STUDENT TEACHING EXEMPTION
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Required Eligibility Criteria

According to House Bill Number 1130:

Students seeking to be exempted or waived from student teaching must meet the following criteria: 

• The applicant has worked as an instructional aide in a public or *accredited private school similar to their certification level (EC – 8 and 8-12) for at least one year within the five years preceding the semester the student would normally be scheduled to student teach.

OR 

• The applicant has worked as a substitute teacher for 180 days and has taught consistently as the teacher of record for at least two consecutive grading periods in a public or *accredited private school similar to their certification level (EC- 8 and 8-12) within the five years preceding the semester the student would normally be scheduled to student teach.

*Private school accreditation – Any school whose educational program a state department of education or a parochial accrediting agency has evaluated, and whose program has met and is maintaining certain educational standards.
(TEA has a listing of accredited private schools)