BILINGUAL EDUCATION CROSS ENDORSEMENT at SCSU

State Requirements (as of 10/30/06)*

Teachers  holding a valid Connecticut teaching certificate within the endorsement areas or fields of early childhood, elementary, middle grades, secondary academic subjects, special subjects, or special education, may add the bilingual education endorsement upon completion of:

• Praxis I Computer Based Test:  The reading and writing components are required.
• Language Proficiency:  Demonstrated proficiency in the language of the bilingual program (OPI & WPT), and English oral proficiency (OPI).

AND

18 semester hours of credit from an accredited college, including course work in each of the following areas:
1.  First and second language acquisition;
2.  Linguistic and academic assessment;
3.  Cross-cultural sensitivity and communication and implications for instruction;
4.  Strategies for modifying English content area instruction;
5.  Methods of teaching English as a second language; and
6.  Methods of teaching bilingual education.

SCSU Courses Approved by CT Dept. of Education by Category (as of 2001) 

Key:  Those marked by asterisks are recommended by our program as best addressing the category topic.

First and second language acquisition
FLA 503:  Second Language Acquisition**  
FLA 502:  Descriptive Linguistics
FLA 517: Literacy Development for ELLs

Linguistic and academic assessment
FLA 521:  Assessment for ELLs**
FLA 511:  TESOL:  Methods and Materials

Cross cultural sensitivity
URB 560:  Ethnic Realities in the American Community**
URB 550:  Ethnicity in American Society**
SOC 510:  Ethnic and Racial Relations**
EDU 563:  Anti-bias and Multicultural Perspectives**
FLA 503:   Second Language Acquisition

Strategies of modifying English content area instruction
FLA 518:  Content-Based Instruction for ELLs**
FLA 511:  TESOL:  Methods and Materials
FLA 515:  Principles, Practices, and Assessment in Bilingual Education
FLA 517:  Literacy Development for ELLs

Methods of teaching English as a second language
FLA 510:  TESOL:  Theory and Practice**
FLA 511:  TESOL:  Methods and Materials**
FLA 517:  Literacy Development for ELLs

Methods of teaching bilingual education
FLA 515:  Principles, Practices, and Assessment in Bilingual Education**
FLA 518:  Content-Based Instruction for ELLs

Note:  The state requirements for ESL cross-endorsement are expected to be revised as of July, 2010.