Micro-Credential Courses for In-Service Teachers

Value

The Bilingual Education and ESL program is committed to serving and providing content knowledge to fill the learning gap in working with multilingual communities. The first value is that the micro-credential certificate will enhance the content knowledge and skill for in-service teachers with school partners in working with multilingual learners. Additionally, the microcredential courses will assist in-service teachers to pursue English as a second language endorsement. 

Two microcredential courses are proposed to address the following knowledge and skill in the ASAP2TEACH Project. The first course prepares participating teachers to develop academic language instructions, pedagogy, assessment, inter-cultural competence development, and advocacy for the English Learners, parents, and community. The second course prepare ESL teachers to understand fundamental language concepts, the structure, and conventions of the English language, and receive ESL state exam’s overview and practice.

Microcredential courses in Teaching Multilingual Learners

• Course 1: Pedagogy for multilingual learners (8 modules)
• Course 2: Language teaching for multilingual learners (5 modules)
• Completing ESL 154 review session and practice exam