Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i2GKpLI12202; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:51:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:51:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040316193033.4256.qmail@web80403.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Terry Said <said@ameritech.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10068] Re: certification X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1308 Lines: 35 �One of the problems with particular requirements and certification is, indeed, interpretation and narrowness. One of the biggest problems is that ESL gets housed in different departments in different places so the ESL class may show up as a linguistics class, or an education class, or an English class on a transcript. And different institutions will be looking for different things. For example, one community college near me wants 18 hours of English courses to teach ESL, and another wants 18 hours of linguistics classes to teach ESL, and I have 18 hours of "education" courses. My 20 years of teaching ESL, including at the CC level, is irrelevant. K-12 certification can be just as tricky but even more strict. For example, I'm aware of a woman who used to teach ESL Methods and other core courses for ESL certification at the the college level, but after moving to another state now has to take the same courses she used to teach to get her certification in that state. Several states have instituted special programs that allow people to get quicker certification if they have a bachelors or higher but not a teaching degree. You may want to check out the eduaction departments of colleges and universities near you to see if they have such a program. Terry Pruett-Said ESL teacher Michigan
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