The earth science education concentration in the Ocean & Earth Sciences B.S. degree is designed for students interested in teaching earth science in secondary schools. This program meets the requirements for teacher licensure in Virginia as established by the Virginia Board of Education licensure regulations.
Program Highlights
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The combination of classroom learning and hand-on training (including one semester as a student teacher in a local high school) provides students with the necessary skills to teach earth science at the secondary school level directly after graduating from college
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Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in environmental science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in forestry and conservation science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Teach middle school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialize and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.
Requirements
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Students must first declare the Ocean and Earth Science major, Earth science education concentration with the chief departmental advisor.
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All students must apply for and be admitted into the approved earth science teacher preparation program.
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Students must meet the required criteria for admission by passing the Virginia Board of Education prescribed assessments and earn the minimum required grade point averages (GPA).
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51Ç鱨վ students seeking admission to an approved teacher education program must satisfy the Virginia Board of Education Required Assessment for Admission to an Approved Teacher Education Program. This requirement can be satisfied by meeting a passing score in one of the selected criteria (right)
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For the most current information on the prescribed Virginia Board of Education admission assessment, visit the Teacher Education Services website,  and review the Teacher Education Handbook.
For Admission to the Earth Science Education Program
Passing Praxis I composite score of 532 by December 31, 2013; or Passing Praxis Core Academic Skills Tests beginning January 1, 2014: Reading Score of 156, Writing Score of 162, and Mathematics Score of 150, or, Praxis I Math test score of 178 by December 31, 2013 and a composite Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment (hereafter referred to as the VCLA) score of 470; or Praxis Core Academic Skills Mathematics test score of 150 beginning January 1, 2014 and a VCLA score of 470; 
SAT score of 1000 with at least 450 verbal and 510 mathematics taken prior to April 1, 1995; or SAT score of 1100 with at least 530 verbal and 530 mathematics taken after April 1, 1995 and before March 2016; or SAT score of 1170 with at least 580 evidence-based reading and writing and 560 mathematics taken after March 1, 2016, or SAT Mathematics test score of at least 510 taken prior to April 1, 1995 and a VCLA score of 470; or SAT Mathematics test score of at least 530 taken after April 1, 1995 and a composite VCLA score of 470; or SAT Mathematics test score of at least 560 taken after March 1, 2016 and a composite VCLA score of 470; or
ACT composite score of 21 with ACT mathematics score of at least 21, and ACT English plus Reading score of at least 37, taken prior to April 1, 1995; or ACT composite score of 24 with ACT mathematics score of at least 22, and ACT English plus Reading score of at least 46, taken after April 1, 1995, or ACT Mathematics test score of at least 21 taken prior to April 1, 1995 and a composite VCLA score of 470; or ACT Mathematics test score of at least 22 taken after April 1, 1995 and a composite VCLA score of 470. Note:  ACT scores taken prior to 1989 are not valid.
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