Endorsement Program in Bilingual/Bicultural Education (Certification: Teacher of Bilingual/Bicultural Education [K-12])

Coordinator: Mary Curran (848-932-0790; email: mary.curran@gse.rutgers.edu)

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The bilingual/bicultural nondegree endorsement program is designed for individuals who possess a New Jersey Standard Instructional 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. Students must be admitted to the language education master of education (Ed.M.) program to become matriculated students. 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 or withdrawing.

Course Requirements (21 credits)

15:253:521 Introduction to ESL/Elementary Methods (3)

15:253:511 ESL Secondary School Methods (3)

15:253:510 Academic English in Content Areas* (3)

15:253:520 Principles of Language Learning: Second and World Language Acquisition (3)

15:253:522 Bilingual-Bicultural Education (3)

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.

Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements

1. Proficiency in English to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and a Writing Proficiency Test (WPT). To schedule the OPI and WPT, contact the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) at http://www.languagetesting.com.

2. Proficiency in the language to be taught demonstrated through an OPI and a WPT.