Region XIII Educator Certification Program

The Region XIII Educator Certification Program offers a wide array of certification areas. In order to best suit your needs, please select the program for you below. Click the name of the program cohort to be directed to the appropriate site.

PROGRAM COHORT DESCRIPTION
General Education This program cohort certifies potential teachers in Elementary, Bilingual Elementary, Special Education, Middle-level and Secondary-level areas.
Transition to Teaching This program cohort is part of a US Department of Education grant geared towards certifying potential teachers in secondary-level mathematics and science with teachers committing to 3 years with either Austin Independent School District or Taylor Independent School District.
Career & Technical Education

This program utilizes candidates’ skills entering from various professional areas and provides participants with the training needed to use those skills in teaching today’s middle school and high school students.  The 7 areas associated with Career and Technical Education (CTE) include: 

  • Agriculture
  • Business
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Health Science
  • Marketing
  • Technology Education
  • Trade and Industry (Examples include:  Auto Mechanics, Welding, Electronics, Criminal Justice, Media Technology, Construction, etc.)

 
BESST This program cohort is strictly available to districts who have hired a teacher who needs certification.
Austin ISD Teacher Academy The Academy is a collaboration between Austin Independent School District and Region XIII Educator Certification Program and is designed specifically to place teachers in the critical need areas of Math, Science, and Bilingual education.

 

 

 

 

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