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Office of Student Support Services
Staff advisors in the Office of Student Support Services offer personalized guidance to students in the College of Professional Education, as well as to students in other colleges who are pursuing careers in teaching. From advising prospective and current students to explaining degree options to unraveling the complexities of the certification process, Support Services help individuals achieve their educational goals.
Services:
- Provides academic advising and guidance for incoming COPE freshmen
- Prepares degree plans for interdisciplinary studies majors
- Assigns faculty advisors for interdisciplinary studies majors
- Monitors admission to the Teacher Education Program
- Verifies completion of program requirements and recommends candidates for certification
- Prepares deficiency plans for initial, additional and advanced certificates
- Determines student eligibility to take TExES exams and posts approvals on the SBEC website
- Screens applications for Master of Arts in Teaching program
- Serves as an information clearinghouse for all TWU students seeking teacher certification
- Administers TExES practice exams
Information for the Deficiency Plan - Certification Only Program:
Determining the coursework on your Deficiency Plan includes evaluating your transcripts for the area of certification you intend to pursue. This evaluation will tell us what you must take to complete your teacher certification. Because the program is transcript based, any plan could require from 12-60 semester hours.
Deficiency Plan request for teacher certification
Certification Options
Staff:
Bonnie Lowther, Director | 940.898.2847
Linda Kobler, Academic Certification Analyst | 940.898.2203
Brenda Wilson, Academic Certification Analyst | 940.898.2208
Susan Fisher, Academic Certification Analyst | 940.898.2211
Mike Elias, Academic Advisor| 940.898.3854
Laticia Bell, Senior Secretary | 940.898.2829
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