Secondary Education (MED/MS)

Contact your previous institution(s) and request that they send your official transcripts to your graduate coordinator.

• We recommend that you request transcripts for all of your academic work.

All international transcripts must be evaluated and the evaluation submitted to the Graduate School.

We accept evaluations sent directly from the following Agencies.

• If a normal evaluation is submitted, official original transcripts with all marksheets will still need to be submitted.
• If a WES ICAP or equivalent is submitted, we will not need the official transcripts to be submitted separately.

Submit a statement of educational and professional goals of 500 words or less on the following prompt:

• Discuss your educational and professional goals and how you believe this graduate degree will help you achieve them.

Submit a resume or curriculum vitae (CV) which includes your academic and professional history and achievements.

• Go to the Educator Certification page on MarketPlace
  • Click PBTCC Application Fee
  • Click the shopping cart plus icon
  • Fill in your personal information to be associated with the fee and click “Continue”
• Go back to the Educator Certification page on MarketPlace
  • Click TEA Assessment Fee
  • Click the shopping cart plus icon
  • Complete your payment
• Download and save your receipts to upload to TK20

You will need to have the following documents ready for upload in order to submit the application:

• Alternative Certification Application fee receipt
• TEA Assessment fee receipt
• TX PACT Scores
  • You will upload a copy of your passing score report in TK20 as part of your admissions application
• Resume
• Statement of Qualification form
  • Only submitted if applying for a Career and Technical Education Certification (Trades and Industry, Marketing or Health Science)
• Official transcripts from the Graduate Office will be reviewed by the certification office.
  • Official transcripts from all institutions must be submitted to the Graduate School in order to satisfy TEA certification admission requirements.
  • A minimum GPA of 2.75 on a conferred bachelor's degree or on the most recent 60 credit hours is required for certification admission. Please note that certification admission requirements may differ from those of the Graduate School and are separate requirements.

If applicable:

• TEA Transfers
  • If you have previously been admitted to another educator preparation program for alternative certification.
  • Request that a completed TEA transfer form be sent from your previous program to the A&M-Commerce certification office.
• Transcripts from outside the United States
  • Contact the certification office for any questions about TEA requirements for transcripts from outside the United States.
  • If you received a bachelor's degree from outside of the United States, then a Foreign Credential Evaluation with a course-by-course summary will be required. This is to remain in compliance with TEA to verify a bachelor's degree and to compute a core GPA.
  • A course-by-course evaluation must be from a TEA-approved Foreign Credential Evaluation Service.

• English Proficiency
  • Educators who apply for certification are required to demonstrate English language proficiency by fulfilling one of the following requirements:
    • Completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree at an accredited institution of higher education in the United States, not including US territories.
    • Completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree earned at an institution of higher education in a country outside of the United States approved by the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC).
    • If these requirements are not met, then a passing score on the TOEFL exam must be submitted. Minimum scores needed per TEA: Speaking 24, Listening 22, Reading 22, Writing 21. The score report must be within the past two years to be valid for TEA.
• Military Personnel
  • Military service members or military veteran candidates that have verified military service, training or education directly related to the certificate being sought may have that military service, training or education reviewed by an EPP to see if it satisfies any of the educator certification requirements.

• Go to tamuc.tk20.com
• Scroll down and click “Admissions”
• Select “Click here to create your account.”

• Complete the “Create Applicant Account” form.
• Note: You will be creating a password for this account.
• Store the password you create in a secure location so you can refer to it later.
• After completing the “Create Applicant Account” form, TK20 will provide your username.
• Store your TK20 username and password in a secure location so you can refer to them later.
  • You will use the username to log in to review your admission application once submitted.

• Log into your TK20 account
  • Click on the “back to login” link.
  • Enter your username and password.
  • Click the green “Log Into Your Account” button.

• Click on the “Create New Application” button.

• Select “Alternative Certification” application
• Click the “Next” button.

• Complete the application.

• Upload documents by clicking on the “+ Select File(s)” button for the item you are uploading.
• Once you have completed all fields in the application, click the “Submit” button.

• Look for an email from TK20 confirming your submission.

To check your application status:

1. Log in to your TK20 Student Admissions account
2. On the “Home” tab, locate your application under “Recent Messages”
3. Click on the application.
4. If you are admitted, the message will indicate your application was “Admitted”
5. If you lack admission requirements, the message will indicate “Denied.”
   • Click on “Review Document” to view your deficiencies and reason(s) for denial.

Once both the Graduate School and Certification Program Applications are complete, the Alternative Certification Program Coordinator will reach out to schedule an interview.

Once accepted, please sign and return the “letter of invitation” that will be sent to you via email from Tracey Stedman.