T Ex ES

Texas Examinations of Educators Standards (TExES) Approval:

Approval for a TAMUCC student to take the TExES content exam for 4-8 or 8-12 mathematics or science is given by the appropriate content faculty member. Those faculty are

• Mathematics 4-8: George Tintera
• Mathematics 8-12: George Tintera
• Life Science 8-12: Cherie McCollough
• Science 8-12: Cherie McCollough or Philippe Tissot
• Physical Science 8-12: Philippe Tissot
• Science 4-8: Philippe Tissot

All requests are made online through the University's TAR system (see the link below). Prior to making the online request, please take transcripts to the appropriate content faculty member and be prepared to take a practice exam based on the exam framework as found in the preparation manuals (see below).

Links

• The official TAMUCC webpage for the TExES including how to get an approval form: http://texes.tamucc.edu/
• The TExES Approval Request (TAR) System (used at TAMUCC for departmental approval of student examinations): https://tar.tamucc.edu/
• SBEC or State Board for Educator Certification website: http://www.sbec.state.tx.us.
• Direct link to the TExES prepation manuals (downloadable): http://texes.ets.org/texes/prepMaterials/
• Upcoming TExES test dates (set each year in August): http://www.texes.ets.org/texes/testdates

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