The Center for Teaching Excellence offers special education and professional studies courses online every Spring, Summer, and Fall semester.

Taught by UVA Wise adjunct faculty and supported by online learning specialists at the CTE, all coursework is offered completely online at the undergraduate non-degree-seeking level. 

Courses are open to:

• provisionally licensed teachers who need special education or professional studies coursework,
• to general education teachers seeking to add special education to their licensures,
• and to teachers seeking courses for recertification points.

Course Alignment for Special Education: General Curriculum K-12

As of September 1, 2019, VDOE course requirements have been revised. 

If you have been evaluated by the VDOE and hold an evaluation or provisional license dated prior to September 1, 2019, you will notice differences in course needs and should contact the CTE academic advisor to align your coursework.

If your evaluation is dated after September 1, 2019, the courses below will meet your needs for a Special Education: General Curriculum Virginia license.

• Special Education Course Alignment Flyer Updated January 2020

• Special Education Add on Coursework

   

Not Offered Through CTE

• State Assessment Testing: Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (VCLA) (Dropped by VDOE Effective 7/1/2024)
• State Assessment Testing: Teaching Reading Assessment (5205)
• For more information, review the Overview of Virginia Testing Requirements
• Supervised Classroom Experience: The student teaching experience should allow the prospective teacher to be in classrooms full time for a minimum of 300 clock hours (including pre- and post-clinical experiences) with at least 150 clock hours spent supervised in direct teaching activities (providing direct instruction) at the level of endorsement. CTE courses do not fulfill this requirement.  One year of successful full-time teaching experience at the appropriate grade level in the endorsement area or in the specific area of special education in an accredited public or nonpublic school may be accepted in lieu of the supervised teaching experience.