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Across the state and nation, there are plentiful career opportunities for those seeking to be a teacher, administrator or other licensed professional.
You will learn from faculty who have direct and current school-based experience, and be supported with career mentoring from former school professionals. If you're ready to start making a difference in schools, Â鶹´«Ã½ will get you there.
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Professional Educator Program is a collaborative effort between the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies, the College of Arts and Letters, and the College of Sciences. The major purpose in its teacher education programs is to prepare teachers who have knowledge of their teaching disciplines, abilities to practice state-of-the-art instruction to students of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, and demonstrate dispositions that reflect commitment to teaching and learning as well as lifelong professional growth and development.
Programs in the Darden College of Education & Professional Studies
Programs in the College of Arts & Letters
Programs in the College of Sciences
Monarch Teach
With this innovative teacher preparation program, earn your teacher licensure while you earn a degree in your science or math content area.
Master's Endorsement Teacher Education Programs
The master's programs are for individuals who have a non-teaching BS or BA and wish to earn a MSEd and qualify for a Virginia teaching license:
- Early Childhood Education PreK-3
- Elementary Education PreK-6
- Middle School Education
- Secondary Education
- Special Education
- TESOL
- Health and Physical Education
- Teacher in Residence
Post-Baccalaureate Endorsement Teacher Education Programs
The Post-Baccalaureate Endorsement program is an approved teacher education program for individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution and wish to qualify for a Virginia teaching license. Students applying for admission into this approved teacher education program are considered graduate non-degree status and must meet the college's requirements for admitting students into an approved teacher education program. Admission to Â鶹´«Ã½ does not guarantee admission into degree and/or teacher preparation programs in the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies. Program sheets for the Post-Baccalaureate Endorsement programs are available in the Office of Clinical Experiences.
Professional Studies Certificate
The Professional Studies Certificate is designed to support provisionally licensed teachers, who are employed by a school division in the Commonwealth, in meeting teacher licensure requirements
In addition to undergraduate and graduate programs leading to initial teaching licensure, Â鶹´«Ã½ also offers graduate licensure programs for individuals interested in school administration or other school professionals.
Â鶹´«Ã½'s Professional Educator Program is a collaborative effort between the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies, the College of Arts and Letters, and the College of Sciences. The major purpose in its teacher education programs is to prepare teachers who have knowledge of their teaching disciplines, abilities to practice state-of-the-art instruction to students of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, and demonstrate dispositions that reflect commitment to teaching and learning as well as lifelong professional growth and development.
Programs in the Darden College of Education & Professional Studies
Programs in the College of Arts & Letters
Programs in the College of Sciences
Monarch Teach
With this innovative teacher preparation program, earn your teacher licensure while you earn a degree in your science or math content area.
Master's Endorsement Teacher Education Programs
The master's programs are for individuals who have a non-teaching BS or BA and wish to earn a MSEd and qualify for a Virginia teaching license:
- Early Childhood Education PreK-3
- Elementary Education PreK-6
- Middle School Education
- Secondary Education
- Special Education
- TESOL
- Health and Physical Education
- Teacher in Residence
Post-Baccalaureate Endorsement Teacher Education Programs
The Post-Baccalaureate Endorsement program is an approved teacher education program for individuals who have completed a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution and wish to qualify for a Virginia teaching license. Students applying for admission into this approved teacher education program are considered graduate non-degree status and must meet the college's requirements for admitting students into an approved teacher education program. Admission to Â鶹´«Ã½ does not guarantee admission into degree and/or teacher preparation programs in the Darden College of Education and Professional Studies. Program sheets for the Post-Baccalaureate Endorsement programs are available in the Office of Clinical Experiences.
Professional Studies Certificate
The Professional Studies Certificate is designed to support provisionally licensed teachers, who are employed by a school division in the Commonwealth, in meeting teacher licensure requirements
In addition to undergraduate and graduate programs leading to initial teaching licensure, Â鶹´«Ã½ also offers graduate licensure programs for individuals interested in school administration or other school professionals.
