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Bilingual Education (PK - Grade 12) Subsequent Endorsement


If you are pursuing both the English as a Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual Education subsequent endorsements, the ISBE-Approved ESL/Bilingual Education Subsequent Endorsements Coursework Checklist will help you to identify courses that fulfill requirements for both endorsements.

 

This endorsement requires 18 semester hours of coursework and additional requirements below.

  1. A valid Illinois Professional Educator License.
  2. Bilingual clinical experience totaling 100 clock hours or three months of teaching experience in bilingual programs.  The school professional you work with where the hours are conducted needs to write a detailed letter on school letterhead documenting the nature of the teaching activities, the age group of individuals in the program, the number of days/hours per day worked, etc.  The school professional may also send an email to the Council at  info@cote.illinois.edu from their school email account as an alternative to writing a letter on letterhead.  
    • For clinical experience through the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, but not through student teaching, students may enroll in CI 595, Independent Study.
  3. Successful completion of a Language Proficiency Test for an Education License with Stipulations Endorsed as Transitional Bilingual in the non-English language to be taught. 

NOTE:  Per Section 25.720 b) 4) of the Illinois Administrative Code, an individual who holds a State Seal of Biliteracy or who has obtained working fluency or higher on the Global Seal of Biliteracy shall be exempt from the language proficiency test required for a bilingual education endorsement in the same language. 

Credits totaling 18 semester hours distributed among the following five required course areas:

1.  Foundations of Bilingual Education:  

CI/LLS 433, Foundations of Bilingual Education

2.  Assessment of Bilingual Education:  

CI/LLS 517, Bilingual and English as a Second Language Assessment

3.  Methods and Materials for Teaching Limited English Proficient Students in Bilingual Programs:  

CI 477, Bilingual/ESL Methods & Materials

4.  Cross-Cultural Studies for Teaching Limited English Proficient Students: 

CI 415, Language Varieties, Cultures, and Learning

CI 446, Culture in the Classroom or

EIL 456, Lang and Social Interaction I       

Note:  CI 415 is a restricted course, but will count for this area for those who are required to take the course

5.  Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language:  

CI 477, Bilingual/ESL Methods & Materials or

EIL 411, Intro to TESL Methodology 

Electives if needed to reach 18 credit hours:

CI 507, Problems & Trends in Special Fields, 'Linguistics for Classroom Teaching' section only

Select additional courses from above or

Other electives may be approved on a case-by-case basis