Catalog Navigator : Five-Year Program in English as a Second Language Education (ESL) (Certification: Teacher of English as a Second Language, ESL [K-12])

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

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Program Description:

The five-year teacher education program in English as a second language (K-12) leads to a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and initial teacher certification. Rutgers undergraduates do preliminary coursework and field placements as assigned during the sophomore and junior years, are admitted to the program during the spring semester of the junior year, and enter the professional education sequence in the summer between junior and senior years. Students then qualify to have their bachelor's degree awarded by the undergraduate liberal arts college.

Students continue with the professional sequence the summer after graduation. They return in the fall to complete a student-teaching internship with related coursework and continue with full-time graduate study, including a field-based research project, in the spring. The Ed.M. degree is conferred upon the completion of all five-year program requirements.

After the master's degree is awarded, the GSE will make a recommendation to the New Jersey State Department of Education on behalf of the student to receive a CEAS as a teacher.

Pre-Admission Core Courses (6.5 credits)

05:300:200 Introduction to Education (3)

05:300:201 Introduction to Education Field-Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)

05:300:306 Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)

English as a Second Language Education (18 credits)

05:300:430 Principles of Language Learning: Second and World Language Acquisition (3)

05:300:433 or 15:253:523 Language and Culture (3)

05:300:434 Foundations of Language (3)

15:253:537 Language in Society (3)

05:300:439 Methods for Teaching and Assessing English Language Learners (3)

Graduate-level elective in foreign language education (3)

Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)

05:300:450 Urban Education I (1.5)

05:300:451 Urban Education II (1.5)

05:300:452 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)

05:300:453 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)

15:255:534 Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)

15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)

Choose one from the following:

15:255:539 Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)

15:253:540 Teaching English Language Learners (3)

05:300:406 Community-Based Language Learning (3)

Clinical Experience (19.5 credits)

05:300:498 Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)

05:300:499 Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)

15:255:535 Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)

15:255:536 Clinical Practice Seminar (6)

Major Requirements

Every candidate for certification in English as a Second Language education must complete a full major in a foreign language, English, or applied linguistics.

Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements

Proficiency in the target language is to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in the target language administered by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). All students seeking certification in ESL are required to pass an Oral Proficiency Interview and a Written Proficiency Test (WPT) in English administered by ACTFL. To arrange the OPI visit http://www.languagetesting.com . Call 914-963-7110 to schedule the WPT. OPI and WPT results must be on file with the Office of Student and Academic Services prior to student teaching.