COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Teacher Education and Licensure
P. O. Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120

ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION--MARKETING EDUCATION

1. Graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in marketing education; or

2.      Completed the following educational and occupational requirements:

a.      Thirty semester hours of course work distributed in the following areas: marketing process and management, economics, merchandising and operations, advertising/ sales promotion, personal selling, marketing math, communication theory and techniques, business ethics, human resources/ training and development, international business/ marketing, or marketing technology; and

b.      A minimum of 1,000 clock hours in a marketing occupation within the last five years, 500 hours of which must have been university-supervised or the applicant whose baccalaureate degree is in an area other than marketing education must have completed a minimum of 4,000 clock hours of occupational experience within the last five years in one or more marketing occupations.

"Individuals applying for an initial license through the alternate route as prescribed by the Board of Education must meet the following criteria to be eligible to request experiential learning credits in lieu of the coursework for the endorsement (teaching) content area":

• Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
• Have atleast five years of documented full-time work experience that may include
  specialized training related to the endorsement sought; and
• Have met qualifying score on the content knowledge assessment prescribed by the Board of Education.