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Choose the endorsement area (subject/grades) you would like to become licensed in as a Virginia teacher.  These endorsement areas and related academic semester hours are ONLY listed for your information.

Career Switcher Program candidates are NOT REQUIRED to have earned a specific Academic Degree, (Minimum Bachelor Degree) or gained the listed academic hours in order to be licensed by the Virginia Department of Education. 

Career Switcher candidates may TEST-OUT by taking and passing the required Praxis II Specialty Area endorsement exam.  In passing the Praxis II exam, regardless of your college degree major, candidates will receive a teaching license in the Commonwealth.

  1. Art PreK - 12 
  2. Business Education
  3. Computer Science
  4. Elementary Education
  5. Foreign Language
  6. High School Biology
  7. High School Chemistry
  8. High School Civics/Social Studies
  9. High School Earth Science
  10. High School English
  11. High School Math
  12. High School Physics
  13. Marketing Education
  14. Middle School
  15. Technology Education
  16. Work Family Studies
  17. Health and Physical Education 

The following Endorsement Teaching Areas DO NOT require a Praxis II exam for TESTING -OUT.  These endorsement areas require academic credit hours and/or major area of study:

  1. Computer Science
  2. English As a Second Language
  3. Library Media Specialist
  4. Mathematics - Algebra I Add On Endorsement
  5. Theater Arts

Additional Endorsements Available.
Call (757) 683 4686 Or 1 800 262 0009 For More Information.

Endorsement Information at the Virginia Department of Education