College of Education and Human Development

Counseling

Graduate Admissions Application Instructions

Candidates are required to submit the following State and Program items to the department for enrollment in the Educator Preparation Program. After collecting all the required documents, please click the link at the bottom of this page to submit.

Required Items

1. TEA (Texas Education Agency) Number: You are required to create a TEA number if you do not have one. Please submit a PDF or Word document with your full name, Lamar ID student number and TEA number. If you already have a TEA number, please submit a PDF or Word document with your full name, Lamar ID student number and TEA number. Out-of-state candidates are not required to submit this document** 

How to create your TEA Number

  1. Visit the Texas Education Agency
  2. Click on Request New User Account
  3. Complete all fields – use personal email not school or Lamar email
  4. For Organization Type, select Educator
  5. For Job Title, type Educator
  6. Submit
2. Offer of Formal Admission Letter: Email sent to you by gradadmissionsedu@lamar.edu with the subject line: Offer of Formal Admission. It lists the candidate's name, program you applied for and effective date of formal admission at the top. The email included instructions on how to upload your artifacts.
3. Formal Admission Acceptance Form: You are required to sign a formal admission acceptance form to the program before the start of the first course. Complete your formal acceptance form here by initialing all statements, complete all fields, sign and date.

4. Appendix A Candidate Signature Page: Affidavit that you acknowledge you have read the handbook and code of ethics. You also agree to the policies and procedures.

  1. Read the Texas Educator Code of Ethics.
  2. Read the Educator Preparation Program Handbook.
  3. Initial each item, sign and date the bottom of the Signature Page.
5. Candidate Exit Policy: You are required to read the link to the Candidate Exit Policy once you are admitted to the Educator Preparation Program (EPP). Read, sign and date the Candidate Exit Policy.

Ready to Submit?

Submit Required Document