Certificate in Transition to Teaching in Elementary Education

• Complete and submit all application components including the admission application, the enrollment agreement and payment agreement.
• Submit the nonrefundable application fee.*
• Provide official transcripts from an institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education indicating successful completion of the level of education required for entry to the program.**

*The application fee is valid for one year from date of submission.

**Additional evidence may be required to fulfill state requirements, including but not limited to verification of professional experience, test scores, or an interview.

• Bachelor’s or Highest Post-Baccalaureate degree earned
• Minimum grade point average cumulative 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for full admission
• or 2.5 and, at least, 5 years of documented professional experience in the subject area or related field in which the person wishes to teach;
• or both a bachelor’s degree from an accredited postsecondary educational institution and proof of passing Indiana state approved content area examination(s) in the subject area.
• Applicants must meet the following requirements:
• Pass criminal background check from Safe Hiring Solutions. For applicants with less than five years of US or US territorial residency status an extended background check may be required at the applicant’s sole expense.
• Acknowledgement of field-based diversity experiences and classroom access

All applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate competence in the English language as demonstrated in one of three ways:

1. Submission of an official transcript showing a degree from a United States secondary school or regionally accredited college/university.
2. Submission of an official minimum score on the paper or internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exams.
3. The minimum TOEFL score required for the internet-based version is 80, and the paper-based version requires a minimum TOEFL score of 20 for each of the three skills: Reading, Listening and Writing.
4. The minimum IELTS score required is 6.5. Note: IELTS is not acceptable for Texas programs leading to certification.
5. The testing agency must send test scores directly to American College of Education.
6. Applicants to the Texas Educational Leadership program whose first language is not English must submit a minimum scaled score of 24 for speaking, 22 for listening, 22 for reading and 21 for writing from the Internet-Based TOEFL (IBT) or evidence of an undergraduate or graduate degree earned at an institution of higher education in a country outside of the United States listed in Figure: 19 TAC §230.11(b)(5)(C).