Program Details

The Graduate Certification Program offers three (3) pathways for state teacher certification: Internship, Clinical Teaching or Residency. Students choose the pathway that best meets their needs.

Internship: Hired by a district as a full-time Teacher of Record, you will fulfill all teaching responsibilities while receiving the beginning teacher salary, insurance benefits and other employee benefits offered by the hiring district.

Clinical Teaching: A 14-week (70 days), full-time unpaid placement in a cooperating teacher’s classroom during the spring semester, in which the cooperating teacher will provide opportunities for you to plan and deliver lessons to entire classes of students.

Residency: Hired by a partner district (Austin, Bryan, Caldwell or Hearne ISD), you will receive a living wage salary and assist in the classroom during the fall semester and clinical teach in the spring semester. A commitment of four (4) consecutive years with the partner district is required.

Admission Requirements

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning*
  Undergraduate students may apply in the fall semester of their final year
• 2.75 minimum GPA on a 4.0 scale
• Minimum content-area credit hours in preferred certification field
• Zoom meeting with the GCP Assistant Director prior to application
• Passing score on a TX Pre-Admission Content (TX PACT) exam
• TAMU Graduate studies application and admission
• Three academic and/or professional references

* For non-US college/university graduates:

• Submit foreign transcripts evaluated and translated by a TEA reviewed foreign credential service. The report should specifically state if you received the US equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in your subject area and provide a detailed list of all coursework.
• Demonstrate English language proficiency.

Please note that admission to the Graduate Certification Program does not guarantee internship employment.

Application Deadlines

Candidates must be formally admitted into the Graduate Certification Program. Interested individuals should contact the GCP Assistant Director prior to applying to the program.

• Already have a baccalaureate degree? Deadline to apply is October 1
• December graduate? Deadline to apply is October 1
• May graduate? Deadline to apply is December 1

Teacher Certification

A minimum of 18 content-related credit hours is required prior to beginning Summer Cohort coursework, unless otherwise noted.

CERTIFICATIONS OFFERED                                                                              

Chemistry 7-12

Core Subjects EC-6 (27 hours combined English, math, reading, science, social studies)

English Language Arts and Reading 4-8

English Language Arts and Reading 7-12

French EC-12

German EC-12

History 7-12

Latin EC-12

Life Science 7-12

Mathematics 4-8

Mathematics 7-12

Physical Science 6-12

Physics/Mathematics 7-12

Science 4-8 (24 hours combined biology, chemistry, geology, physics)

Science 7-12 (24 hours combined biology, chemistry, geology, physics)

Social Studies 4-8 (24 hours combined economics, geography, history, political science)

Social Studies 7-12 (24 hours combined economics, geography, history, political science)

Spanish EC-12

Speech 7-12

M.ED. Coursework

Because the GCP is a cohort program, students complete their graduate courses in a specific sequence.

Degree Plan