Coordinator: Mary Curran (848-932-0790; email: mary.curran@gse.rutgers.edu)
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The nondegree endorsement program for English as a Second Language (ESL) and bilingual/bicultural certification is designed for individuals who possess a New Jersey standard teaching certificate in English, health, mathematics, physical education, reading, science, social studies, art, dance, music, or elementary education and who wish to earn the bilingual/bicultural endorsement.
The program consists of seven courses (21 credits) and does not, by itself, lead to an academic degree. Candidates will be recommended for the bilingual/bicultural endorsement upon completion of the 21-credit program and then will have the option of continuing in the Ed.M. program.
Course Requirements (18 credits)
15:253:510 Academic English in the Content Areas* (3)
15:253:520 Principles of Language Learning: Second and World Language Acquisition (3)
15:253:539 Methods for Teaching and Assessing English Language Learners (3)
15.253.522 Bilingual-Bicultural Education
15:253:523 Language and Culture (3)
15:253:530 Foundations of Language (3)
*Students who have taken 05:300:452 and 453 as part of a five-year or postbaccalaureate initial certification program at the GSE may substitute those courses for 253:510. Only students who took these courses as part of a GSE initial certification program may make the substitution.
Program Requirements
The program requires 21 credits of study in
seven courses. All 21 credits in the endorsement program must be completed at
Rutgers; no transfer credits will be accepted. All students seeking
bilingual/bicultural certification are required to pass an oral proficiency
interview and a written proficiency test in English and in the language of the
students to be taught; these are administered by the American Council on the
Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
Nondegree State Certification Programs 
