Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certification

To be approved for the Post Baccalaureate Teaching Certification program students must be accepted into the Teach For America Program. Successful completion of the following 18 hours along with passing of the state Content exam and the Pedagogy, Professionalism and Responsibilities state exam will lead to professional teaching certification.

Admission requirements for Teach for America: (prerequisites: course skills, GPA, academic standing, etc.)

TFA Certification – Admission to the TFA Certification program = Students applying for the TFA Certification program must meet the current admissions requirements as set by the Texas Administrative Code Chapter 227. The current requirements are:

1. An applicant shall have, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree earned from and conferred by an accredited IHE.
2. An applicant shall have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.5 before admission.
   1. The GPA shall be calculated from an official transcript as follows:
      1. 2.5 on all coursework previously attempted by the person at an accredited IHE.
         1. At which the applicant is currently enrolled (undergraduate university program formal admissions, alternative certification program contingency admission, or post-baccalaureate program contingency admission); or
         2. from which the most recent bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited IHE was conferred (alternative certification program formal admission or post-baccalaureate program formal admission); or 
         3. 2.5 in the last 60 semester credit hours on all coursework previously attempted by the person at an accredited IHE.
      2. At which the applicant is currently enrolled (undergraduate university program formal admissions, alternative certification program contingency admission, or post-baccalaureate program contingency admission). If an applicant has less than 60 semester credit hours on the official transcript from the accredited IHE at which the applicant is currently enrolled, the EPP shall use grades from all coursework previously attempted by a person at the most recent accredited institution(s) of higher education, starting with the most recent coursework from the official transcript(s), to calculate a GPA for the last 60 semester credit hours; or
      3. From which the most recent bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited IHE was conferred. If an applicant has hours beyond the most recent degree, an EPP may use grades from the most recent 60 hours of coursework from an accredited IHE (alternative certification program formal admission or post-baccalaureate program formal admission).
3. For an applicant who will be seeking an initial certificate in the classroom teacher class of certification, the applicant shall have successfully completed, prior to admission, at least: a passing score on a content certification examination administered by a TEA-approved vendor.
4. An applicant must submit an application and participate in either an interview or other screening instrument to determine if the EPP applicant’s knowledge, experience, skills, and aptitude are appropriate for the certification sought.

Admission requirements for the TFA Certification program are subject to change as the Texas Administrative Code changes.

Certification Requirements

Elementary Educational Foundations Certification Courses (18)

EDU 6368	Divers Equity Inclusion - K-12	3 Credits
EDU 6369	Intro Instruc, Assess, Mgt	3 Credits
EDU 6370	Elementary Internship I	3 Credits
EDU 6371	Elementary Internship II	3 Credits
EDU 6372	Fda of Edu in Elem Classroom	3 Credits
EDU 6376	Differentia in Elem Classroom	3 Credits

Secondary Educational Foundations Certification Courses (18)

EDU 6368	Divers Equity Inclusion - K-12	3 Credits
EDU 6369	Intro Instruc, Assess, Mgt	3 Credits
EDU 6380	Secondary Internship I	3 Credits
EDU 6381	Secondary Intern II	3 Credits

One of the following:

EDU 6382	Fda ofEduca in Elar Classrm	3 Credits
EDU 6383	Fda Education in Math Classrm	3 Credits
EDU 6384	Fda Educa in Sci Classrm	3 Credits
EDU 6385	Fda Edu in Soc St Classrm	3 Credits

One of the following:

EDU 6386	Differ Second Elar Classrm	3 Credits
EDU 6387	Differenia Second Math Classrm	3 Credits
EDU 6388	Differentia Second Sci Classrm	3 Credits
EDU 6389	Differentia Second Sst Classrm	3 Credits