Timeline
Once accepted into the iteachTEXAS Principal Certification program, you have three full school years in which to complete all of the program requirements, including the Internship requirement.
The following timeline provides an overview of how an individual progresses through the iteachTEXAS Principal Certification program. (This is an ideal scenario and may not hold true for each candidate depending on individual circumstances):
Submit a completed application packet
- Application — completed online or downloaded and mailed to iteachTEXAS with application fee
- Service record indicating years taught
- Applicants will receive access to instructional platform to track application status
- Official transcript — mailed to:
iteachTEXAS
ATTN: Principal Certification
P.O. Box 1626
Denton, Texas 76202
- Two letters of recommendation on school letterhead
- Sample of writing skills
- $75.00 — paid by credit card at time of online application or by check/money order mailed to iteachTEXAS with downloaded application – this is a non-refundable fee
- Applications will be retained for six months. If a completed packet (all supporting materials) is not submitted within six months, the application will be destroyed
Evaluation
- Receive a notification of program status via message and/or email.
- Upon acceptance, gain online access to the Letter of Agreement.
- Completed packets will be retained for six months. If the Letter of Agreement is not acknowledged and/or the non-refundable access fee of $425 is not paid within six months, the packet will be destroyed.
Program Acceptance:
Within a week from the time the Letter of Agreement is acknowledged, the non-refundable access fee of $425 is paid and Personal Payment Authorization from is received, a candidate receives:
- Official Letter of Acceptance
- Access to the introductory course
- Statement of Eligibility — This form, which a candidate provides to school districts to which application is made, indicates eligibility for a Field Experience position and a Probationary Certificate
- Once accepted into the program, you have three complete school years in which to complete all of the program requirements, including the one year/two-semester Field Experience
Instructional Courses
- Access to the instructional courses is provided once a completed Letter of Agreement and a Personal Payment Plan of Agreement is received. The 12-month timeline will begin on the date access to IPAC 1001 is given.
- The seven instructional courses are self-paced, although progress is required during the 12-month time frame. If you are required to repeat a course or elect to take a month off during the instruction, these needs can be accommodated within the 12-month timeline.
- You are permitted to progress from one instructional course to the next course at a rate no faster than one course per three weeks.
- Each instructional course is designed to require a minimum of 45 seat hours.
- If you do not complete the final instructional course within 12 months from being enrolled into IPAC 1001, you may request permission to be reenrolled in the courses for a six-month period with the payment of a renewal access fee.
Certification Test(s)
- The principal certification test is taken once the instructional courses have been completed.
- Test approval will be automatically processed.
- Instructional fees must be paid through a Personal Payment Plan.
Internship
There are two options for completing your internship with the iteachTEXAS Principal Certification program:
- Option 1
- Hired: completed Statement of Eligibility is provided to the program
- You may begin the job search for a paid, full-time administrator position as soon as you are accepted into the iteachTEXAS
- Principal Certification program and fulfill the initial requirements.
- The Internship experience is completed over two semesters.
- You apply for a Probationary
- Option II
- Shadowing: completed Statement of Eligibility is provided to iteachTEXAS
- 160 hours of documented participation over one semester
In both Option I and Option II, a candidate is assigned a Field Supervisor, and a Payment Plan must be processed prior to beginning the Field Experience.
Recommended for Certification
- You are recommended for the Principal Certificate after successfully fulfilling the following program requirements:
- Complete the instructional courses
- Pass the required certification test
- Complete the Field Experience with recommendations from field supervisor and campus administrator
- Hold a conferred master's degree
- Pay all program fees
- Submit evaluation survey