GEN Certification Areas and Requirements

The Region XIII Educator Certification Program offers a wide array of certification areas. Check out the Application Requirements PDF document to review the specific requirements for each certification area. You will need Adobe Reader to open the documents. Checklist Get Adobe Reader free here.

Please 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.

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Elementary Level Certifications (grades EC-6)
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Programs Available

Bilingual EC-6 (Critical Needs Area)

Checklist BIL EC-6

    

ESL Generalist EC-6

Checklist ESL EC-6

 

Generalist EC-6

Checklist Gen EC-6
 
 

 
Middle Level Certifications (grades 4-8)
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Programs Available

English Language Arts & Reading 4-8

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English Language Arts & Reading/Social Studies 4-8

 Checklist ELA/SS 4-8
 

Generalist 4-8

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Mathematics 4-8 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist MATH 4-8    

Mathematics/Science 4-8 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist MATH/SCI 4-8    

Science 4-8 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist SCI 4-8    

Social Studies 4-8

 Checklist SS 4-8
 
   
Secondary Level Certifications (grades 6-12 and 8-12)
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Programs Available

English Language Arts & Reading 8-12

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Foreign Language 6-12 Latin (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist LATIN 6-12
 

Mathematics 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist MATH 8-12        

Math/Physics 8-12(Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist MATH/PHY 8-12        

Math/Physical Science/Engineering 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist MATH/PHY/ENG 8-12        

Science 8-12 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist SCI 8-12        

Social Studies 8-12

 Checklist SS 8-12      
             
All Level Certifications (grades EC-12)
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Programs Available
Art EC-12 Checklist Art EC-12
 

Languages Other Than English (LOTE) French EC-12 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist FRENCH EC-12

Languages Other Than English (LOTE) German EC-12 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist GERMAN EC-12
Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Latin EC-12 (Critical Needs Area) Checklist LATIN EC-12        

Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Spanish EC-12 (Critical Needs Area)

 Checklist SPANISH EC-12
Music EC-12 Checklist MUSIC EC-12
 

Physical Education EC-12

 Checklist PHY ED EC-12
 

Special Education EC-12 (Critical Needs Area)

Checklist SPED EC-12
 
Theatre Arts EC-12 Checklist TH ART EC-12
 
   
             

Critical Needs Areas *
The critical need 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.