Student Handbook
The information in this handbook is subject to change. The student accepts responsibility for reading and abiding by all College of Education policies on admission, coursework, testing, certification, and field and clinical experiences.
For questions regarding the content in this handbook, please contact us:
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- Undergraduate Admissions
- Undergraduate Admissions Requirements
- Graduate Admissions
- Transfer Student Policy
- Withdrawals from the College of Education
- Withdrawals from the University
- Financial Aid Impact
- Absence from Class
- Minimum GPA for Good Standing
- Academic Probation and Suspension
- Field and Clinical Experiences
- About Field and Clinical Experiences
- Purpose of Field and Clinical Experiences
- Purpose of Clinical Teaching
- Eligibility for Clinical Teaching
- Placement Application Process for Clinical Experiences
- = Requirements for Clinical Teaching
- Signing up for Field and Clinical Experiences
- Block I (Induction Level) Requirements
- Block II (Apprentice Level) Requirements
- Block III (Pre-Professional Level) Requirements
- Placing Candidates
- Conflict of Interest
- Placement Clusters
- Out-Of-Area Placements
- Transportation
- Clinical Semester Time Commitment
- Attendance and Absenteeism
- Clinical Practices & Extracurricular Activities
- Late Hires
- Certification Areas
- Educational Aide Program Requirements
- Representative Exam and Review Requirements (All Content Areas)
- Approval to Test
- Eligibility Requirements to Test
- Five Time Rule for Taking State Exams
- State Exam Registration
- Logging into TEAL
- Exam Approval Status
- Process of Recommending for Certification
- Applying for Initial Certification
- Applying for Standard Certification
- Eligibility for Recommendation for Certification
- Filing a Complaint or Grievance Against the College of Education
- Cooperating Teacher Agreement
- Cooperating Teacher Principal Verification
- Field Supervisor Clinical Evaluation Form
- Summative Field Supervisor Clinical Evaluation Form
- Site Supervisor Agreement
Student complaints: If you are a student and wish to make a complaint about the College of Education, please follow this complaint resolution link, which is also available at the bottom of each of our web pages. For more information visit Texas Education Agency (TEA) website