Teacher Certification
The demand for secondary mathematics teachers is always strong. There are three paths a student may choose from to obtain secondary (8-12) math certification:I. aggieTEACH-Science program certification
This is the program outlined in the BA MATH (Certification) plan.
Students must complete 22 hours of education courses plus one semester of student teaching.
Students interested in becoming certified through the aggieTEACH program should contact Laura Wilding via
email (ljwilding at science.tamu.edu) or visit her in Blocker 514. Intersted students
then obtain a Teaching Field Plan from Dr. Vince Schielack (vinces at math.tamu.edu). Students completing this plan
will be certified upon graduating and passing the TExES exams for certification.
For more detailed information, please see the aggieTEACH-Science Website.
II. Post-baccalaureate certification
Students who choose this option need to complete 9 hours of education
courses. After graduating with at
least a 2.75 GPA, students enter graduate school at Texas A&M in the
college of education and take 9 hours of courses in the summer, then
12 hours of courses during a one-year internship. Students completing
this plan will be certified upon completing the 21 hours of graduate
courses, the internship, and passing the TExES exams for
certification. If a student wishes to complete a Masters Degree in
Education, they only need 15 additional hours after certification.
For more detailed informaiton, please see the Graduate Certification Program Website
Contact
Dr. Vince Schielack
E-mail: vinces@math.tamu.edu