying for an
					 initial license through the alternate route as prescribed by the Virginia Board
					 of Education and meeting the criteria specified in
					 8VAC20-23-90
					 E to be eligible to request experiential learning credits in lieu of the
					 coursework for the endorsement (teaching) content area.
"Industry certification credential" means an active career
					 and technical education credential that is earned by successfully completing a
					 Virginia Board of Education-approved industry certification examination, being
					 issued a professional license in the Commonwealth, or successfully completing
					 an occupational competency examination.
"International Educator License" means a professional
					 teaching license issued for no more than five years to an exchange teacher with
					 citizenship in a nation other than the United States of America who meets
					 requirements by a state-approved, federally-designated Exchange Visitor Program
					 and who is employed as a teacher in a Virginia public school or an accredited
					 nonpublic school.
"Licensure by reciprocity" means a process used to issue a
					 license to an individual coming into Virginia from another state when that
					 individual meets certain conditions specified in this chapter.
"Mentor" means a classroom teacher hired by the local
					 school division who has achieved continuing contract status or other
					 instructional personnel including retired teachers who meet local mentor
					 selection criteria. The mentor should work in the same building as the
					 beginning teacher or be instructional personnel who is assigned solely as a
					 mentor. A mentor should be assigned a limited number of teachers at any time.
					 Instructional personnel who are not assigned solely as mentors should not be
					 assigned to more than four teachers at any time. Mentors guide teachers in the
					 program through demonstrations, observations, and consultations.
"One-Year High School License" means a license valid for
					 one-year and renewable thereafter in one-year increments to teach in public
					 high schools for individuals who have met requirements for such license as set
					 forth in this chapter.
"Online Teacher License" means a 10-year, renewable license
					 valid only for teaching online courses. Teachers who hold a five-year or
					 10-year renewable license issued by the Virginia Board of Education may teach
					 online courses for which they are properly endorsed and do not need to seek
					 this license.
"Postgraduate Professional License" means a 10-year,
					 renewable license available to an individual who has qualified for the
					 Collegiate Professional License and who holds an appropriate earned graduate
					 degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
"Professional studies" means courses and other learning
					 experiences designed to prepare individuals in the areas of human development
					 and learning, curriculum and instruction, assessment of and for learning,
					 classroom and behavior management, foundations of education and the teaching
					 profession, language and literacy, and supervised clinical experiences.
"Professional teacher assessment" means those tests or
					 other requirements mandated for licensure as prescribed by the Virginia Board
					 of Education.
"Provisional License" means a nonrenewable license valid
					 for a specified period of time not to exceed three years issued to an
					 individual who has allowable deficiencies for full licensure as set forth in
					 this chapter.
"Pupil Personnel Services License" means a 10-year,
					 renewable license available to an individual who has earned an appropriate
					 graduate degree from a regionally accredited college or university with an
					 endorsement as a school counselor, school psychologist, school social worker,
					 or vocational evaluator. This license does not require teaching experience
					 unless otherwise outlined under the specific endorsement's requirements.
"Renewable license" means a license issued by the Virginia
					 Board of Education for 10 years, unless otherwise specified, to an individual
					 who meets all requirements specified in this chapter.
"Reprimand" means a written admonishment of a license
					 holder that does not result in the withdrawal of a license.
"Revocation" means the withdrawal of a license.
"School Manager License" means a 10-year, renewable license
					 intended to provide for a differentiation of administrative responsibilities in
					 a school setting. A school manager is licensed to administer noninstructional
					 responsibilities in an educational setting. A school manager is restricted from
					 evaluating teachers, supervising instruction, developing and evaluating
					 curriculum, and serving as a school's student disciplinarian. The license is
					 available to a candidate who holds a baccalaureate degree from a regionally
					 accredited college or university; has three years of successful managerial
					 experience; and is recommended for the license by a Virginia school division
					 superintendent.
"Suspension" means the temporary withdrawal of a
					 license.
"Technical Professional License" means a 10-year, renewable
					 license available to an individual who has graduated from a public or
					 accredited nonpublic high school (or possesses a Virginia Board of
					 Education-approved high school equivalency credential); has exhibited academic
					 proficiency, technical competency, and successful occupational experience; and
					 meets the requirements specified in
					 8VAC20-23-50
					 A 4.
"Teach For America License" means a two-year provisional
					 license available to an individual who is a participant in Teach For America
					 and meets the requirements specified in
					 8VAC20-23-50.
Statutory Authority: §§ 22.1-298.1 and 22.1-299
						of the Code of Virginia (8VAC20-23-10,
						8VAC20-23-40,
						8VAC20-23-50,
						8VAC20-23-720,
						8VAC20-23-755,
						8VAC20-23-760,
						8VAC20-23-800)
						.