Bilingual and English as a Second Language Endorsement

(18 credits)

Required Courses (15 credits)

EDSL 567/EDSL 367	Foundations of Language Minority Educ	3
EDSL 568/EDSL 368	Assessment of Language Minority Students	3
EDSL 569/EDSL 369	Teaching Bilingual Students	3
EDSL 570/EDSL 370	Teaching ESL Students:Mthds & Materials	3
EDSL 571/EDSL 371	Cross-Cultural Education	3

One of the following two courses (3 credits)

EDSL 572/EDSL 372	Introduction to Linguistics for TESOL	3
EDSL 573/EDSL 373	Tchg 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)