Foreign Degree

If you earned your degree outside of the United States, you will need to submit the following in addition to the required documents for application.

Work Authorization (copy).
Course by Course Evaluation from one of the Texas Education Agency's evaluation providers.
TOEFL iBT score report - verification of a minimum scaled score that falls within the High-Intermediate level in each section on the Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-Based Test (TOEFLiBT).
Enter the Institution (DI) Code: B263 when taking the TOEFL iBT for the scores to be available to Region 10 ALT.

The countries listed below have been approved by the State Board of Educator Certification to satisfy the English language proficiency requirement specified in 19 TAC §230.11(b)(5)(C). To be exempted from the Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT) testing requirement specified in 19 TAC §230.11(b)(5)(B), a certification candidate must have earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from an institution of higher education on the SBEC-approved list of countries.

Countries in which English is an Official Language*

Country*	Country*
Anguilla	India
Antigua and Barbuda	Ireland
Australia	Jamaica
Bahamas	Kenya
Barbados	Liberia
Belize	New Zealand
Bermuda	Nigeria
British Virgin Islands	Philippines
Cameroon	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Canada (except Quebec)	Saint Lucia
Cayman Islands	Singapore
Dominica	South Africa
Federated States of Micronesia	Trinidad/Tobago
Gambia	Turks and Caicos Islands
Ghana	Uganda
Gibraltar	United Kingdom
Grand Cayman	U.S. Pacific Trust
Grenada	Zambia
Guyana	Zimbabwe

*Countries in which English is an Official Language is determined by 19 TAC §230.11(b)(5)(C). Refer to the TEA Figure 19 for updates.

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