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Step 1
Contact the school district office where you are interested in teaching. They can inform you of their preferred route of obtaining a teaching certificate. Often they have programs they can offer to expedite the certification process.
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Step 2
Obtain proof of your bachelor's degree from the college or university that you graduated from and submit it with your application for certification.
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Step 3
Decide what grade and subjects that you would like to teach. This and the education you have already will determine the route to testing that you must take to get your certification in Texas. There are eight different routes to testing that fit just about everyone's situation.
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Step 4
Sign up for and attend the certification classes and the required student teaching courses. These programs teach strategies, methodologies and other professional knowledge that a Texas teacher needs to know. If you are certified by another state or you have already take the required classes elsewhere, these courses may be bypassed. You must determine this with the Texas State Education Board.
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Step 5
Bypass the certification courses and tests and apply for a teaching certificate if you have already graduated from an educational program that is approved. If not approved, one of the routes of testing will need to be followed.
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Step 6
Register to take the required tests that the state has to offer for the grade level and subject you wish to teach. The Texas Examinations of Educator Standards and the Certification of Educators in Texas are the two main tests that must be passed with at minimum a satisfactory grade.
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Step 7
Research financial aid programs that can help people interested in obtaining a teaching certificate pay for the certification process. Several government agencies as well as individual school districts will help pay for the cost of the tests and classes.
