High-quality, straightforward, and cost-effective online courses (including graduate-level) for Virginia Teachers. Let us show you have we can help you improve your teaching effectiveness, maintain your teaching license, or advance your teaching career.

HOW OUR COURSES WORK

Hundreds of Virginia teachers utilize Model Teaching courses every year to earn academic credits for license renewal. All Model Teaching university-partnered courses provide graduate-level semester credit for license renewal or salary advancement purposes. You may choose any Model Teaching university-partnered courses of interest or enroll in one of our Course Bundle Packs – the most cost-effective way to earn credits.

Model Teaching offers great options for Virginia teachers to earn semester credits from accredited universities in order to renew or maintain their teaching certification.

Be sure to confirm your specific teaching license renewal requirements with your state or local license-granting authority prior to enrolling.

The Virginia Department of Education provides a 10-year renewable teaching license. This license must be renewed every 10 years. Virginia no longer offers a 5-year renewable license. To update your 10-year license, teachers are required to complete up to 360 professional development points, including specific statutory renewal area requirements such as child abuse, neglect recognition, and intervention. If you hold a 5-year license, you must complete 180 professional development points for renewal to a 10-year license.

ACCEPTABLE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

There are several activities that may be acceptable for Virginia teacher’s professional development requirements including, course work, professional conferences, publications, mentorship, education projects, and general professional development activities.

Teachers can learn more from the Virginia Licensure Renewal Manual as well as use this information to plan their individualized professional development plan.

Course work through a regionally accredited institution is accepted for a maximum of 180 professional development points

• 1 semester credit = 30 points
• 1 quarter credit = 30 points

Model Teaching offers courses provided through regionally accredited university partners. These institutions are accredited by several accrediting agencies. Our Academic Credit University-Partnered Academic Credit Courses meet the requirements for Virginia teacher license renewal coursework and Professional Development requirement hours according to The Virginia Department of Education. All courses completed through our academic partners will include access to an official transcript from that academic institution for submission to any license-granting authority.

If you would still like to confirm approval of a course, please feel free to complete and email our Request Course Approval form to the Virginia Department of Education.

Model Teaching partners with regionally-accredited universities across the country to provide graduate-level courses to thousands of K-12 teachers and educators every year. Generally, school districts across the country provide various salary scale advancement opportunities to teachers that often includes participation in graduate-level professional development. Our university-partnered, graduate-level courses are an excellent and cost-effective way for you to earn the continuing education academic credit you need.