Texas Teachers | About Our Alternative Certification Program

Mission

Texas Teachers will provide a streamlined, low-cost and exemplary process to help individuals enter the teaching profession and be successful during their Internship year.

The Texas Teachers Alternative Certification Program

Texas Teachers is a private program that strives for innovation and effectiveness. We remove unnecessary obstacles and raise the quality of the training and mentoring. That's how Texas Teachers is able to offer an accessible route that delivers results. Texas Teachers backs up its commitment by voluntarily making 90% of its fees contingent upon the new teacher's success.

Texas Teachers developed its training and support elements with tremendous input from school districts. By working with districts and meeting their expectations, Texas Teachers can therefore help to increase the potential for employment and success of its interns.

In addition, Texas Teachers offers a strong support plan during the first year of teaching. Districts like to see this commitment to the intern's success.

Accredited Teaching Program

Texas Teachers is fully accredited and licensed by its regulating state agency and authorized to certify in all certification areas.

Memberships and Best Practices

Texas Teachers continually updates its program to include the latest innovations and teaching strategies. By routinely collaborating with numerous education groups, Texas Teachers stays abreast of best practices and research-based approaches to student learning.

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Kathy Schreiber

Kathy holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in Education. As a classroom teacher for 12 years, Kathy knows firsthand the challenges of teaching and student learning. In 1994 Kathy decided to use her skills to help recruit and train new teachers for the classroom. She spent six years as an Educational Consultant in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area working with the alternative certification programs of Region 10 and Region 11. In 2001, Kathy decided to help start and manage the state's first private alternative certification program. Since then she has launched Texas Teachers, the state's largest private alternative certification program which brings together the best of her experiences.

Vernon Reaser

Vernon holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Business Administration. His interest in education was sparked while working in Austin on public policy issues regarding teacher retention and student achievement. In this arena, Vernon met Kathy Schreiber and discovered their shared interest for addressing the pressing issues in Texas education. They quickly saw the benefit of joining together their complementary backgrounds to form a private alternative certification program to provide real innovation and results for the new challenges facing Texas education.