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Alternative Teacher Certification Program

Welcome Graduates and Former HT Students

WELCOME back graduates and former students.  If you are ready to take control of your future, start here with a Texas Teacher Certification. 

Become a Teacher

Our Alternative Teacher Certification Program (ATCP) provides an opportunity for the adult learner who has earned a bachelor’s degree or higher and needs the flexibility to have a full-time job while completing requirements to be teachers in Texas schools. Future teachers and candidates already employed as teachers without a teacher certification are welcome to apply to our program, as are students who are within one semester of completing a bachelor degree.

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Applications Accepted Year Round

Spring 2025 – Application Due November 20, 2024

Spring Start Date: January 13, 2025- End Date May 05, 2025

No application fee for applications received by the due date

Summer 2025 Cohort – Application Due:  March 20, 2024

Fall 2025 Cohort – Application Due: July 20, 2025

Application due date is flexible.

Applications received after the standard due date may be reviewed on a first come first served basis.

General Requirements 

Program Overview

Certification Area Offered

Applications and Admission

Student Services Registration & Enrollment

Former  Candidates 

Partnership

 

Complaints, Investigations, Procedures, and Grievance Policy

Our ATCP team strives to resolve all concerns and questions about the teacher preparation program.

For initial concerns, please contact the director at ddelley@htu.edu

Additional Information:  “TEA Rules and Policies

Supply and demand for educators in Texas

This Webpage created by Dr. Debra Delley, September 20, 2020- Modified September 2024