The aggieTEACH program began in 2001 as a collaboration between the College of Science and the College of Education and Human Development to meet the rising demand for highly-qualified secondary mathematics and science teachers in Texas and across the nation.  In 2020 aggieTEACH was expanded to include other colleges and departments at Texas A&M University.  In the fall of 2022, as a result of the merging of several colleges at Texas A&M University, the program in the College of Arts & Sciences is now known as aggieTEACH-Arts & Sciences, and we are under the umbrella of the aggieTEACH family as Pathway 1. To obtain teacher certification, each aggieTEACH-Arts & Sciences student must have a major within the College of Arts & Sciences that is related to a current Texas teacher certification and a minor in Secondary Education (SEED)** through the TLAC Department in the College of Education and Human Development.

In the years since, Texas A&M University has become a proven state leader in secondary teacher production. aggieTEACH-Arts & Sciences has aided in this growth by producing large numbers of high school content specific teachers. Since its inception, aggieTEACH (and now aggieTEACH-Arts & Sciences) has produced more than 400 teachers certified to teach in Texas high schools.

Our goal at aggieTEACH-Arts & Sciences is to have students successfully complete the program in the traditional four years of college so when students exit our program, they hold both a bachelor’s degree and a Texas Secondary Teaching Certificate. Our students are ready to teach in Texas public schools immediately upon completion of the program.