Coordinator:
Mary Curran (848-932-0790; email: mary.curran@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the
website.
Program Description:
The five-year teacher education program in foreign language education (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 (1)
05:300:306 Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
Foreign Language Education (18 credits)
05:300:438 Methods for Teaching and Assessing World Language Learners (3)
15:253:520 Principles of Language Learning: Second and World Language Acquisition (3)
15:253:523 Language and Culture (3)
05:300:434 Foundations of Language (3)
15:253:537 Language in Society (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 foreign language education must complete a full major in an approved target language.
Language and Cultural Proficiency Requirements
Proficiency in the target language is to be demonstrated through an Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). To schedule the OPI, contact
the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL) at http://www.languagetesting.com. OPI results must be on file with the Office of Student and Academic Services prior to student teaching.There is no OPI for Latin; however, there is a Latin test requirement: http://www.nj.gov/education/aps/cccs/wl/latin_test.htm.
Language Available:
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Korean + ESL
Latin
Portuguese
Portuguese + ESL
Russian
Spanish
Combined B.A./B.S./Ed.M. Five-Year Teacher Preparation Programs 
