Certification 

To assist Region 16 campus and district personnel in obtaining and maintaining appropriate certification.

SBEC Rules - Proposed Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 233

NEW!!
Click on the link below to watch an informational video about Region 16's Teacher Alternative Certification program

03-29-2008 -Alternative Certification Informational Workshop Video

• Authorize grades EC-12 foreign-language certification for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese.
   
• Create a new standard educator certificate for Generalist: Grades EC to 6 that will replace the Generalist: Grades EC to 4 certificate.  A grandfather clause allows Grades EC to 4 Generalist certified teachers who have been on a permit allowing them to teach in self-contained classrooms in grades 5 and/or 6 as of last school year (2006-2007) to continue to do so through the 2009-2010 school year if allowed by the employing school district.   The new certificate is only designated for self-contained (multi-subject) classrooms, and not classrooms where different teachers teach different subjects - and that the change in the certificate structure will help districts meet federal No Child Left Behind "Highly Qualified" teacher mandates.
   

SBEC Moves Forward With Rule To Expand Fingerprint Mandate

• SBEC estimates that about 400,000 currently certified educators will have to undergo fingerprinting by the September 1, 2011 deadline set by SB9.  SBEC plans to notify groups of districts under a phase-in schedule for participation.  TEA would then send emails to the affected employees informing them that they have 80 calendar days to be fingerprinted.  The employees' districts must ensure that the affected employees received their notice by either obtaining a written acknowledgement of that fact from the employee or by delivering a copy of the notice to the educator.
   

If additional test(s) are completed with a passing score, the new area must be added to the teaching certificate.  Districts should update "Highly Qualified" personnel folders to reflect current certificates. 

Fall 2007 Certificates to be Deleted:
Secondary American Sign Language (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Basic Business (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Business Administration (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Business Composite (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Secretarial Business (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Dance (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Journalism (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Speech Communications (Grades 6-12)
Secondary Theatre Arts (Grades 6-12)
All-Level Speech Communications-Theatre Arts (Grades PK-12)
All-Level Theatre Arts (Grades PK-12)
Hearing Impaired (Grades PK-12)
Visually Handicapped Endorsement (Grades PK-12)
Office Education (Grades 6-12) (No ExCET Test)
Vocational Agriculture Ornamental Horticulture (Grades 6-12)
(No ExCET test)
Vocational Agriculture Production (Grades 6-12) (No ExCET test)
Vocational Marketing Education (Grades 6-12) (No ExCET test)

*Complete requirements by 8-31-07
*Apply and be recommended by 10-30-07

Certification Update

Assignment of Generalist EC 4 to Self-Contained 5th and 6th Grade classrooms may be extended if they were assigned in those roles prior to 2007-2008.

Career and Technology Education certificate that requires skill and experience in an occupation:

Health Science Technology
Marketing Education
Trades and Industrial Education (NOT available by exam only)

I'm currently certified in another state, what do I do to become certified in Texas?
See Link: How to Become a Teacher in Texas

How can I update my mailing address and view the status of my certification application?
See Link: SBEC Online for Educators

When are the TExES, ExCET and TExMaT offered?
See Link: Test Dates

How can I get a study guide and preparation manual?
See Link: Study Guides & Preparation Manuals

I took a test in Oklahoma to be elementary certified.  How can I see if it is a comparable out-of-state test?
See Link: Comparable Out-of-State Tests