Play a Key Role in a Child's Educational Development
If you're interested in changing professions and you've always had a passion for helping children learn, consider University of Houston-Clear Lake's Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Plan Core Subjects EC-6. Whatever your previous professional background may have been, your experience brings additional value to your classroom. Research shows that the experiences children have during pre-school and early childhood education can have a formative and lasting effect on their educational development. You'll receive excellent preparation for a career as an early childhood educator in schools and child-related agencies like hospitals, mental health agencies and associated fields.
Engage, Instruct and Inspire Students of All Ages
Your certification with early childhood concentration in core subjects EC-6 will equip you to teach all core subjects in an elementary or middle school classroom. Your coursework prepare you for certification and to become an effective, creative classroom teacher. You’ll demonstrate the organizational and communication skills you acquired in your previous career to students and parents. No two days will be the same, and you’ll see you have entered the most interesting, challenging career of your life.
Although it is not necessary for students holding at least a bachelor's degree and seeking initial teacher certification to pursue a second bachelor's degree, those who wish to do so must meet the university's lower-level requirements in addition to the requirements for both teacher certification and the second degree, unless such requirements were met through the completion of the first bachelor's degree. These lower-level requirements are described in the Core section of the catalog.Request InformationHow to ApplyVisit
Admission Requirements
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Degree Requirements
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Deadlines for Applying
- Transfer Deadlines
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Spring 2019Final - January 22
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Summer 2019Priority – May 21
Final (Summer Session I) – June 10
Final (Summer Session II) – July 15 -
Fall 2019Priority - August 12
Final - August 26 -
Spring 2020Priority - January 1
Final - TBA
Online applications close for transfer students after the Priority Deadline. Students who apply after the priority deadline must submit all required documentation with their paper application to the Office of Admissions and will be processed for late registration.
- International Deadlines
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Fall
Priority – March 1
Final – June 1 -
Spring
Priority – August 1
Final – November 1 -
Summer*
Priority – February 1
Final – April 20
Students interested in qualifying for scholarships &/or applying for visas outside the U.S. should apply and submit the application documents/test scores by the priority deadline
*International freshmen applicants will not be accepted for Summer semester.
Locations
University of Houston-Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-283-7600
Accreditations and Distinctions
UHCL’s College of Education graduate and undergraduate programs are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation for both initial teacher preparation and advanced educator preparation. We’re one of only 14 educator preparation programs in Texas to hold this accreditation. The College of Education is also accredited by the State Board for Educator Certification/Texas Education Agency and holds accreditations from a number of organizations for individual specializations and certification programs.
We’ve earned national recognition for accomplishment and innovation, including the Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education.
Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification Plan Core Subjects EC-6 (Early Childhood Concentration) Faculty

Elizabeth Beavers
Associate Professor of Special Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3513
Email: BeaversEA@uhcl.edu
Office: Suite B1325
Amber Brown
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3627
Email: browna@uhcl.edu

Suzanne Brown
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3536
Email: browns@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou 1119

Sandra Browning
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3503
Email: browning@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB 3.203

Terry Chvala
Senior Lecturer of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3641
Email: Chvala@UHCL.edu
Office: B1125

Kent Divoll
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3634
Email: divoll@uhcl.edu
Office: B-1111
Leslie Gauna
Assistant Professor of ESL/Bilingual Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3576
Email: gauna@uhcl.edu
Office: B1325

Michelle Giles
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator of Instructional Design and Technology,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3516
Email: giles@uhcl.edu
Office: Student Services Building 3203.04

Shanna Graves
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3578
Email: gravess@uhcl.edu
Office: 1119

Elaine Hendrix
Clinical Associate Professor of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3635
Email: hendrixe@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB 3203.8

Rebecca Huss-Keeler
Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3535
Email: huss@uhcl.edu
Office: 1119-09

Preeti Jain
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3567
Email: jainp@uhcl.edu
Office: B1119

Lisa Jones
Associate Professor of Multicultural Education,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3551
Email: jonesl@uhcl.edu
Office: 1325-07

Robert Jones
Professor of Educational Foundations,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3562
Email: jonesr@cl.uh.edu
Office: 1111-9

Denise McDonald
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281- 283-3544
Email: mcdonald@uhcl.edu
Office: SSCB 3203.10
Roberta Raymond
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3593
Email: raymond@uhcl.edu
Office: S3203

Randy L. Seevers
Associate Professor of Special Education,
Education
Contact number: 281- 283-3534
Email: seevers@uhcl.edu
Office: B1321-08
Debra Shulsky
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3607
Email: shulsky@uhcl.edu
Office: 1119.6

Rose Toman
Visiting Lecturer of Reading and Language Arts,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3605
Email: Toman@uhcl.edu
Office: B 1321.12

Brenda Weiser
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3522
Email: weiser@uhcl.edu
Office: 1125-11

Paul Wagner
Professor of Educational Foundations,
Education
Contact number: 281-283-3571
Email: wagner@uhcl.edu
Office: 1119-08

Omah M. Williams-Duncan
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction with STEM Emphasis,
Education
Contact number: 281- 283-3547
Email: DuncanO@uhcl.edu
Office: 1119