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Upcoming Events

ACP Info Session
📅 Date: Thursday, November 6
🕙 Time: 12:00 p.m. (noon) - 1:00 p.m.
📍 Location: Zoom
💵 Cost: Free to attend
🖊️ Registration: Sign up here
🏫 About: Learn how you can begin a fulfilling, teaching career with a $62,000+ salary, plus health and retirement benefits.

First-Round Application Deadline
📅 Date: Monday, November 10
🕙 Time: 11:59 p.m.
📍 Location: UH ACP application portal
💵 Cost: Free to apply
🏫 About: Ensure your spot in UH ACP and start your teaching career.

Teacher Job Fair
📅 Date: Friday, November 14
🕙 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (noon)
📍 Location: UH Hilton, 2nd floor, 4450 University Drive, Houston, TX 77204-3028
💵 Cost: Free to attend
🖊️ Registration: Will take place at the event. Let us know if you plan on attending.
🏫 About: This event will feature UH ACP’s 14 partner school districts, all actively recruiting and interviewing for teaching positions.

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FAST FACT: UH has certified over 4,500 educators.

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WHY CHOOSE THE UH ACP?

Developed by the UH College of Education’s award-winning teacher education program
Hybrid: Face-to-face and online professional development delivered by UH faculty
Intensive coaching and mentoring from experienced educators
Strong school district partnerships to ensure full-time employment
Cohort model to allow for shared learning with other participants
Earn a full-time salary while working toward certification

Minimum Eligibility Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
2.50 GPA
All previous transcripts

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FAST FACT: Teachers can earn $62,000 - $65,000 in the first year.

TESTIMONIALS FROM PARTICIPANTS

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Prepared for Success

Tiana Banks (summer ’24): “I find it really easy to relate to my students thanks to the preparation I received at the University of Houston.”
Teaching is Fulfilling

Aaron Edson (summer ’24): “Teaching is a fulfilling career. I’m glad I chose this program and became an educator!”
Building Relationships

Brook Powell (summer ’24): “I started teaching because I wanted to foster a love for reading and writing in my students. But I learned that teaching is about building relationships with the students.”