Technology Education Endorsement

  • Endorsement
  • Darden College of Education & Professional Studies
  • Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies

Technology teachers engage students with hands-on classroom activities. These activities include engineering, architecture, technology and applied sciences.

This endorsement is available to:

  • individuals who want to teach and need a teaching license, or
  • current teachers with a provisional license who desire a technical professional license.

When you complete this program, you will qualify to apply for a Virginia teaching license to teach technology education. If you are outside Virginia, please check with your state's department of education for licensing requirements, or with your local district for professional education requirements.

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    • 46-48 credit hours

    As part of your coursework, you will complete a student teaching internship in a middle or high school technology laboratory, under the supervision of a cooperating teacher and university faculty member. You must earn passing scores on the Virginia Licensure Test before the internship.

  • Participate in live, regularly scheduled online class meetings and access course materials online from any location. All courses follow ODU's regular academic calendar.

  • With a technology education endorsement and teacher licensure, you will be ready to help students engage with science and technology. You will introduce students to engineering, architecture, and the sciences with hands-on learning in the classroom.

  • In-state Virginia Residents
    $620 per credit hour*
    Out-of-state Students
    $642 per credit hour

    Rates are effective Fall 2024 and subject to change.
    * In-state rate assumes residency requirements are met.

This licensure-only program is designed to prepare students for a Virginia teaching license to teach technology education.

If you are outside Virginia, please check with your state's department of education for licensing requirements or with your local district for professional education requirements.

Use these links to see if we have determined whether this program meets requirements in other states.

You'll have a dedicated academic advisor for this program.

Contact us if you have questions about admission requirements, transferring credits, or application deadlines.

  • To apply for this endorsement, you must:

    • hold a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, engineering technology, industrial design, industrial technology, physics, or a related field; and
    • apply to ODU as a non-degree seeking student.

    More admission details can be found on the Office of Clinical Experiences website.