The information and communication technologies in education are a means to introduce alternative pedagogies and promote changes in educational structures. Virtual education is an option in the training process that represents new challenges for professors; who are responsible for setting educational facilities for the training of students. This highlights the need for professor’s continuing education, since quality training should be adjusted to meet the changing needs of today's world. The aim of the research was to propose a teaching skills profile adjusted to virtual learning environments. The research design was not experimental and the focus was descriptive. This was a transactional research, from January 2015 to December 2016. The research was divided into three stages which are: 1) Characterization of educational practices of professors in virtual learning environments, 2) Identification of teaching skills for virtual learning environments and 3) Validation of a teaching skills profile adjusted for virtual learning environments. Six teacher performance skills were analyzed: 1) pedagogical; 2) educational interaction; 3) digital; 4) instructional design; 5) professional, ethical and legal responsibility; 6) research. The results enable the identification of professor’s online activities and competences, in order to establish a validated reference to serve as a reliable assessment of virtual teaching activities. Key Words: Competences, Virtual Learning Environments, Information Technologies.