Current Students

All Teacher and Professional candidates must apply. An applicant must apply to TAMU and be accepted before applying to the TAMU EPP.

1. Login to the Aggie Educator Portal (educators.tamu.edu).
2. Click on the Admissions tab.
3. Click Apply to Educator Preparation in the middle of the page.
4. From here, follow the prompts to complete the application.
5. If you do not meet all the requirements for admission to the EPP. Please speak with your academic advisor to address any deficiencies in the requirements.
6. Once you have successfully completed the application, you will receive a message informing you that the application has been successfully submitted.

All communications from the EPP will be through TAMU email. Check your TAMU email account. Offers of admission will expire in ten days from which they were received.

1.  Go to www.tea.state.tx.us and select “TEAL Login” at the top of the page.

2. Enter your Username and Password.

• Select “View My Educator Certification Account” to continue.

3. Review and verify all your account information (name, address, billing, demographics, etc). Follow instructions here if you need to update any information.

4. Click “Applications” in the menu on the left, then “Standard Certificate Texas Program.”

• Read the requirements, then click “Apply for Certification.”
• Review the “Applicant’s Affidavit,” and respond to the questions:
  • Have you ever been the subject of an arrest that has resulted in deferred adjudication, probation or a conviction?
  • Have you ever had a teaching certificate revoked, denied, suspended or subject to any sanctions in Texas or any other state?
• Select Your Entity and choose “Texas A&M University (University Based)” from the dropdown and check the verification & acknowledgement boxes.

5. Submit Application:

• Review all information, then click “Apply.”
• Confirm the correct Entity, then click “Continue” to proceed to payment.

6. *During the payment screen, you will be asked to pay for the fingerprint background check.

• After payment, you will be pre-enrolled, and IDentoGo will email you scheduling instructions. Look for an email from nobody@uemail.identoGo.com.

You can check your certificate and fingerprint status by logging into your TEAL account and clicking on

“Application/Fee Status.” *If you have worked for a school district or charter school before as a non-certified employee, like a substitute teacher, your fingerprints may be on file. If they are, it will say “Fingerprint Complete. “

Once your certificate is approved, you can find it in your TEAL account under “View Certificates” or through the TEA’s Certificate Look-Up.

Field experiences through the College of Education and Human Development provide premier service for students requiring field placements that reflect the University’s core values of respect, excellence, leadership, loyalty, integrity and selfless service.

Initial/clinical teachers, interns (post-baccalaureate) and advanced/ professional students are assigned to a school campus for real-world experiences in order to make course-to-field connections.

Clinical teachers, for example, spend an entire semester in the field to meet CEHD’s clinical teaching requirements which to surpass the State Board for Educator Certification requirements. The clinical teaching semester is one of the most important components of our initial teacher education programs. Students are provided with a cooperating teacher and a university supervisor —each role is essential or the success of our clinical teachers in their development from pre-service teacher to professional educator.

Each certification program/course in cehd’s EPP network is responsible for organizing field placements, including:

• Undergraduate teacher certification,
• Professional/non-classroom certification, and
• aggieTEACH secondary teacher certification programs for non-education majors.

You will complete your degree plan before completing your clinical teaching experience the final semester before graduation. All field experience students and clinical teachers are required to have liability insurance.

Our certification programs offer an evidence-based curriculum, outstanding faculty, supportive cooperative teachers/mentors, and site supervisors to ensure you are Day-1 Ready to be a professional educator.