West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-114 - Approval of Educational Personnel Preparation Programs (Policy 5100) › Appendix B - Approved Standards for Program Development and for Completion of West Virginia Approved Programs Leading to West Virginia Licensure

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
GENERAL EDUCATION SPECIALIZATIONS
Approved Program Specializations
AGRICULTURE
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
**This
							 endorsement is not eligible to be added to a professional certificate under the
							 option in section 21.1.b of this policy.
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ALGEBRA 1 5-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards: NCTM
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (Pre-k-Adult)
**
Standards Required
National Standards:
American Sign Language
							 (ASL) Teacher Association
Current state-approved content standards
**Note: A candidate who holds valid certification
							 through the ASL Teaching Association or valid National Interpreter
							 Certification through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf is not required
							 to satisfy the Sign Language Proficiency Interview: ASL Proficiency Interview:
							 (Gallaudet University) requirement or PRAXIS Assessment of Signed Communication
							 ASL.
ART
Standards Required
National Standards:
Standards for Art Teacher
							 Preparation
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
BIOLOGY
Standards Required
National Standards:
National Science Teachers
							 Association (NSTA)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
BUSINESS EUCATION/MARKETING
Standards Required
National Standards:
National Standards for
							 Business Education
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
CHEMISTRY
Standards Required
National Standards:
NSTA*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
CHINESE
Standards Required
National Standards;
American Council on the
							 Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Current state-approved content standards
COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards:
International Society for
							 Technology in Education (ISTE)*
Current state-approved content standards
DANCE
Standards Required
National Standards:
National Dance
							 Association
Current state-approved content standards
DRIVER EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards;
None
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (K-4)
Standards Required
National Standards:
Association for
							 Ctiildliood Education International (ACEI) or CAEP-identified
							 standards
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
EARLY EDUCATION (Pre-k-K)
Standards Required
National Standards:
National Association for
							 the Education of Young Children* (NAEYC)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE (5-AD)
Standards Required
National Standards:
NSTA
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (K-6)
Standards Required
National Standards:
ACEI or CAEP-identified
							 standards
or
CAEP Elementary Performance Standards
							 K-6
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS ENDORSEMENT
							 (K-6)
Standards Required
National Standards:
ACEI or CAEP-identified
							 standards, WV Elementary Mathematics Specialty Standards for Endorsement
							 Programs
Current state-approved content standards
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS SPECIALIZATION
							 (K-6)
Standards Required
National Standards:
National Council of
							 Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Current state-approved content standards
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS SPECIALIST
(K-6)
Standards Required
National Standards:
NCTM, WV Elementary
							 Mathematics Specialist Standards for master's degree Programs
Current state-approved content standards
ENGLISH (5-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards:
National Council for
							 Teachers of English* (NCTE)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ENGLISH (5-9)
Standards Required
National Standards:
NCTE*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
							 (Pre-k-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards:
Teachers of English to
							 Speakers of Other languages (TESOL)
Current state-approved content standards
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE
Standards Required
National Standards;
National Association of
							 State Administrators of Family and Consumer Science
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
FRENCH
Standards Required
National Standards;
ACTFL
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
GENERAL MATHEMATICS-Algebra 1
							 (5-9)
Standards Required
National Standards;
NCTM
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
GENERAL SCIENCE (5-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards:
NSTA*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
GENERAL SCIENCE (5-9)
Standards Required
National Standards:
NSTA
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
GEOMETRY (5-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards: NCTM
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
GERMAN
Standards Required
National Standards;
ACTFL
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
HEALTH
Standards Required
National Standards;
SHAPE America-Health
							 Education
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Standards Required
National Standards;
National Education
							 Technology Standards for Teachers, National Education Technology Standards for
							 Administrators, National Education Technology Standards for Students, Learning
							 Forward Standards for Professional Learning
Current state-approved content standards
JAPANESE
Standards Required
National Standards;
ACTFL
Current state-approved content standards
JOURNALISM
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
Current state-approved content standards
LATIN
Standards Required
National Standards:
American Classical
							 League
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
MARKETING
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
MATHEMATICS (5-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards;
NCTM*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
MUSIC
Standards Required
National Standards;
Music Education National
							 Conference
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards;
SHAPE-America-Physical
							 Education
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
PHYSICS
Standards Required
National Standards:
NSTA
*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards;
NAEYC
*
Current state-approved content standards
READING EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards;
International Reading
							 Association* (IRA)
Current state-approved content standards
READING SPECIALIST
Standards Required
National Standards; Reading Specialist requires a
							 completion of a master's degree in Reading Specialist or a master's degree and
							 a Graduate Certification Program in Reading Specialist reflective on official
							 seal bearing transcripts,
IRA*
**This endorsement is not eligible to be added to a
							 professional certificate under the option in section 21.1.b of this
							 policy.
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
RUSSIAN
Standards Required
National Standards;
ACTFL
Current state-approved content standards
SCHOOL LIBRARY/MEDIA
Standards Required
National Standards;
American Library
							 Association* (ALA), American Association of School
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
Librarians (AASL)
SOCIAL STUDIES (5-Adult)
Standards Required
National Standards;
National Council for the
							 Social Studies* (NCSS)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SOCIAL STUDIES (5-9)
Standards Required
National Standards;
NCSS*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SPANISH (Test 5195 does not apply to
							 5-9)
Standards Required
National Standards;
ACTFL
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
Standards Required
National Standards:
International
							 Technology Education Association (ITEA), Council on Technology Teacher
							 Education (CTTE)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
THEATRE
Standards Required
National Standards:
American Alliance for
							 Theatre and Education
Current state-approved content standards
WELLNESS (Pre-k-Adult) Health and Physical
							 Education Comprehensive
Standards Required
National Standards;
SHAPE America-Health
							 Education, SHAPE America-Physical Education
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
ADMINISTRATIVE AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
				  SPECIALIZATIONS
SCHOOL COUNSELOR
Standards Required
National Standards;
Council for Accreditation
							 of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SCHOOL NURSE
Standards Required
National Standards;
National Association of
							 School Nurses - "Scope and Standards of Professional School Nursing
							 Practice"
Valid West Virginia RN Licensure
Current state-approved content standards
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST
Standards Required
National Standards;
National Association of
							 School Psychologists* (NASP)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SOCIAL SERVICES/ATTENDANCE
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
Current state-approved content standards
SPEECH ASSISTANT
Standards Required
National Standards:
None
Current state-approved content standards
SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
Standards Required
National Standards;
American Speech-Language
							 Hearing Association (ASHA)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
PRINCIPAL, SUPERVISOR OF INSTRUCTION,
							 SUPERINTENDENT
Standards Required
National Standards;
Educational Leadership
							 Constituent Council* (ELCC)
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIALIZATIONS
AUTISM
Standards Required
National Standards;
Council for Exceptional
							 Children* (CEC)
**This endorsement is not eligible to be added to a
							 professional certificate under the option in section 21.1.b of Policy
							 5202.
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE (Excluding
							 Autism)
Standards Required
National Standards;
CEC*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING
Standards Required
National Standards; CEC*
Current state-approved content standards
GIFTED
Standards Required
National Standards;
National Association of
							 Gifted Children, CEC*
Current state-approved content standards
INTELLECTUAL DISABILTIES
							 (MILD/MODERATE)
Standards Required
National Standards;
CEC
*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
Multi-Categorical Special Education (ED, id,
							 SLD, dd EXCLUDING AUTISM)
Standards Required
National Standards;
CEC
*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
PRESCHOOL SPECIAL NEEDS (Pre-k-K)
Standards Required
National Standards;
CEC
*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SEVERE DISABILITIES
Standards Required
National Standards;
CEC
*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES
Standards Required
CEC
**
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
Standards Required
CEC
*
Current Content Praxis Test Topics
Current state-approved content standards