College of Education

Review your content area manual through Prepare (Texas Educator Certification Examination Program). You will learn all about your exam.

Other testing resource: 240 Tutoring

Purchase the required Certify Teacher account at Certify Teacher (use code TAMIU4728 with your dusty email address to receive a discount). Become familiar with this program (Study Plan Tracker and Flash Cards) as it will help you prepare for your examinations. How to create a Certify Teacher account information may be found here.

*You are entitled access to your (Certify Teacher) Test Prep Solution for up to 3 years from the date of purchase or until you pass your state assessment, whichever comes first. Your program will prompt you to renew your access every 35 days. Renewing your product is free of charge.

CERTIFY TEACHER FAQS

This embedded program within Certify Teacher will help you address the areas of concern based on your completed Exam Mode 0. This “remediation” plan will generate assignments based on the domains/competencies below 80%. To move forward on your plans to attempt a REP exam, Study Plan Tracker must show 100% complete on ALL areas.

The REP is a Representative Exam of the content area for which you will be obtaining a certification. It measures your strengths and weaknesses specifically by domains and competencies so that you know which area(s) you must concentrate and which area(s) you should feel confident about.

We recommend you practice at least an hour a day or more on certify teacher. Use all the available tools like the flash cards and study plan tracker within Certify Teacher to help you achieve the required 240 score and 80% or higher on each of the domains. After you have completed both steps above, please submit REP Request Form with supporting documents to register for the Rep exam. T

Once you pass the Rep exam, you will be granted permission to take the state TExES exam. Study hard, pass your REP and be one and done with the TExES exam! Success doesn’t happen by chance; it happens through PREPARATION!

REP Request Form

*Candidates must receive approval from the Testing Coordinator in order to test.

**REP EXAM IS FREE WITH CERTIFY TEACHER PURCHASE AND COMPLETION AS STATED ABOVE.

You are entitled access to your (Certify Teacher) Test Prep Solution for up to 3 years from the date of purchase or until you pass your state assessment, whichever comes first. Your program will prompt you to renew your access every 35 days. Renewing your product is free of charge.

REP Request Form

Intervention Form

SAR/CAR

Personalized Test Assessment

EC Form (History of Scores)

Bachelors Teacher Certification

Masters or Certification

TExES Content Exam Preparation Process for Teacher Certification

1. Presentation of Certification Process during (Block I) or when necessary. Students are to complete assigned assignments to demonstrate test readiness prior to practice exam.
   1. Assignments to complete are based on testing content area of student:
      1. Practice Manual for content or testing area chosen (https://www.tx.nesinc.com/)
         1. Go to your content preparation materials on the website and download preparation manual for your content area.
         2. Complete practice test (towards the end of manual) and submit answer document (provided in content area in blackboard) once you assess yourself with a number grade.
      2. Certify Teacher (https://www.certifyteacher.com/) - 240 minimum score on all exams.
         1. Student will go to office (PLG 302) to obtain a Certify Teacher application for access after payment to business office. Subscription is good for three years.
         2. Submit scores only showing name of teacher candidate and scores
         3. Once assignments are complete and uploaded to Blackboard under TExES Test Prep student becomes eligible to take Representative (Rep) exam based on scheduled test dates. Complete Rep Exam Request (found in content area) form once all assignments are complete. Deadline to submit Rep Exam Request form is one week from scheduled test date for processing. You will complete this form for every attempt of the Representative exam once you are eligible by doing preparation assignments and intervention plans as assigned if you have previous failed attempts. Student must obtain an 80% minimum passing score on all domains for the Rep exam.
            1. Exceptions: Principal Exam (73% minimum passing score) and Ed. diagnosticians’ exams must obtain a 75% minimum passing score.
2. When student attains minimum passing score then student becomes eligible to take state exam.
   1. If student is not successful, student is to complete remediation plan (found in content area) prior to conferencing with TExES Coordinator. Plan to be implemented will be based on data to include:
      1. State exam report (if applicable)
      2. Rep exam report/s
         1. Items reviewed and addressed are Domains and Competencies along with review of study material and study process. Timeline established for quick checks (to see your progress).
      3. Student will retake Certify Teacher when applicable with minimum passing scores as stated in step 1. Student will also retake Rep exam and obtain minimum passing score. Intervention plan and timeline used to check progress.
3. When student passes appropriate state exam, student will continue with educational process and pursue other applicable exams if needed up to applying for certification upon graduation.

We are happy to provide a promo code for Texas A&M International University College of Education students and access to the program is granted until you receive a passing grade from the state.

PROMO CODE: TAMIU 4728

The promo code will only work if students create an account with Certify Teacher and have received approval to use CertifyTeacher. The promo code will not work for any teacher candidate who has not gotten approval from the Testing Coordinator. You can contact the Testing Coordinator here.

How do I access the materials?

1. Visit the Certify Teacher site.
2. Select the online version of study guide you wish to purchase using the provide promo code and select "Buy Now". Be sure to note the Operating system and browser requirements for the program.
3. On the My Shopping Cart page, under the Apply Promo Code option, select "Login".
4. Login to certifyteacher.com to process your purchase using the promo code.
   1. If you do not already have an account through certifyteacher.com, please create an account under the "I don't have an account yet" option, and follow the prompts provide .
5. Enter your promo code TAMIU when prompted. The price will drop to the discounted price after entering the promo code.
6. Select "Accept" in the Six Clock-Hours Requirement window for your promo code to be validated.
7. Complete the purchase transaction by providing your credit card information. The online readiness review solution will be available seconds after the purchase transaction is complete.

How much does CertifyTeacher cost?

C&I Courses: $55 without Promo Code/TAMIU approval

C&I with Promo code and TAMIU approval: $35 per course

Promo Code: TAMIU

COED Required Tranings

Beginning September 1, 2015, candidates will be limited to four (4) retakes for any certification examination.

Students who have completed all of the certification program requirements and the steps to becoming a teacher will be recommended to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for certification by our certification officer.

Yes! If you hold a Bachelor's degree in a field other than education, but would like to become teacher certified, we encourage you to learn more about https://tea.texas.gov/texas-educators/certification/initial-certification

TAMIU no longer offers an Alternative Certification Program. However, we recommend looking at 240 certification for the program.

240 Certification