Grades 4 through 9.

Bilingual Education (4-9)

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.

English As A Second Language (4-9)

Persons with this endorsement may teach English as a Second Language (ESL) in the grade levels for which they are prepared.

Certification Endorsement Requirements: This endorsement requires a minimum of 15 semester hours of course work in the following topics: Second Language Acquisition, English Language/Linguistics, Cross-Cultural Communication, Methods/Curriculum Design in English as a Second Language, and Assessment and Evaluation of English Language Learners (ELL).