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2026 Info Sessions
📝 About: Discover how you can launch a rewarding teaching career with a starting salary of over $62,000, along with comprehensive health and retirement benefits. 
📍 Location: Zoom 
💵 Cost: Free to attend
🕒Dates and times:
- REGISTER: Thursday, January 22 at 12 p.m. (noon)  
- REGISTER: Monday, February 2 at 5 p.m. 
- REGISTER: Thursday, February 12 at 12 p.m. (noon) 
- REGISTER: Tuesday, February 24 at 12 p.m. (noon)
*Info sessions contain the same content. Please join the session that best fits your schedule.

ACP Application Deadline
📝 About: Apply to UH's Alternative Certification Program and begin teaching in August of 2026.
📍 Location: ACP Portal 
💵 Cost: Free to apply
⏰ Deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2026. 
APPLY NOW — Space is limited!

Teaching Math or Science? 
📝 About: Aspiring middle school math and science teachers teaching at Title I campuses in Houston ISD, KIPP-Houston, and Spring ISD, could have their ACP costs covered.
📍 Learn more 
💵 Cost: Free to apply
⏰ Priority deadline: Saturday, January 10, 2026.
🕒 APPLY NOW — This application must be completed in addition to the ACP application.


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WHY CHOOSE THE UH ACP?

  • Job placement assistance
  • Certification support
  • Texas Education Agency (TEA)-approved
  • Coursework led by UH faculty 
  • Strong reputation of success
  • Robust coaching with face-to-face interaction

Minimum Eligibility Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree 
  • 2.50 GPA
  • All previous transcripts

 

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FAST FACT: Teachers can earn $62,000+ in the first year.

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FAST FACT: Teaching is the foundation for a future in education.

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