Bilingual and English as a Second Language Endorsement

(18 credits)

Required Courses (15 credits)

EDSL 567Foundations of Language Minority Educ

3

EDSL 568Assessment of Language Minority Students

3

EDSL 569Teaching Bilingual Students

3

EDSL 570Teaching ESL Students:Mthds & Materials

3

EDSL 571Cross-Cultural Education

3

One of the following two courses (3 credits)

EDSL 572Introduction to Linguistics for TESOL

3

EDSL 573Tchg Read to ESL

3

Note: All these classes are available online

Additional Requirements

A valid Professional Educator License (PEL) prior to issuance of the endorsement.

Bilingual or ESL clinical experience totaling 100 clock hours or three months teaching experience in bilingual or ESL programs

Successful completion of a language examination in the non-English language to be taught: State Target Language Proficiency (TLP) Exam (Bilingual only)