Outreach

ESL Endorsement

Through the School of Education, teachers can earn an English as a Second Language Endorsement from WIU.

Persons seeking English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement through the State of Illinois must hold a valid professional Illinois teaching license.  A total of 18 semester hours of course work distributed among the following course areas is required:

  • Linguistics
  • Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL
  • Assessment of the Bilingual Student
  • Methods and Materials for teaching ESL
  • Cross-cultural Studies for Teaching Limited-English-Proficient Student

ESL clinical experience equal to 100 clock hours of three months teaching experience with ESL students must be documented.

  Current ESL Partnerships

  • Moline-Coal Valley Unit School District 40
  • Rock Island County Regional Office of Education.