TMATE

So what do you need to apply?

Before beginning the formal application process, be sure to:

1. Meet TMATE program entry requirements.
2. Choose a certification area and program location.
3. Understand TMATE program costs.

Apply to the program. The application process consists of four steps:

1. Submit your complete TMATE program application to your program location office;
2. Completion of appropriate entry test: THEA, TASP, or Accuplacer for certification only; OR the GRE if you intend to pursue the master degree.

   • NOTE: The application states that both THEA and GRE are required but the THEA/TASP/ACCUPLACER is necessary if you are pursuing certification only, and the GRE is the only one of these tests necessary if you intend to apply TMATE credit toward the master degree!

3. Apply for financial aid if you will need it to complete the program; and
4. Observe teachers and students in a classroom, interview with TMATE program staff, and provide a writing sample.

A few weeks after TMATE program staff receives your application, you will be mailed an evaluation of your courses and an acceptance or denial letter.  The TMATE staff will provide you information on the observation requirements, interview session as well as spring and summer registration.

Application

Application Steps

1. Submit complete TMATE application packet.

2. Apply for financial aid?

3. Observe, interview, write.

Application Deadlines

• Stephenville and Killeen:
  March 31, 2010
  All Certification Levels
• Fort Worth:
  March 1, 2010
• All Certification Levels