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Texas Characteristics of State Teacher Requirements

The following information summarizes the requirements currently necessary to begin work in the public school system as an:

Audiologist or Speech-Language Pathologist

This information has been collected by researching individual state department of education regulations and policy documents, state administrative code provisions and by contacting each state department of education. Please be advised that regulations and policy may change at any time, so always check with your state department of education for the most up-to-date information.

Audiologist

State Licensure

  1. Master's degree (75 semester credit hours)
  2. 350 hour supervised clinical practicum
  3. 36 weeks of full-time or equivalent part-time supervised professional experience
  4. Passage of an examination

Continuing Education Requirement

10 clock hours per year. A maximum of 20 clock hours may be carried over from one renewal period to the next.

Support Personnel

To work as an audiology assistant, the individual must be state licensed (as an assistant) and have a baccalaureate degree with an emphasis on communicative sciences and disorders and no fewer than 25 hours of clinical observation and 25 hours of clinical assisting experience.

Speech-Language Pathologist

State Licensure

  1. Master's degree (75 semester credit hours)
  2. 350 hour supervised clinical practicum
  3. 36 weeks of full-time or equivalent part-time supervised professional experience
  4. Passage of an examination

Continuing Education Requirement

10 clock hours are required per year.

Emergency Certification

None

Support Personnel

To work as a speech-language pathology or audiology assistant, the individual must be state licensed and have a baccalaureate degree with an emphasis on communicative sciences and disorders and no fewer than 25 hours of clinical observation and 25 hours of clinical assisting experience.



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