TEACP Principal Certification

Enhance Your Career in Education

Leadership matters! Gallup reports that great leaders tremendously impact every organization. They increase worker retention, motivation, engagement, and overall sense of wellbeing. These employee results also impact the customer experience and the bottom line. The same is certainly true in schools as well. Great leaders help schools build stronger, positive cultures of trust and high expectations.

At DBU, we take our mission very seriously. Our goal is to develop Christ-centered servant leaders with the ability to integrate faith and learning to transform the world in whatever field they have been called. We believe students and schools desperately need great Christ-centered servant-leaders. 

The Texas Education Alternative Certification Program (TEACP) for Educational Leadership is a three-semester program. Most students are full-time teachers looking fulfill God’s calling and broaden their impact through campus leadership. Most students take 2 classes per semester in the evenings. The cost is a flat fee of $5500 for up to 6 classes (18-hours) and seminars to help students prepare for the TExES 268 written exam and the TExES 368 Performance Assessment of School Leaders (PASL) tasks.

Admission Criteria:

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? The DBU Certification Principal Program is designed for professionals like you. This program is perfect if you have:

• A master's degree from an accredited college with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.
• If degreed out of country, you will need to submit the following in addition to the required documents for application.
  • Course by Course Evaluation from the List of Reviewed Foreign Credential Evaluator Providers posted on the TEA website.
  • TOEFL iBT score report - All four parts of the TOEFL iBT are required with an acceptable passing score on the Speaking portion of 20-24, the Listening portion of 17-21, the Reading portion of 18-23, and the Writing portion of 17-23.
  • The countries in which English is the official language as approved by SBEC Figure 19 TAC 230.11(b)(5)(C) are exempt from the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT).
• Minimum 2 years of teaching experience as a certified teacher.
• Valid teaching certificate (Texas or comparable).

If you are interested in earning a master's degree, check out DBU's Master of Education in Educational Leadership.

Tuition & Fees

All Program Fees are Non-Refundable.

Flat rate pricing available is only applicable to the first enrollment in the course. Multiple enrollments due to failure or withdrawal will be charged at the regular tuition rate.

Other potential costs at the candidate's expense:

• TEA required fingerprint fee**
• TEA EPP technology fee**
• Test preparation subscription fee**
• 368 PASL exam fee**
• SBEC certification fee** 

**Fees subject to change without notice.