Teacher Education Program Description

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Brief Description of Teacher Education Programs

Each curriculum, leading to teaching certificate, contains three groups of courses, as required by the certification laws of West Virginia: content specialization, professional education, and general education core. In every case curricula followed at West Virginia State University will equal or exceed the minimum requirements established by state laws and regulations.

Please note that completion of an approved program in teacher in West Virginia does not necessarily qualify a person for a teacher certification in other states. In addition, all candidates for a teaching certificate in West Virginia must be fingerprinted and the results will be sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a criminal background check in accordance with state law. Based on the results of this criminal background check, a certificate may or may not be issued.

EFFECTIVE FALL 2006: All Education Majors are required to complete Education 331-Curriculum For Special Education to fulfill new West Virginia Board of Education requirements. All teacher education graduates must have 6 semester hours of courses in special education.

When West Virginia certification regulations change, all candidates will be expected to meet these regulations at the time they are recommended for a teaching certificate, regardless of when they started the program.