• Any residency program for undergraduate teacher certification including:  all EC-6 Core Certification programs (Bilingual, ESL, and Special Education), 7-12 certification programs in history, mathematics, ELAR, and life science with additional certification in bilingual, ESL, and/or Special Education, and all level certification in music, Spanish, art, or PE with additional certification in bilingual, ESL, and/or special education.

• Panther Educator Promise Program Scholars (PEPPS) for students pursuing undergraduate (PTR) and graduate (PTERM) residency programs

Willingness and commitment to adhere to university courses and teaching requirements.

• Undergraduate Teacher Certification*

• Undergraduate 5-Year Master of Arts in Teaching*

• Master of Arts in Teaching with Certification ($10,000 available)*

*Participation in Year-Long Residency program is required

• Early Childhood (EC)-6 Core Certification*
• EC-6 Bilingual Certification*
• EC-6 Special Education Certification*
• 4-8 All Programs Certification*
• Pre-K-3 Certification*

* Participation in Year-Long Residency program is required

• Master’s of Education with Certification

• Educational Studies Major (Undergraduate) 

*Participation in a year-long residency program and a commitment to pursuing a teaching career in Texas is required

• EC-6 Core Subjects

• EC-6 Core Subjects with ESL

• EC-6 Core Subjects with SPED

• EC-6 Core Subjects with SPED and ESL

• Elementary EC-6
• EC-6 with Special Education

• Bachelor of Science, Education – Elementary
• Bachelor of Science, Education – Middle School English Language Art, Reading, Social Studies
• Bachelor of Science Education - English Language Arts/Reading, 7-12
• Bachelor of Science, Education – Middle School Mathematics
• Bachelor of Science, Education – All-Level Special Education

• Middle Grades 4-8 
• Math/Science (including McAllen Middle Grades 4-8 Grade Math/Science cohort) 
• Early Childhood-6th Grade Generalist 
• Middle Grades 4-8 English/Language Arts & Social Studies

Special education program

• Early Childhood Education (EC-3) 

• Elementary Education (EC-6) 

• Bilingual Education (EC-6)

• Special Education (EC-12)

• Mathematics (4-8)

• Physical Education (EC-12)

• Admission into TAMUC’s undergraduate teacher preparation program

• Planning to teach in a Texas public school

• Seeking certification in the following areas:

  • EC-6 certifications (eligible for an additional $2,000 for summer courses):

    • Generalist

    • with SPED

    • with bilingual

  • 4-8 Certification areas:

    • Math

    • Science

    • Math/Science

    • ELAR

All-Level SPED

Early Childhood Education

7-12 certifications

Students desiring to be admitted into TAMUT to become certified teacher in Texas.

• Bachelor of Science in Education & Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • EC-6 Core Content
• Bachelor of Science in Content Areas with Certification:
  • English with ELAR 4-8 & 7-12
  • Biology with Science 4-8 or Life/Composite Science 7-12
  • Social Studies 4-8 or History/Social Studies 7-12
  • Mathematics 4-8 & 7-12

• Freshmen and/or Sophomore students in Texas Tech desiring to be admitted into TechTeach to become a certified teacher in Texas 

• Students in TechTeach Lubbock: Living in, or within driving distance, of Lubbock while attending school

• Students in TechTeach Across Texas: Not living in, or within driving distance, of Lubbock while attending school

• Students in TechTeach 2+1 ($10,000 available): Accelerated pace, 1-year program (July 2024-June 2025)

• Early Childhood EC-6/ESL [*Both traditional student teaching AND Residency are welcome]

• Special Education [*Residency is required]

• Secondary ELA, History, Math, Science, Foreign Language [*Residency is required]

• Middle School ELA, History, Math, Science, CORE [traditional student teaching/no residency required]

• Master of Arts in Teaching ($10,000 available)
• Undergraduate students on track for the Master of Arts in Teaching program, with completed hours in education courses and on the way to a possible Minor in Education ($8,000 available)

• Early Childhood (EC)-6 Certification

Undergraduate Initial Certification Programs:

• EC-6 Generalist

• EC-6 Bilingual Generalist

• EC-6 Generalist +SPED and ESL Supplemental

• EC-12 Special Education

• 4-8 Math

• 4-8 Science

• 4-8 Social Studies

• 4-8 English

• 7-12 English

• 7-12 History

• 7-12 Social Studies

• Early Childhood (EC)-6 Bilingual

• All-Level Special Education (Early childhood – 12th grade)
• Bilingual Core Subjects/Generalist (Early Childhood – 6th Grade)
• English as a Second Language Generalist (Early Childhood – 6th Grade)
• UT Urban Teachers English Language Arts (7th - 12th Grade)
• UT Urban Teachers Social Studies (7th - 12th Grade)

• Degree with teacher certification through the UTeach Natural Sciences program

Certification through the UTeach Dallas Program in one of the following certification areas:

• 4-8 Science

• 7-12 Science

• 7-12 Chemistry

• 7-12 Life Science

• 6-12 Physical Science

• 4-8 Math

• 7-12 Math

• 8-12 Computer Science

Undergraduate:

• B.S. in Education Concentrations:

  • Elementary ESL

  • Elementary Bilingual

  • Special Education

  • Middle Grades Generalist 

  • Middle Grades Bilingual

  • Middle Grades Math 

  • Middle Grades Math/Science 

  • Middle Grades ELAR 

  • Middle Grades ELAR/Social Studies

Post-Baccalaureate:

• Master of Arts in Education with initial teacher certification (Residency Apprenticeship)

Applicants must be either high school seniors or UT RGV freshmen at the time of application.

• Year-Long Residency Program

• STEP UP Program

• Signature Residency Teacher Model

For students seeking certification in the following areas:

• Core Subjects w/ STR EC-6; 
• Core Subjects w/ STR 4-8,
• ELAR w/ STR 4-8, 
• ELAR/SS w/ STR 4-8, 
• Math 4-8, 
• Math/Science 4-8, 
• Science 4-8, 
• Social Studies 4-8, 
• Special Education EC-12