This endorsement requires an applicant to hold, or earn concurrently, an English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement in addition to a subject or field endorsement.
Persons with this endorsement may teach in a bilingual program in the grade levels for which they are prepared.
Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 12 semester hours of course work related to methodology, content instruction, and content literacy in bilingual education programs which includes nine (9) credit hours of course work taught in the target language.
- Candidates must also complete a 45 clock hour practicum in a bilingual education program taught in the target language at the grade level(s) of the endorsement being sought.
Endorsement Program Requirements: Standard institutions of higher education offering this endorsement program must have on file, within the institution, a plan which identifies the courses and the course completion requirements which the institution utilizes to grant credit toward completion of this endorsement.
Extracted from Nebraska Department of Education Rule 24 Regulations for Certificate Endorsements Title 92, Nebraska Administrative Code, Chapter 24