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.
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