The goals of the ESOL Conversion Program are to prepare the candidate to bring to K-12 classrooms the knowledge, skills, expertise, innovation, and enthusiasm necessary to succeed as a teacher; to ensure the candidate is afforded opportunities for observation, exploration, and reflection both in and outside the classroom; to apply his/her content expertise and pedagogical principles in the assessment of learning in a practicum or student teaching experience working with English language learners.
Candidates in this program can expect to learn through integrated fieldwork and courses in the following areas:
- Introduction to Exceptionalities
- Supporting Students with Challenging Behavior
- Foundations of Education
- Legal Issues in Education
- Instructional Technology
- Linguistics
- Language, Reading and Literacy
- Curriculum and Assessment
- Supervised Student Teaching or Practicum Experience
After successful completion of the program, candidates are recommended to the NH State Department of Education - Bureau of Credentialing for ESOL K-12 certification.
This program is “financial aid eligible.”
Specific Admission Requirements
- Candidates may already hold a teaching certification or have the minimum of a baccalaureate degree in English and/or a degree with a strong Liberal Arts background.
- Candidates must demonstrate the mastery of all competencies required by the program through the successful completion of coursework, field work, practicum or student teaching, and portfolio development.
- Candidates must successfully pass the PRAXIS I (PPST) tests, if applicable while enrolled in the program. In addition, the candidate must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least a 2.75.
- A criminal record check will be required for working in the schools. During the interview, the Director of the Conversion Programs will discuss the requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) with regard to ESOL teachers.
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| Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
| TECP 50 |
Introduction to Exceptionalities |
3 |
| TECP 51 |
Foundations of Education |
3 |
| TECP 60 |
Supporting Students with Challenging Behavior |
4 |
| TECP 61 |
Legal Issues in Education |
3 |
| TECP 63 |
Instructional Technology |
3 |
| TECP 86 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
4 |
| TECP 87 |
Language, Reading, and Literacy in ESOL |
3 |
| TECP 88 |
Curriculum & Design and Assessment in ESOL |
3 |
| TECP 90 |
Supervised Practicum/Theory, Practice and Methods/Materials in ESOL or |
6 |
| TECP 91 |
Supervised Student Teaching/Theory, Practice and Methods/Materials in ESOL |
10 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
32-36 |
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