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Undergraduate Field Experience Options
Option 1
Student teaching: a minimum 13-week full time assignment in a partner school district. (This is an unpaid position.) Apply for student teaching.
Option 2
Educational aide: Have 2 years experience as an educational aide in an accredited school and be currently working in an accredited school district, be receiving aid as a participant in the Educational Aide Exemption Program, and be seeking an undergraduate degree leading to teacher certification.
Any individual admitted to the Teacher Education Program who wishes to substitute experience and/or professional training directly related to the certificate being sought for part of the preparation requirements may apply to the Associate Dean for a committee review. The Associate Dean will appoint a committee composed of professors from the teaching field and professional education to interview the person, review the person's experience and make a decision (Texas Administrative Code Rule 227.10). Approved by Teacher Education Council April 18, 2006