Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Chapter 231 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS
Subchapter C - GRADES 6-8 ASSIGNMENTS
Section 231.51 - Reading Improvement (One Year or More Below Grade Level), Grades 6-8
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
An assignment in a departmentalized classroom for Reading Improvement (one year or more below grade level), Grades 6-8, for a holder of a valid elementary, secondary, or all-level certificate is allowed with one of the following certificates.
(1) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).
(2) Bilingual Generalist: Grades 4-8.
(3) Core Subjects: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).
(4) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).
(5) Core Subjects: Grades 4-8.
(6) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.
(7) Elementary English (Grades 1-8). This assignment requires verifiable preparation in teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(8) Elementary Reading (Grades 1-8).
(9) Elementary teacher certificate plus 18 semester credit hours in English and nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(10) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).
(11) English as a Second Language Generalist: Grades 4-8.
(12) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 4-8.
(13) English Language Arts and Reading with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.
(14) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 7-12 (Grades 7 and 8 only).
(15) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 8-12 (Grade 8 only).
(16) English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies: Grades 4-8.
(17) English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.
(18) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).
(19) Generalist: Grades 4-8.
(20) Grades 6-12 or Grades 6-8--English. This assignment requires verifiable preparation in the teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(21) Grades 6-12 or Grades 6-8--English Language Arts, Composite. This assignment includes at least six semester credit hours of reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 2003-2004 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(22) Grades 6-12 or Grades 6-8--Reading.
(23) Junior High School or High School--English. This assignment requires verifiable preparation in the teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(24) Junior High School or High School--English Language Arts, Composite. This assignment includes at least six semester credit hours of reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 2003-2004 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(25) Junior High School or High School--Reading.
(26) Legacy Master Reading Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 12).
(27) Reading Specialist.
(28) Reading Specialist (Early Childhood-Grade 12).
(29) Secondary English (Grades 6-12). This assignment requires verifiable preparation in the teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(30) Secondary English Language Arts, Composite (Grades 6-12). This assignment includes at least six semester credit hours of reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 2003-2004 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
(31) Secondary Reading (Grades 6-12).
(32) Teacher certificate plus 9 semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.
