Our education department received a 100% score from the Texas Education Association (TEA) accreditation survey.
Several graduates of the ACU education department have been named Teachers of the Year at their school districts.
In accordance with Texas state law, the ACU has established criteria for admission to the Teacher Education Program. Before taking more than 6 hours of EDUC courses, a student must first be admitted to the Program. Read more about the admission requirements.
The August Experience is a provision for teacher candidates required in the final fall of preparatory coursework. One week prior to the beginning of school at ACU in your final fall, you will return to campus.
During that week you will participate in professional development, spend three days on a local campus assisting your cooperating teacher as he/she prepares for the first day of school, and spend the first two days of school in that classroom with your cooperating teacher. Your duties will include such taksk as cleaning the room, organizing books, putting up bulletin boards, filing, attending meetings, and preparing for the first day’s activities.
If you are student teaching in your final fall, you will complete your August Experience with the same teacher you are assigned to for student teaching. If you are enrolled in Elementary or Secondary Block during your final fall, you will generally be assigned to the same cooperating teacher that has accepted you for your Internship. Find out more about student teaching in the Teacher Education Handbook. (PDF).
There are at least two TExES exams every candidate must take and pass in order to be recommended by ACU for teacher certification. In order to receive permission to take a TExES exam, candidates must take a practice test if available and/or get permission from the appropriate content department. Testing costs are currently $120 per exam. These costs occasionally increase. Candidates are encouraged to stay abreast of these costs by visiting the testing website. The department will make every effort to inform candidates when costs increase. Information about and registration for the TExES exams is available at www.texes.ets.org.
ACU's complete Teacher Education Student Handbook is now available. It contains more detail about admission, field experience, certification and testing, student teaching and more. Download a copy of the 2009 Teacher Education Handbook (PDF).
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