Austin ISD Teacher Academy is an innovative partnership between the Austin Independent School District and the Region XIII Educator Certification Program. The 17 month program is designed to recruit, train and place alternatively certified teachers in Austin ISD schools. The Academy is designed specifically to place teachers in the critical need areas of Math, Science, and Bilingual education.
Austin ISD Teacher Academy provides professionals from different fields an alternative to the traditional college route to certification. It is a rigorous, field-based program that integrates theory with practice and allows teacher-interns to make valuable contributions to Austin ISD schools as they build strategies for success in the classroom.
When Austin ISD selects participants into their program, they are also given a hired, unassigned contract to teach in Austin ISD. During the preservice part of the program, interns interview with Austin campuses to find their assignment within the system. Note: Successful completion of the pre-service phase of the program is required to maintain the hired unassigned contract.
During the internship year, the teacher-intern is hired by a district as the teacher of record with full pay and full benefits. Upon successful completion of the internship year along with related program and state licensing requirements, participants earn a Standard teaching certificate specific to their teaching assignment/area of study.
