Candidate-centered training
Structured support from admission through internship, certification milestones, and classroom readiness.
Texas Teacher Preparation Program · Est. 2004
Prepare.
Teach. Lead.
For two decades, Teachers for the 21st Century ACP prepared Texas teacher candidates through structured pre-service training, a paid classroom internship, and support all the way to full certification.
Program closed
This program has closed.
Teachers for the 21st Century ACP is no longer accepting new students, applications, enrollments, or class registrations. The pages on this site describe the program as it operated and are kept online as a public reference for former candidates, partner districts, and anyone verifying program history.
What the program stood for
Three commitments that shaped every cohort
Texas classroom alignment
Preparation tied to TEKS, STAAR, educator ethics, field practice, and real instructional expectations.
Modern educator tools
Technology, planning, assessment, and professional practice resources for today's teaching environment.
By the numbers
The shape of the certification route
Each candidate moved through the same structured sequence, from classroom-based coursework to a supervised paid internship.
21weeks of pre-service training
30clock hours of field experience
5formal observations during the internship
50district professional development hours
Foundation
The Every Student Succeeds Act
ESSA emphasizes accountability, student achievement, and support for all learners. The program connected that expectation to practical teacher preparation and day-to-day classroom execution.
Excellence
Built for effective classroom practice
Teacher candidates developed the instructional habits needed to educate all children, support individual differences, and build independent learners.
- Strategic readers, writers, and problem solvers
- Lesson planning, classroom routines, and assessment
- Mentoring, feedback, and professional growth
Curriculum
A clear route from training to certification
The program organized coursework, field-based preparation, exam support, and internship guidance into a single coherent certification pathway.
- Backward-designed lesson and unit planning
- Differentiation for emergent bilinguals and students with disabilities
- Content exam and PPR preparation throughout
Certificates
Certification areas
The program supported certification across early childhood, elementary, middle, and secondary grade bands, along with supplemental and specialist areas.
- Core EC–6
- Core 4–8
- ELAR
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Special Education
- Bilingual & ESL
- Physical Education
- Art & Music
- Spanish & French
- Technology Education
The record
Explore what the program documented
Everything below is kept online as a public reference: how candidates were prepared, what they certified in, and how they performed on state exams.
Curriculum
Program & curriculum
Pre-service coursework, the paid internship, and the coaching structure behind both.
Ethics
TEA ethics videos
The Texas Education Agency modules on boundaries, social media, discipline, and off-campus conduct.
Practice
Technology in the classroom
The nine-step sequence used to move teachers from assessment to independent classroom use.