E-mail or Contact TEA Educator Certification and Standards
Please select the topic most closely related to your question:
To submit a change or correction of name, gender or date of birth please email the required documents along with a daytime phone number.
- Current state drivers license or state ID
- Last four digits of social security number
- Previous name
- Out-of-Country educators who do not hold a state issued drivers license may submit a copy of a current passport
- A current email address and valid daytime phone number
Please scan documents and email to:
namechange@tea.state.tx.us
Or Mail to:
TEA-CRT
5th Floor
1701 North Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701
Please allow 7 to 10 business days for processing.
Candidates who have a test scheduled with ETS within one month of requesting such a change should email ETS at texes-excet_inquiries@ets.org to inform them of the pending change.
Fingerprint issues
- Payment you have made for certification fees and/or services
- Refund of certification fees you are expecting
- Notice of returned check you have received from TEA
- General certification and permit rules and requirements
- Application for certification procedures
- Technical assistance for ECOS Online
- Certification status
- Certificate renewal
- Assignment requirements
- Certification by exam
- You are a certified teacher and have questions concerning your Continuing Professional Education hours
For answers to the following topics, you will be directed to our test contractor website, Education Testing Service (ETS), 1-800-205-2626
- Policies related to the testing programs
- Information on your score report
- How to register for tests
- Test administration dates and registration deadlines
- Fees for tests or your payment for tests
- How to receive unofficial scores via e-mail or via the internet
- Internet registration
- What will happen the day of the test
- How to obtain preparation manuals/study guide
- Computer Administered Tests (CAT)
- Emergency registration Special accommodations for testing
- Investigations and enforcements of alleged educator misconduct
- Filing a Code of Ethics complaint
- Educator Sanction History
- General requests for reports, or data not found on our website under "Reports, Data and Research"
- Application for certification procedures
- Technical assistance for ECOS Online
- Certification status
- Certificate renewal
- Assignment requirements
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