German wife planning to teach in Texas

[zambo 0]

Hey Guys,

My german wife came here on a k1 visa and we have filed for AOS (still pending)

She lived in Texas when we met as she was an exchange teacher working at an elementary school. I believe she did this for 3 years.

Now that she is back here and waiting AOS, we started looking into getting her to teach again.

Looking at the Texas Education Agency about how to have her credentials certified to teach in texas they want to provide all docs approved by yet another agency which will evaluate her grades and courses.

She has like 40 little pieces of paper from the German uni, one per class with the description and the grade... Will she have to have all of those translated and evaluated? Seems like there is something here we might be missing.

Any other VJes in the forums go through a similar situation?

Thanks in advance for the help

[Carlawarla 1]

Hey Guys,

My german wife came here on a k1 visa and we have filed for AOS (still pending)

She lived in Texas when we met as she was an exchange teacher working at an elementary school. I believe she did this for 3 years.

Now that she is back here and waiting AOS, we started looking into getting her to teach again.

Looking at the Texas Education Agency about how to have her credentials certified to teach in texas they want to provide all docs approved by yet another agency which will evaluate her grades and courses.

She has like 40 little pieces of paper from the German uni, one per class with the description and the grade... Will she have to have all of those translated and evaluated? Seems like there is something here we might be missing.

Any other VJes in the forums go through a similar situation?

Thanks in advance for the help

I can't answer your question about the translation, but I was just reading your post and wondering what was used to evaluate her teaching credentials while she was here working in an elementary school for 3 years? What did she have to submit for that work? Was it translated at that time? Something to look into...maybe the school system where she was working can provide either documentation in English, or some type of confirmation of her credentials.

[Krikit 1,164]

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[zambo 0]

I can't answer your question about the translation, but I was just reading your post and wondering what was used to evaluate her teaching credentials while she was here working in an elementary school for 3 years? What did she have to submit for that work? Was it translated at that time? Something to look into...maybe the school system where she was working can provide either documentation in English, or some type of confirmation of her credentials.

When she was teaching here, all the paperwork was handled by the agency that arranged the work from germany. She does not have any records or copies of translations or anything, she just basically paid the agency and they found work in america and took care of everything.

Thank's for the query.

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She has like 40 little pieces of paper from the German uni, one per class with the description and the grade... Will she have to have all of those translated and evaluated?

Yes, contact the ECE at www.ece.org

[Aubrey 10]

Likely she will have to take the certification tests for her area of expertise in Texas anyways (just as an out of state teacher would). Even if she took the tests before, they're usually good for only 5 years in TX, unless she took them a long time ago and her certifications are grandfathered under the lifetime certificates they used to issue.

If she had a TX teaching credential, it would be listed here:

http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECONLINE/virtcert.asp

[zambo 0]

Just checked that site and her credentials are listed and expired - We will try to see about renewing them - THANKS !!!