2024-2025 Catalog

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-101Composition I

3

-
 

MTH-102Mathematics for Paraprofessionals

3

OR-

MTH-121Math 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-101Introduction to Early Childhood

3

ECE-202Growth and Development/Young Child

3

EDU-104Intro. to the Foundations of Reading

3

EDU-106Language and Linguistics

3

EDU-108Foundations of Bilingual Education

3

EDU-109Cross-Cultural Studies

3

EDU-263Bilingual 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-101Composition I

3

EDU-104Intro. to the Foundations of Reading

3

EDU-108Foundations of Bilingual Education

3

-
 

MTH-102Mathematics for Paraprofessionals

3

OR-

MTH-121Math 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-101Introduction to Early Childhood

3

ECE-202Growth and Development/Young Child

3

EDU-106Language and Linguistics

3

EDU-109Cross-Cultural Studies

3

Semester 3 (3 credit hours)

EDU-263Bilingual Practicum

3