Marketing Educator Certification

• Select “Educator Certification” as your “Program.”

Submit the following documents to your graduate coordinator after you receive an application confirmation email.

• Upload your documents at myLeo > Apps > Check Admissions Application Status & Test Scores or email your documents to your graduate coordinator unless otherwise specified below.

Look for application updates in myLeo > Apps > Check Application Status

• Once an admission decision has been made, you will receive an email to your student email account at myLeo > Apps > Leomail.

• Go to the Educator Certification page on MarketPlace
  • Click PBTCC Application Fee
  • Click the shopping cart plus icon
  • Fill in your personal information to be associated with the fee and click “Continue”
• Go back to the Educator Certification page on MarketPlace
  • Click TEA Assessment Fee
  • Click the shopping cart plus icon
  • Complete your payment
• Download and save your receipts to upload to TK20

You will need to have the following documents ready for upload in order to submit the application:

• Alternative Certification Application fee receipt
• TEA Assessment fee receipt
• TX PACT Scores
  • Since the PACT is not available for Trades and Industry please upload a note stating PACT not available in TK20 as part of your admissions application.
• Resume
• Statement of Qualification form
  • Form is found in TK20 to complete.
• Official transcripts from the Graduate Office will be reviewed by the certification office.
  • Official transcripts from all institutions must be submitted to the Graduate School in order to satisfy TEA certification admission requirements. Transcripts showing only pass/fail on the entire transcript with no established GPA will not be accepted.
  • A minimum GPA of 2.75 on a conferred bachelor's degree or on the most recent 60 credit hours is required for certification admission. Please note that certification admission requirements may differ from those of the Graduate School and are separate requirements.

If applicable:

• TEA Transfers
  • If you have previously been admitted to another educator preparation program for alternative certification.
  • Request that a completed TEA transfer form be sent from your previous program to the East Texas A&M certification office.
• Transcripts from outside the United States
  • Contact the certification office for any questions about TEA requirements for transcripts from outside the United States.
  • If you received a bachelor's degree from outside of the United States, then a Foreign Credential Evaluation with a course-by-course summary will be required. This is to remain in compliance with TEA to verify a bachelor's degree and to compute a core GPA.
  • A course-by-course evaluation must be from a TEA-approved Foreign Credential Evaluation Service.

• English Proficiency
  • Educators who apply for certification are required to demonstrate English language proficiency by fulfilling one of the following requirements:
    • Completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree at an accredited institution of higher education in the United States, not including US territories.
    • Completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree earned at an institution of higher education in a country outside of the United States approved by the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC).
    • If these requirements are not met, then a passing score on the TOEFL exam must be submitted. Minimum scores needed per TEA: Speaking 24, Listening 22, Reading 22, Writing 21. The score report must be within the past two years to be valid for TEA.
• Military Personnel
  • Military service members or military veteran candidates that have verified military service, training or education directly related to the certificate being sought may have that military service, training or education reviewed by an EPP to see if it satisfies any of the educator certification requirements.

• Go to tamuc.tk20.com
• Scroll down and click “Admissions”
• Select “Click here to create your account.”

• Complete the “Create Applicant Account” form.
• Note: You will be creating a password for this account.
• Store the password you create in a secure location so you can refer to it later.
• After completing the “Create Applicant Account” form, TK20 will provide your username.
• Store your TK20 username and password in a secure location so you can refer to them later.
  • You will use the username to log in to review your admission application once submitted.

• Log into your TK20 account
  • Click on the “back to login” link.
  • Enter your username and password.
  • Click the green “Log Into Your Account” button.

• Click on the “Create New Application” button.

• Select “Alternative Certification” application
• Click the “Next” button.

• Complete the application.

• Upload documents by clicking on the “+ Select File(s)” button for the item you are uploading.
• Once you have completed all fields in the application, click the “Submit” button.

• Look for an email from TK20 confirming your submission.

To check your application status:

1. Log in to your TK20 Student Admissions account
2. On the “Home” tab, locate your application under “Recent Messages”
3. Click on the application.
4. If you are admitted, the message will indicate your application was “Admitted”
5. If you lack admission requirements, the message will indicate “Denied.”
   • Click on “Review Document” to view your deficiencies and reason(s) for denial.

Once both the Graduate School and Certification Program Applications are complete, the Alternative Certification Program Coordinator may reach out to schedule an additional interview.

Once accepted, please sign and return the “letter of invitation” that will be sent to you via email from Tracey Stedman.

Complete 50 hours of required field experience in the content area or grade level you are pursuing.

• Upload the completed log sheet and reflection questions to TK20.
• You cannot begin your teaching assignment until this is complete.

• Complete 4 of the 6 graduate alternative certification courses prior to a paid internship or clinical teaching.
  • You must receive a “B” or better in all classes and have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0.

• Receive approval from the alternative certificate program staff after successfully completing EDCI 514 and three other certification courses.