Becoming a School Counselor, School Librarian, Educational Diagnostician, Reading Specialist or Master Teacher in Texas
School Counselor, School Librarian, Educational Diagnostician, or Reading Specialist
To become a school counselor, school librarian, educational diagnostician, or reading specialist, you must enroll in and complete an Approved Educator Preparation Program. Contact the approved program of your choice to find out the specific requirements for that program.
To be eligible to receive the Standard School Counselor, School Librarian, Educational Diagnostician or Reading Specialist Certificate, you must:
To become a master teacher, you must enroll in and complete an Approved Educator Preparation Program. Contact the approved program of your choice to find out the specific requirements for that program.
To be eligible for a Master Reading Teacher Certificate, you must:
- hold a Texas reading specialist certificate and satisfactorily complete a course of instruction in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code through an approved educator preparation program;
OR
- hold a Texas teaching certificate;
- have at least three years of teaching experience;
- satisfactorily complete a knowledge-based and skills-based course of instruction through an approved educator preparation program on the science of teaching children to read;
- satisfactorily complete a field-based practicum prescribed by an approved educator preparation program;
- perform satisfactorily on the master reading teacher certification examination;
- satisfy any other applicable requirement for the certificate.
To be eligible for a Master Mathematics Teacher Certificate, you must:
- hold a Texas teaching certificate;have at least three years of teaching experience;
- satisfactorily complete a knowledge-based course of instruction through an approved educator preparation program on the science of teaching children mathematics;
- satisfactorily complete a field-based practicum prescribed by an approved educator preparation program;
- perform satisfactorily on the appropriate master mathematics teacher certification examination;
- satisfy any other applicable requirement for the certificate.
To be eligible for a Master Technology Teacher Certificate, you must:
- hold a Texas technology applications or technology education certificate;
- satisfactorily complete the course of instruction as prescribed through an approved educator preparation program;
- satisfactorily perform on the certification examination;
- satisfactorily complete a field-based practicum prescribed by an approved educator preparation program; satisfy any other applicable requirement for the certificate;
OR
- hold a Texas teaching certificate;
- have at least three years of teaching experience;
- satisfactorily complete a knowledge-based and skills-based course of instruction on interdisciplinary technology applications and the science of teaching technology through an approved educator preparation program;
- satisfactorily complete a field-based practicum prescribed by an approved educator preparation program;
- satisfactorily perform on an examination developed in cooperation with the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board and administered at the conclusion of the course of instruction;
- satisfy any other applicable requirement for the certificate.
To be eligible for a Master Science Teacher Certificate, you must:
- hold a Texas teaching certificate;
- have at least three years of teaching experience;
- satisfactorily complete a knowledge-based course of instruction through an approved educator preparation program on the science of teaching children science;
- satisfactorily complete a field-based practicum prescribed by an approved educator preparation program;
- perform satisfactorily on the appropriate master science teacher certification examination;
- satisfy any other applicable requirement for the certificate.
June 17, 2013
Dozens of new laws will impact Texas public schools. A list details those education bills that became law and those that were vetoed.
June 17, 2013
Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams today met with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Washington D.C. as part of an ongoing dialogue with the U.S. Department of Education regarding Texas’ waiver request from specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), commonly known as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
June 12, 2013
Under House Bill 5 (HB 5), passed by the 83rd Texas Legislature and signed by the governor, high school students are now required to pass five State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) end-of-course exams to meet the new graduation requirements.
June 10, 2013
Passing rates on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) end-of-course tests were largely stable during the second year of this program, with students faring the best on science assessments and continuing to struggle with writing, according to statewide results for all 2012-13 STAAR tests released today by the Texas Education Agency.