Virginia Teacher Professional Development
Hundreds of Virginia teachers take Model Teaching courses every year to help them renew their teaching license, advance their salary, or simply to improve their instructional effectiveness. Learn more below about how our professional development and continuing education courses can help you today!
Professional Development Courses For Virginia Teachers
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.
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Virginia Teacher Certificate Renewal & Professional Development Requirements
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.
Regionally-Accredited Semester 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.
What We Recommended for Virginia Teachers
Build Your Own Graduate-Level Bundle Pack
Access Our Full University-Partnered Course Menu to Earn Your Required Number of Credits
Includes full access to all graduate-level courses from any of our university partners
Register for any credits package, take any courses until you use all of your credits
Choose from our entire suite of university-partnered courses, work to complete as many as you wish at your own pace
- Course Partners Include: University of the Pacific, Southern New Hampshire University, University of Massachusetts Global, & Valley City State University
All university-partnered courses are regionally-accredited & include an official transcript & letter grade
Great for salary advancement or license renewal
All courses self-paced & accessible for 1 year
Salary Advancement Information for Teachers
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.
PLEASE NOTE: The content provided on this page does not exempt users from their responsibility to ensure that our courses meet their state or district’s salary advancement policies or requirements. Please check with your district for details regarding your district’s salary advancement policies before enrolling in a course.
*The information on this page was last updated 3/2019. Please refer to the Virginia Department of Education web page for the most accurate and current information on Virginia teacher re-certification requirements.
PLEASE NOTE: The content provided on this page is solely provided for informational purposes and does not exempt users from their responsibility to ensure that our courses meet their state’s continuing education requirements. Please check with your state certification agency for up-to-date policies for teacher certification renewal/continuing education and use our Request Course Approval form if you want to confirm use of one of our courses for your professional development, continuing education, or clock hour requirements.