This course is for Teachers seeking ESL Certification in grades K-12 and meets the following professional development criteria: ESL Standards for Reading, Speech and Listening as well as the Pennsylvania Professional Education Criteria for classroom teachers, guidance counselors and education specialists, Enhances the educator’s content knowledge in the area of the educator’s certification or assignment, increases the educator’s teaching skills based on research on effective practice and empowers educators to work effectively with parent and community partners, and reading comprehension.
Participants will be evaluated through embedded quizzes and test, discussion board participation, article summary, critiques, case study, lesson plans, and other portfolio information.
Participants will complete a written project, performance assessment and an action plan for implementation.
Participants will be assessed using a multiple choice pre and post assessment. Scores on the post assessment must be at least 80%. In addition a lesson plan or project with action plan is required.
Finally an implementation plan will be completed by participants indicating how new learning will be integrated into their assignments.
This course is based upon knowledge of behaviors, beliefs and attitudes of a multicultural approach to learning.
Cultural awareness is a basic level on a scale from visible culture to deep culture for promoting school staff understanding about cultures. Course participants will be required to demonstrate knowledge of fundamental concepts and practices of English as a Second Language instruction as related to cultural awareness based on the following competencies.
Course Delivery:
Assessment and Support for English Language Learners On-Line is an online course completed in six weeks, with an additional two weeks to complete and submit the final assignment. Although students may work on assignments offline, all course content, and links to supplementary information, class discussions, submission of assignments, interaction with the instructor and peer groups are carried out online, through email and the blended school course site.
The final grade is Pass/Fail and is determined by online participation on discussions board, completing course quizzes, assignments, and submitting a final project.
This course is online and available for 24 hours a day during the term of the course. Participants have 2 weeks from the end of the course to finish work.
This is an online course. You will receive specific information concerning this course on the day before the start date. A User ID and link to the course site will be emailed to you at that time, there will not be any additional electronic communications before then. If books or materials are included in the tuition, these items will be mailed to you, provided the course is paid for, before the start of the course.
Participants must have a working knowledge of computers and Internet use, high speed Internet access, and a working email account for the duration of the course.
Make sure your email address and PDE ID# is correct in your account on this site.
Students Must Purchase the following book: Diversity in the Classroom New Approaches to the Education of Young Children. Author: Frances E. Kendall. ISBN: 0807734985
