Students must set up online accounts to apply for state certification and to take certification exams. This applies to aspiring teachers, principals, superintendents, school counselors, educational diagnosticians and reading specialists.
Step one
Sign up for your , or TEAL, account (using Internet Explorer). This gets you a TEA ID number. 色花堂 does not issue these numbers. Then, click on "View My Educator Certification Account" to link your TEA account to your profile in the (ECOS). Be sure to click "continue" to save.
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Step two
Set up your .
Pearson/VUE is the main Texas testing vendor as of Sept. 1, 2018. If you had an account with ETS, the prior vendor, you still need to register with Pearson. All of your testing history then will transfer to your Pearson account.
Principal candidates: ETS is the testing vendor for the PASL exam effective fall 2019. Pearson/VUE is the vendor for the TExES certification exam. Principal candidates must take both exams.
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Step three
For principal candidates only: Set up your to register for the PASL test.