Professional Studies

Contact Information

Professional Studies Licensure Courses
Institute for Distance and Distributed Learning
ph: 866 / 791-4898
fax: 540 / 231-2079

Program Director

Ken Potter, Program Director

Summary

The Professional Studies courses at Virginia Tech is designed to provide a flexible, online option for completion of the professional studies coursework requirement for licensure to teach at the secondary level in Virginia. Individuals teaching under a provisional license or wishing to teach in Virginia may take this series of courses to satisfy the professional studies requirement for full licensure. Program instruction is offered through 15 credit hours of online courses covering the following topics:
  • Human Growth and Development
    • Intellectual Development
    • Physical, Social & Emotional Development
    • Understanding Developmental Disabilities
  • Foundations of Education
    • Understanding the Teaching Profession
    • Historical, Philosophical & Social Foundations of Education
    • Political, Economic, & Legal Issues in Education
  • Curriculum and Instructional Procedures
    • Instructional Models & Strategies
    • Motivating & Fostering Responsibility in Students
    • Accommodating Diversity: Gifted, Challenged, & Culturally Diverse Students
    • Aligning Outcomes, Instruction and Assessment
    • Using and Integrating Technology in Instruction
  • Reading in the Content Areas
  • Classroom and Behavior Management
Acceptance into the program is based on satisfactory completion of eligibility requirements, including the recommendation of the educational agency employing the applicant. In addition to the employer’s recommendation, applicants must have work experience, have the characteristics of a successful online learner, and be capable of completing their course assignments in an online environment.

Delivery - Completely online, primarily asynchronous

Courses

Course Number Course Title Credit hrs
EDCI 5264 Comprehending Processes and Reading in the Content Areas 3
EDCI 5774 Curriculum & Instructional Procedures 3
EDCI 5774 Human Growth & Development 3
EDCI 5774 Foundations of Education 3
EDCI 5774 Classroom & Behavior Management 3

Please take a look at our online classes to view what is currently being offered.