Year One, Session 1

• July to January - Instruction delivered online

  • Preparation for TExES content certification exams

  • 50 clock hours of field experience (observations and hands-on experience)

Year One, Session 2

• January to the first Saturday in June

  • Instruction delivered primarily face-to-face with added online training for the Science of Teaching Reading if applicable

  • Face-to-face classes meet from 9 - 4 one Saturday per month and Tuesdays from 5:30 - 8:30  p.m. (schedule found here)

    • In-person attendance is required for face-to-face sessions

  • Preparation for these TExES exams:  Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (PPR),  Science of Teaching Reading (STR)*, and Special Education EC-12.

  • Science of Teaching Reading (STR) coursework delivered online upon completion of online content-area preparation

Year One, Summer

• June - July

  • Ethics for Educators delivered online (required by TEA)

  • Gifted and Talented courses (12 clock hours) delivered online 

  • Complete Session 1 requirements as needed

Year Two

• August - November:  Face-to-face classes meet one Saturday (9-4 pm) per month. 

• Candidates may begin an internship (paid teaching position) with an intern or probationary certificate after satisfying these requirements:

  • Securing a teaching position

  • Completing a minimum of 150 hours of instruction through Region 14 ACP

  • Completing 50 hours of field-based experience

  • To obtain a probationary certificate, the intern has passed these exams: the appropriate content certification area, the STR (if applicable), and the PPR

  • To obtain an intern certificate, the intern has passed these exams: the appropriate content certification area and the STR

    • Those on intern certificates must pass PPR during the internship

• Candidates may opt to complete an unpaid clinical teaching placement (similar to student teaching in a traditional educator preparation program) to satisfy the internship requirement

*Those pursuing EC - 3, EC - 6, and 4 - 8  content teaching certifications must pass the Science of Teaching Reading (STR) exam beginning January 1, 2021.