Teaching English as a Second Language (K-12) Certification [ESL_CERT]

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Students develop the content area knowledge and the pedagogical background necessary to teach English as a Second Language in grades K-12 in New York state. For additional information, visit the Modern Languages Department .

Career Potential

Public school ESL teacher
ESL instructor in the private sector or overseas

Requirements

Degree Requirements listed here apply to the following major.
Liberal Arts Requirements: 90 credit hours

A. Required ESL courses: Content Core (30 cr. hr.)

AED 437 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools I (3 cr. hr.)
(15 hours of observation)
AED 438 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in Middle/Junior and High Schools II (3 cr. hr.)
(15 hours of observation)
ENG 402 - Grammar (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 300 - Theoretical Foundations of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 301 - Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 302 - Applied Linguistics for Teachers of English as a Second Language (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 400 - Teaching Reading in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 401 - Teaching Writing in the Second Language Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 402 - Teaching English as a Second Language in the Content Area (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 403 - Second Language Testing and Assessment (3 cr. hr.)

B. Professional Education

(18-19 credit hours plus 14 credit hours student teaching and SED mandated workshops)

C.A.R.R. and SAVE workshops

AED 323 - Seminar for Field Observation (1 cr. hr.)
(60 hours of observation)
AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
(25 hours of observation)
AED 439 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Foreign Languages (14 cr. hr.)
Requirements for student teaching: 2.5 grade point average overall; 2.5 grade point average in required professional course work; 2.7 grade point average in major course work; completion of all content core course work; grade of B or better in FL Methods block; passing score on LAST. Grade point averages are figured with all major and/or professional courses taken to date, even if not required prior to student teaching.
EDU 471 - Foundations of Modern Education (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 110 - Personal and Community Health (3 cr. hr.)
or
HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
or
PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)