Certification by Examination through School Districts

School districts have the option but are not required to review work experience for educators seeking additional certification in marketing, health science, and trades and industrial education. Educators must verify that their school district offers this service. Below are instructions for educators and school districts to follow.

Educator Instructions

You must hold a current valid classroom Texas teaching certificate and bachelor's degree to add an area by examination.

1. Verify your district is offering this service.
2. Complete a Statement Of Qualifications (SOQ) and submit with any additional documentation required to the designated certified administrator of your employing school district.
3. An authorized certified school administrator must review and verify your SOQ.
4. If the experience is approved, the school district will submit verification to the TEA.
5. TEA will review the verification, and if eligible, approve the appropriate test.
6. TEA will email the educator and the school district once test approval has been given.
7. You must verify passing test results in your TEA educator account under View Examinations.
8. You must complete the Additional Certification by Examination application and pay the $78.00 fee.

School District Instructions

You must submit a help desk ticket with "District SOQ Verification" in the subject line and attach a copy of Section F from the completed SOQ form. You must include the district phone number, certified administrator's TEA ID number and direct district email for confirmation.

School districts should establish procedures to designate the certified administrator who will review the SOQ. The  administrator should also notify the Human Resource Department because the addition of this certification may impact creditable years of service for salary increment purposes (19 TAC §153.1021 [i]).