• 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.

Welcome to the Panther Educator Promise Program Scholars (PEPPS) for students pursuing any undergraduate or graduate residency program for teacher certification. Eligibility requirements include:

• Planning to teach in a Texas public school
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA
• Seeking certification in the following areas:
  • EC-6 with STR certification area:        
  • 4-8 Certification areas: 
    • Math, Science, English/Language Arts with STR, Social Studies, & Core 4-8 with STR
  • 7-12 Certification areas: 
    • ELAR, Math, & Science
  • Music EC-12
  • SPED EC-12
  • Health EC-12
  • Physical Education EC-12
• Participation in Year-Long Residency program is required

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*
• 7-12 Secondary Double Majors 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

• Participation in the yearlong residency program is required.
  • EC-3 with/without ESL and/or with/without Special Education
  • EC-6 Core Subjects
  • EC-6 Core Subjects with ESL
  • EC-6 Core Subjects with SPED
  • EC-6 Core Subjects with SPED and ESL
  • ELAR 4-8
  • ELAR 4-8 with ESL
  • ELAR 4-8 with SPED
  • ELAR 4-8 with SPED and ESL
  • ELAR/SS 4-8
  • ELAR/SS 4-8 with ESL
  • ELAR/SS 4-8 with SPED
  • ELAR/SS 4-8 with SPED and ESL
  • ELAR 7-12
  • History 7-12
  • Life Science 7-12
  • Math 4-8
  • Math 4-8 with ESL
  • Math 4-8 with SPED
  • Math 4-8 with SPED and ESL
  • Math 7-12
  • Math/Science 4-8
  • Math/Science 4-8 with ESL
  • Math/Science 4-8 with SPED
  • Math/Science 4-8 with SPED and ESL
  • Science 4-8
  • Science 4-8 with ESL
  • Science 4-8 with SPED
  • Science 4-8 with SPED and ESL
  • Science 7-12
  • Social Studies 4-8
  • Social Studies 4-8 with ESL
  • Social Studies 4-8 with SPED
  • Social Studies 4-8 with SPED and ESL
  • Social Studies 7-12

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

• Bachelor of Science, Education:
  • EC-6 Core Subjects

  • EC-6 Special Education

• Bachelor of Science in 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
• Bilingual Education

• Early Childhood Education (EC-3) 
• Elementary Education (EC-6) 
• Bilingual Education (EC-6)
• Special Education (EC-12)
• Mathematics (4-8)
• Physical Education (EC-12)

For current students or incoming freshmen seeking certification through ETAMU’s undergraduate teacher preparation program in one of the following areas:

• BS in Early Childhood Education: EC-3 Certification
• BA/BS in Education: EC-6 Certification
• BA/BS in Education with Bilingual: EC-6 with Bilingual Certification
• BA/BS in Secondary Education: 4-8 Certification Areas
• BA/BS in Secondary Education: 7-12 Certification Areas

• EC-6 with participation in Year-Long Residency

• EC- 6 with bilingual supplemental with participation in Year-Long Residency

• Special Education EC-12 with participation in Year-Long Residency

• Physical Education EC-12with participation in Year-Long Residency

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

Undergraduate Programs: 

• 4-8 Math/ Science + BBL/ESL,
• 4-8 ELAR/Social + BBL/ESL,
• 7-12 Math,
• 7-12 Social Studies,
• 7-12 History,
• 7-12 Science,
• 7-12 ELAR + ESL,
• EC-12 Special Education,
• EC-12 Physical Education

For students seeking certification in the following areas:

• EC-12 Art
• Core Subjects w/ STR EC-6
• Core Subjects w/ STR 4-8
• ELAR w STR 4-8
• ELAR/SS w/ STR 4-8
• ELAR 7-12
• History 7-12
• Life Science 7-12
• Math 4-8
• Math 7-12
• Math/Science 4-8
• Physical Science 6-12
• Science 4-8
• Science 7-12
• Social Studies 4-8
• Social Studies 7-12
• Speech 7-12
• Special Education EC-12