The Teacher’s Guide to Getting Started with CPE in Texas

If you hold a standard teaching certificate in Texas, you know it’s mandatory to earn 150 CPE hours every five years to maintain your credential. But when you're busy teaching, fitting in professional development on top of lesson planning can feel overwhelming—especially if you’re not sure where to start.

Here's how a Texas educator might discover SOLVED’s online courses and quickly begin accumulating CPE hours—with no stress:

1. The Discovery Moment

Meet Liz, a middle school teacher in Texas. It's January, and she realizes she’s only halfway through her professional learning requirement. She needs high-quality, TEA‑approved courses—but she’s tight on time and budget.

As she searches for flexible options, she comes across SOLVED Consulting’s CPE portal: 40 free, high-impact, TEA‑approved courses, all designed for busy educators like her.

2. The Appeal of SOLVED Courses

• 100% free & online: With 40 hours of on-demand, self‑paced courses, Liz can earn her credits entirely on her own time—before school, on weekends, or during breaks.
  
• TEA‑approved: Credits are recognized by the Texas Education Agency, so she knows they’ll count toward her certification renewal.
  
• Instant certification: Upon completion, each course immediately generates a downloadable CPE certificate that is also emailed to her, making it easy to stay organized.
  
  

3. What Liz Can Learn

Liz started with Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students, then quickly found many more topics aligned to her work in Texas classrooms:

• Supporting Emergent Bilingual Students
  Strategies to support English learners’ language development and content mastery.
  
• Social Emotional Learning
  Techniques to foster student self-awareness, resilience, and positive classroom culture.
  
• Supporting Students with Disabilities
  Inclusive practices and accommodations to meet diverse learner needs.
  
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
  Approaches to create equitable classrooms that respect students’ cultural backgrounds.
  
• Teaching Across Learning Environments
  Best practices for in-person, remote, and hybrid instruction.
  
• Engaging Families
  Methods to build strong family-school partnerships that support student success.
  
• Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT)
  Collaborative teaching models for general and special education teachers.
  
  

All courses are tagged by topic and CPE hours so educators can choose what best supports their goals.

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4. How It Works

• Liz visits solvedconsulting.com/cpe and starts a course—no login required
  
• She works through the course at her own pace, completes the modules, and earns 1 CPE credit per hour
  
• When she finishes, she downloads her certificate—and receives a copy by email, with no need to track it down later
  
  

5. Why It Matters

Liz avoids last-minute panic and unorganized paperwork by having a clean, automated record system.

She checks off her 150-hour requirement with meaningful, classroom-ready learning—without spending extra money or juggling busy schedules.

And she’s slashing her risk of audit headaches by using a fully documented, TEA-recognized provider.

Final Thoughts

If you're a Texas educator needing quality, TEA-compliant PD—but you’re short on time or money—SOLVED's 40-hour free course library offers a practical solution. It's a simple, flexible way to earn, track, and document professional development that supports your teaching and helps maintain your certification.

Ready to get started? Visit solvedconsulting.com/cpe today to explore free courses and begin earning credit—all on your own terms.

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