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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Graduate Certificate in K-12 English Language Learning (ESL)

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12 credit hours |  In-state tuition: $490/credit hour | Out-of-state tuition: $575/credit hour

  • Convenient 100% online Graduate Certificate program for working teachers and education-related professionals from UTEP’s College of Education
  • Can be completed in as few as two semesters
  • Prepares those who are certified teachers for state ESL supplemental certification
  • Does not lead to teaching certification, but provides the intesnive training needed to teach K-12 emergent bilingual students (English learners) in ESL classrooms, as well as in other content-area classrooms. 
  • Allows all courses to be fully applied to the M.Ed. in Bilingual Education or M.A. in Linguistic Diversity and Educational Equity

 NOTE: 

  • THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR TEACHERS, IT IS NOT AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAM.
  • YOU MUST HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TO APPLY.
  • GRADUATE CERTIFICATES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID.

PROGRAM ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Help Implement Language & Justice Policy Changes

The Graduate Certificate in K-12 English Language Learning (ESL) is a fully online, 12-credit program that provides intensive training for educators to serve K-12 emergent bilingual students (English learners) in ESL classrooms, as well as in other content-area classrooms. Coursework in this certificate program emphasizes the practical application of current theory, research, and pedagogy in ESL instruction, with particular attention to second language acquisition processes, linguistic diversity, translanguaging pedagogy, and the design and implementation of culturally sustaining ESL curriculum and practices.

The K-12 ESL Education Graduate Certificate program provides the content knowledge base needed for currently certified elementary, middle school and high school teachers who wish to seek English as a Second Language (ESL) Supplemental Certification in Texas or their home state.

All courses in this graduate certificate may be applied to the M.Ed. in Bilingual Education or the M.A. in Linguistic Diversity and Educational Equity at UTEP.

Course Overview

The 12-credit online K-12 ESL Graduate Certificate program requires you to successfully complete 4 master’s-level courses.

Program Coursework

Focus on the discourse of diverse paradigms in Bilingual/ESL Education. Discuss current pedagogical, theoretical, historical, legislative and other issues in the field. Identify program models in Bilingual/ESL Education, including their philosophical foundations, instructional frameworks, and the planning and design of program evaluation.

Focus on the pedagogy of dimensions of language and how it is used in various contexts (social and academic) for understanding and facilitating the cross linguistic connections of English learners (EL)/Emergent Bilinguals (EB). Examine language documentation and description and use them to intentionally and systematically identify strategies for bridging the phonemes, letter - sound correlations, spelling patterns, word analysis and use of cognates in biliteracy/EL classrooms.

Educators must be knowledgeable about creating learning environments that foster the development of academic language, particularly among bilingual students and English language learners. In this course,you will a) develop an understanding of language and literacy as simultaneously linguistic, cognitive and socio-cultural phenomena; b) use functional theories of language to understand language use in academic settings, c) build awareness and expertise in recognizing and analyzing academic language, and d) create pedagogical approaches to build academic language, with an emphasis on Dual Language Settings.

Help improve educational equity for emergent bilingual students, or English learners, by ensuring that emergent bilinguals have access to academic content, English language development, and the use of their whole linguistic repertoires in learning. Foci develop teachers' awareness of language, expertise in language analysis, understanding of language learning theories and processes, and knowledge of sheltering strategies for teaching language and content at the same time.

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