Certification Areas & Programs Available

The Region XIII Educator Certification Program offers a wide array of certification areas. Check out the Application Requirements PDF documents below to review the specific requirements for each certification area. Note: Program requirements are subject to change at any time based upon new rules, policies and regulations from the Texas State Board for Educator Certification.

The Region XIII Educator Certification Program also offers a wide variety of different program models for individual certification areas. Check out the Programs Available links for more information about each program such as; application due dates, program calendars, and fees.

ATA (Austin ISD Teacher Academy program)

DRP (District Referral program)

CTE (Career and Technical Education program)

GEN (General Education Areas program)

For information about the (PACT) TExES Pre-Admission Content Test option visit our website: TExES PACT Tests

Elementary Level Certifications (grades EC-6)	Click to View Requirements	Programs Available
Bilingual EC-6 (Critical Needs Area)	BIL EC-6	ATA	DRP		GEN
ESL Generalist EC-6	ESL EC-6		DRP		GEN
Generalist EC-6	Gen EC-6		DRP		GEN
Middle Level Certifications (grades 4-8)	Click to View Requirements	Programs Available
English Language Arts & Reading 4-8	ELA 4-8		DRP		GEN
English Language Arts & Reading/Social Studies 4-8	ELA/SS 4-8		DRP		GEN
Generalist 4-8	GEN 4-8		DRP		GEN
Mathematics4-8 (Critical Needs Area)	MATH 4-8	ATA	DRP		GEN
Mathematics/Science 4-8 (Critical Needs Area)	MATH/SCI 4-8	ATA	DRP		GEN
Science 4-8 (Critical Needs Area)	SCI 4-8	ATA	DRP		GEN
Social Studies 4-8	SS 4-8		DRP		GEN
Secondary Level Certifications (grades 6-12 and 8-12)	Click to View Requirements	Programs Available
Agricultural Science 6-12	AG SCI 6-12			CTE
Business Education 6-12	BUS ED 6-12			CTE
Chemistry 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	CHEM 8-12		DRP
English Language Arts & Reading 8-12	ELA 8-12		DRP		GEN
Family and Consumer Sciences: Composite 6-12	FCSI-COMP 6-12			CTE
Family and Consumer Sciences: Hospitality, Nutrition, and Food Sciences 8-12	FCSI- HOSP 8-12			CTE
Family and Consumer Sciences: Human Development and Family Studies 8-12	FCSI- HDFS 8-12			CTE
Foreign Language 6-12 French (Critical Needs Area)	FRENCH 6-12		DRP		GEN
Foreign Language 6-12 German (Critical Needs Area)	GERMAN 6-12		DRP		GEN
Foreign Language 6-12 Latin (Critical Needs Area)	LATIN 6-12		DRP		GEN
Foreign Language 6-12 Spanish (Critical Needs Area)	SPANISH 6-12		DRP		GEN
Health Science Technology 8-12	HST 8-12			CTE
History 8-12	HIST 8-12		DRP
Life Science 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	LIFE 8-12		DRP
Marketing Education 8-12	MKTG 8-12			CTE
Mathematics 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	MATH 8-12	ATA	DRP		GEN
Math/Physics 8-12(Critical Needs Area)	MATH/PHY 8-12	ATA	DRP		GEN
Math/Physical Science/Engineering 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	MATH/PHY/ENG 8-12	ATA	DRP	CTE	GEN
Physical Science 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	PHY SCI 8-12		DRP
Science 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)	SCI 8-12	ATA	DRP		GEN
Social Studies 8-12	SS 8-12		DRP		GEN
Technology Education 6-12	TECH ED 6-12			CTE
Trades & Industrial Education 8-12 (Degree)	TIE 8-12 (Degree)			CTE
Trades & Industrial Education 8-12 (Non-Degree)	TIE 8-12 (Non- Degree)			CTE
All Level Certifications (grades EC-12)	Click to View Requirements	Programs Available
Art EC-12	Art EC-12		DRP		GEN
Music EC-12	MUSIC EC-12		DRP		GEN
Physical Education EC-12	PHY ED EC-12		DRP		GEN
Special Education EC-12 (Critical Needs Area)	SPED EC-12		DRP		GEN
Theatre Arts EC-12	TH ART EC-12		DRP		GEN
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Critical Needs Areas *
The critical needs areas are certification areas in which there is a great shortage of teachers and are identified by the Commissioner of Education on a year by year basis as a high need to school districts.