ESL and Bilingual Educator Certificate
Certificate—30 credit hours
Curriculum Code 1471
This certificate provides students with the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to implement key strategies to help support multicultural and multilingual students in ways that value bilingualism and biliteracy.
Required General Education Courses
9 credit hours as follows:
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
| - | | |
| MTH-102 | Mathematics for Paraprofessionals | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| MTH-121 | Math for Teachers I | 3 |
| - | | |
| ___-___ | Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
COM-101: This course is a prerequisite for ECE-101. It is assumed that if the student has taken COM-101 previously the student will take ECE-101 during semester one.
(Note: Take MTH-121 or higher)
Required Career Courses
21 credit hours as follows:
| ECE-101 | Introduction to Early Childhood | 3 |
| ECE-202 | Growth and Development/Young Child | 3 |
| EDU-104 | Intro. to the Foundations of Reading | 3 |
| EDU-106 | Language and Linguistics | 3 |
| EDU-108 | Foundations of Bilingual Education | 3 |
| EDU-109 | Cross-Cultural Studies | 3 |
| EDU-263 | Bilingual Practicum | 3 |
Note:
Students who successfully complete the coursework for this certificate will be eligible to apply for IL ECE Credential-Level 3. See ilgateways.com/en/credentials.
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (15 credit hours)
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
| EDU-104 | Intro. to the Foundations of Reading | 3 |
| EDU-108 | Foundations of Bilingual Education | 3 |
| - | | |
| MTH-102 | Mathematics for Paraprofessionals | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| MTH-121 | Math for Teachers I | 3 |
| - | | |
| ___-___ | Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
COM-101: This course is a prerequisite for ECE-101. It is assumed that if the student has taken COM-101 previously the student will take ECE-101 during semester one.
(Note: Take MTH-121 or higher)
Semester 2 (12 credit hours)
| ECE-101 | Introduction to Early Childhood | 3 |
| ECE-202 | Growth and Development/Young Child | 3 |
| EDU-106 | Language and Linguistics | 3 |
| EDU-109 | Cross-Cultural Studies | 3 |
Semester 3 (3 credit hours)