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Students may also take Teaching World Languages to Elementary School Children WLGED-GE 2018 to extend their certification to K-6.

Total credits: 39 
Time to completion as a full-time student: 4 semesters (part-time study will vary)

Content Core (3 credits)

Content Core (3 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

LANED-GE.2003

Linguistic analysis (required)

3

 

General Pedagogical Core (8 credits)

General Pedagogical Core (8 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

TCHL-GE.2005

Field Work in Schools and Other Educational Settings (concurrent with TCHL-GE.2010)

0

TCHL-GE.2010

Inquiries into Teaching and Learning III (concurrent with TCHL-GE.2005) 

3

TCHL-GE.2515

Adolescent Learners in Urban Contexts

2

SPCED-GE.2162

OR
BILED-GE.2103

Educating Students w/ Disabilities in Middle Childhood & Adolescent Settings
OR
Bilingual Exceptional Child

3

 

Electives / Pedagogical Content Knowledge Core (9 credits)

Electives / Pedagogical Content Knowledge Core (9 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

LANED-GE.2060

Second Language Evaluation and Assessment  

3

TESOL-GE.2204

Teaching Second Languages across Content Areas

3

LANED-GE.2040 

Teaching Second Languages in a Technological Society  

3

TESOL-GE.2810

Research & Practice in Academic English Writing for ELLs 

3

WLGED-GE.2223

Teaching EWL in International Settings

3

BILED-GE.2110

Methods of Teaching Language Arts in Literacy w/ Bilingual Approach (Spring only)

3

WLGED-GE.2124 Advanced Chinese for Teachers of Chinese 3
WLGED-GE.2417 Applied Linguistics in Chinese 3

 

Specialization Pedagogical Core (10 credits)

Specialization Pedagogical Core (10 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

 WLGED-GE.2069

Teaching World Languages: Theory and Practice (Fall only)

3

LANED-GE.2201

Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Schools (Spring only)

4

BILED-GE.2001
OR
LANED-GE.2005 

Bilingual Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice
OR
Intercultural Perspectives in Multilingual Multicultural Education

3

 

Student Teaching (6 credits)

Student Teaching (6 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

WLGED-GE.2911 

Student Teaching in WL Ed: Middle and High School (1)

3
WLGED-GE.2922

Student Teaching in WL Ed: Middle and High School (2)

 

Social Responsibilities of Teachers (0 credits)

Social Responsibilities of Teachers (0 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

TCHL-GE.2999

Drug and Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse Id/School Violence Prev/DASA

0

 

Terminal Experience (3 credits)

Terminal Experience (3 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

LANED-GE.2206 

Second Language Acquisition: Research and Capstone Project

3

 

Extension to Grades 1–6 Teacher Certificate in WL (additional 3 credits)

Extension to Grades 1–6 Teacher Certificate in WL (additional 3 credits)

Course Number

Title of Course

Credits

WLGED-GE.2018

Teaching World Languages to Elementary School Children (Summer only)

3

 

All students must pass the following examinations to be eligible for NY State teacher certification: 

  • EdTPA Portfolio (World Language)
  • Educating All Students Test (EAS)
  • Content Specialty Test (CST) in Target Language

Additional New York State requirements for WL/TESOL certification:

  • GRE Scores
  • Major in the target language or 30 credits of study of the target language at college level or officially recognized equivalent (e.g., ACTFL test results)

Up-to-date certification requirements can be found here.