ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION

The College of Education offers an alternative certification pathway for candidates with a bachelor’s degree who are seeking initial certification to teach in PK-12 classrooms.

UTEP’s Miner Teacher Residency Alternative Certification Program combines research-based approaches to curriculum planning, classroom management, and effective instruction with intensive coaching and hands-on practice in classrooms – all toward the goal of preparing the highest-quality teachers to successfully serve all students.

Miner Teacher Residents pursuing alternative certification can select two pathways: stand-alone certification or certification as part of an accelerated master’s degree in education. 

Teacher candidates who are part of the Miner Teacher Residency ACP can opt to gain certification as a Teacher of Record (Resident Intern) or through a classroom placement with a mentor teacher at one of UTEP’s partner schools (Resident Apprentice).

The Miner Teacher Residency ACP is based on a cohort model. Residents participate in an intensive summer preparation program comprised of three graduate-level courses, followed by a classroom placement that includes tailored coaching and mentorship by a UTEP Site Coordinator who works closely with school administration.  Our next cohort will start in summer 2021.

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Summer 2021 Program Start: June 7, 2021

Application Deadline: 

February 15, 2021 – Priority Deadline (for scholarship consideration)

April 15, 2021

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Calendar of Events

*Dates are subject to change

Summer Cohort

Fall Cohort