Berkeley Bilingual School Psychology

certificate program

Certificate for Bilingual Practitioners

This virtual program is for credentialed school psychologists who are bilingual (Spanish/English) who are interested in developing the competencies required to more effectively meet the needs of Spanish speaking students and the systems that serve them. This program features a 18-day summer intensive and year-long coaching with the teaching faculty to support the development of a cumulative program portfolio.

This program will:

Provide training for practicing school psychologists who are bilingual in English and Spanish with the goal of enhancing their ability to provide evidence-based services to multilingual learners whose heritage language is Spanish.
Introduce participants to contemporary research and enhance their ability to understand and adopt evidence-based educational and psychological practices in school settings.
Provide 4-weeks of on-line instruction (4 courses total) in the Summer
Coach participants virtually the following school-year to ensure that participants have on-going support as they implement and apply what they learned.
Support participants in completing a capstone portfolio of independent professional activities that will demonstrate competency in all areas of the bilingual school psychology.
Provide the option for participants to purchase Graduate, Non-degree Granting Extension Semester Units through Dominican University of California

Cost and Dates

The program's last cohort paid a total cost is $4,100, please continue to check back for pricing for the 2027-28 cohort. If a participant would like, they can additionally purchase non-degree graduate level units through Dominican University of California, and/or NASP Approved CPDs.

Please check back for dates and time for sychronous sessions for the summer of 2027.

Pre-requisites for admission

Complete the required application
Hold a valid credential/license/certificate in School Psychology from a state credentialing body
Pass the Spanish language competency exam offered by PASEO—Must have registered to take exam 2 week before application deadline
Be able to attend all 4 summer courses (synchronous, virtual) in full
Commitment to attend bi-weekly coaching sessions throughout the 2027-28 school year (virtual)

Virtual Information Sessions

There are no more information sessions scheduled at this time.

Please email bilingual_schoolpsych@berkeley.edu with any questions.

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