For more information, contact any member of the Rice Education Department faculty. Rice University Education Department One may be certified in Texas schools through the Rice Education Department. As well as offering a program to undergraduates, there is also a Masters in Teaching program which requires one year of coursework. Also, one may be certified at Rice through a non-degree program. Rice Education Program for Undergraduates Rice students may earn a teaching certificate while pursuing an undergraduate degree.
Students take education courses during the semester and do student teaching in the summer.
Deficiency Plans and Emergency Certification Allow you to begin teaching immediately. A special plan is drawn up for you to begin teaching with the expectation that you will get certified within 3 years. See the Deficiency plan info from U of H as an example. America National program trains you to teach during the summer. Places you into a disadvantaged public school for two years.