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Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Plan English Language Arts and Reading 7-12

Consider a Second Career Teaching Children

Change careers and learn to inspire young people to achieve new academic goals in the classroom. Your coursework, combined with training from dedicated professors in University of Houston-Clear Lake's accredited College of Education will ensure that you will become a leading educator in your school. If you're interested in sharing your passion for language arts with kids, the Post-Baccalaureate Certification Plan in English, Language Arts and Reading 7-12 provides you with the instruction and experience both inside and outside the classroom that you'll need to become a fully certified teacher. This is a career path that will enable you to share a wealth of knowledge and experience you've obtained in your previous career and become a positive role model to young students. School districts welcome teachers with diverse backgrounds who can bring real-world knowledge and experience to enhance the classwork and challenge the students.

Put your Passion for Language and Reading to Work for Children

Good reading, writing and comprehension skills are the foundations for students' overall success. UHCL's College of Education offers courses that focus on the principles of composition, reading in content subjects, and the literature of adolescence. You'll help students build their writing and comprehension proficiency and become overall better communicators. These are critical skills that are transferrable to any ultimate career path and will ensure student' progress through high school graduation and beyond.

Although it is not necessary for students holding at least a bachelor's degree and seeking initial teacher certification to pursue a second bachelor's degree, those who wish to do so must meet the university's lower-level requirements in addition to the requirements for both teacher certification and the second degree, unless such requirements were met through the completion of the first bachelor's degree. These lower-level requirements are described in the Core section of the catalog.
 
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Admission Requirements

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Degree Requirements

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Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Plan English Language Arts and Reading 7-12


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Deadlines for Applying

  • Transfer Deadlines
  • Summer 2024
    Priority - May 1
    Summer I Final - May 22
    Summer II Final - June 28
  • Fall 2024
    Priority - August 1
    Final - August 12
    Returning UHCL Students - August 14
  • Spring 2025
    Priority - December 1
    Final - January 6
    Returning UHCL Students - January 8

  • International Deadlines
  • Fall

    Priority Deadline - May 1
    Extended Deadline - June 1

  • Spring

    Deadline - October 1

  • Summer*

    Deadline - April 1

For more information regarding deferring your application, please visit Deferring International Admission.

Students interested in qualifying for scholarships &/or applying for visas outside the U.S. should apply and submit the application documents/test scores by the priority deadline

*International freshmen applicants will not be accepted for Summer semester.


Locations

University of Houston-Clear Lake

University of Houston-Clear Lake

2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-283-7600

About UHCL


Accreditations and Distinctions

The College of Education is accredited by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC).

We've earned national recognition for accomplishment and innovation, including the Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education.


Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Plan English Language Arts and Reading 7-12 Faculty

Kent Divoll
Kent Divoll

Kent Divoll

Doctoral Program Director and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education

Contact number: 281-283-3634
Email: divoll@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1119

Kent Divoll Faculty Bio

Roberta Raymond

Roberta Raymond

Program Director and Associate Professor of Literacy, Language Arts, and Literature Studies Program,
Education

Contact number: 281-283-3593
Email: raymond@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1325

Roberta Raymond Faculty Bio