Future Texas Teachers can Certify without having to take all the required courses!

Our TExES Master study aids are designed to help you pass various teacher certification exams. All teachers have to take a PPR exam - either EC-4, 4-8, or 8-12 (our TExES Master 4-12 covers the 2 latter exams). These exams evaluate if you understand how students learn and therefore how teachers should teach. It's all about excellent teaching. If you are Elementary, you also must pass your EC-4 Generalist exam. If you are Secondary, you must pass an exam to show your knowledge in the subject area you will be teaching. Besides passing these 2 exams, note other requirements below (click on more).

Our TExES Master study aids are designed to help you pass various teacher certification exams. All teachers have to take a PPR exam - either EC-4, 4-8, or 8-12 (our TExES Master 4-12 covers the 2 latter exams). These exams evaluate if you understand how students learn and therefore how teachers should teach. It's all about excellent teaching. If you are Elementary, you also must pass your EC-4 Generalist exam. If you are Secondary, you must pass an exam to show your knowledge in the subject area you will be teaching. Besides passing these 2 exams, note other requirements below.

The temporary certification rule is at:

http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/certinfo/tempcert/temcertrule.pdf

It explains that a candidate must find a school district that is willing to
sponsor the candidate. The school district assumes responsibility for
training the individual. The candidate is issued a temporary
certificate. After two years of uninterrupted teaching under the
temporary certificate, the candidate is issued a standard certificate.

As part of the process SBEC will evaluate the candidate's transcript to
make sure that the individual has a degree in a subject area of the
Texas curriculum as defined by Subchapter A, Chapter 28 Essential
Knowledge and Skills, Curriculum.

Maybe, some students choose to go through a university or an alternative
certification program because they don't have a school district that
will sponsor them--or maybe they don't know how to go about getting a
sponsor.

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