Student Resources
Handbooks
- HANDBOOK for Teacher Certification
- Field Experiences Professional Dress Requirements
- ARCHIVED – Handbook for Teacher Certification (students admitted BEFORE 9/1/19)
TEP Forms and Information
- Change of Information (Name, Address, Phone, Etc.)
- Complete EPS Staff Contact Information
- Request to Change Certification Area
- Request to Withdraw from the Teacher Education Program
- Criminal History Background Check Consent Form (Blocks 1 and 2)
- Criminal History Background Check Consent Form (Clinical Teaching Application)
- Program Retention/Probation Policy
- Block / Education Course Sequence
- Complaint Process
- Flagging System
- GPA Calculators
- Field-Based Experiences Deferment Acknowledgement
Texas Education Agency Information
- Texas Education Agency (TEA)
- Texas Educator Certification Examination Program (TExES test info)
- Educator Certification Links including Teacher Assignment Chart with Required Certifications
- Teacher Shortage Areas
- Student Loan Forgiveness for Teachers
- FAQs from TEA about Criminal History
- Preliminary Criminal History Evaluation of Educator Certification Candidates
- Classroom Teaching Certificate Standards
Professional Associations, Organizations, Links, and Resources
- Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- Teacher.org
- Beginning Teacher Scholarship from the Texas Retired Teachers Association
- Classroom Set-Up Grant for First-Year Teachers from TACO