The Virginia State Department of Education has identified the following ten critical shortage areas as being those positions for which school divisions face the largest difficulty in filling with qualified educators. In order to see positions that are available in these critical shortage areas, go to our Employment Opportunities page.

1. Special Education
   
   • speech-language disorders preK-12;
   
   
   • special education general curriculum K-12 (learning disabilities; emotional disturbance; mental retardation);
   
   
   • early childhood special education (birth though age 5);
   
   
   • special education adapted curriculum K-12 (severe disabilities);
   
   
   • hearing impairments preK-12
   
   
   • visual impairments preK-12


2. Mathematics (Mathematics 6-12; Algebra I)


3. Science (Earth Science; Middle Grades 6-8; Biology)


4. Reading Specialist


5. Foreign Languages (Spanish PreK-12)


6. Career and Technical Education (Family and Consumer Sciences; Technology Education)


7. English as a Second Language (PreK-12)


8. English (6-12)


9. Library Media (PreK-12


10. Middle Grades 6-8 (all subjects)