Principal Certification

• Select “Principal Certificate” as your “Program.”

Submit the following documents to your graduate coordinator after you receive an application confirmation email.

• Upload your documents at myLeo > Apps > Check Admissions Application Status & Test Scores or email your documents to your graduate coordinator unless otherwise specified below.

Look for application updates in myLeo > Apps > Check Application Status

• Once an admission decision has been made, you will receive an email to your student email account at myLeo > Apps > Leomail.

• Go to the Educator Certification page on MarketPlace
  • Click Educator Professional Fee
  • Click the shopping cart plus icon
  • Fill in your personal information to be associated with the fee and click “Continue”
• Go back to the Educator Certification page on MarketPlace
  • Click TEA Assessment Fee
  • Click the shopping cart plus icon
  • Complete your payment
• Download and save your receipts to upload to TK20

You will need to have the following documents ready for upload in order to submit the application:

• Certification fee receipt
• TEA Assessment fee receipt
• Teaching service record
  • A minimum of one year of experience is required for admission to the master's degree-seeking path for principal certification.
• Standard Texas Teaching Certificate
  • Note: Candidates on emergency permits, intern or probationary certificates will not be admitted.
• Official transcripts from the Graduate Office will be reviewed by the certification office.
  • Official transcripts from all institutions must be submitted to the Graduate School in order to satisfy TEA certification admission requirements.
  • A minimum GPA of 2.75 on a conferred bachelor's degree OR a minimum 3.0 on the last 60 hours, OR a minimum 3.0 GPA on a conferred master's degree is required for admission.
  • A conferred master's degree from an accredited institution is required for admission to the principal certification-only program.

• Two written screening activities will be completed as part of the application in TK20. Please write your essay and answer the short-answer questions carefully, as these screening activities will be used in determining admission to the program.

If applicable:

• TEA Transfers
  • If you have previously been admitted to another educator preparation program for principal certification.
  • Request that a completed TEA transfer form be sent from your previous program to [email protected].
• Transcripts from outside the United States
  • Contact [email protected] for any questions about TEA requirements for transcripts from outside the United States.
  • If your official transcripts are from institutions outside the United States and the country of origin is not exempt by TEA, send the following documentation to [email protected]:
    • A course-by-course evaluation from a TEA-approved Foreign Credential Evaluation Service
    • Minimum scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT). Please note that TOEFL scores are only valid for a period of two years. Required minimum scores are 24 for Speaking, 22 for Listening, 22 for Reading and 21 for Writing.
      • As of 3/4/2022, a valid standard Texas educator certificate will be accepted in lieu of TOEFL iBT scores.

• Go to tamuc.tk20.com
• Scroll down and click “Admissions”
• Select “Click here to create your account.”

• Complete the “Create Applicant Account” form.
• Note: You will be creating a password for this account.
• Store the password you create in a secure location so you can refer to it later.
• After completing the “Create Applicant Account” form, TK20 will provide your username.
• Store your TK20 username and password in a secure location so you can refer to them later.
  • You will use the username to log in to review your admission application once submitted.

• Log into your TK20 account
  • Click on the “back to login” link.
  • Enter your username and password.
  • Click the green “Log Into Your Account” button.

• Click on the “Create New Application” button.

• Select “Principal” application
• Click the “Next” button.

• Complete the application.

Once accepted, please sign and return the “letter of invitation.” It will be returned to [email protected] and [email protected].