ESOL Endorsement Courses
Each of these 5 (60 hour) ESOL Endorsement courses satisfy the Florida Department of Education's ESOL training requirements for Category I (Primary Language Arts/English) teachers who need 300 hours of ESOL. All five (5) courses are required for ESOL Endorsement.
eLearning's Virtual Professional Learning (VPL) courses provide meaningful and authentic material, access to a variety of research-based best practices, mentoring by our state's experts, and practical application for increased student performance.
The ESOL Endorsement Courses can be taken in any order.
Domain 1: Cross Cultural Communication (60 hours) - Designed to increase awareness and sensitivity to diverse cultures by highlighting similarities and differences as they relate to language and communication. Participants will learn how to adapt classroom instructional practices to meet the needs of students with varying cultural backgrounds.
Domain 2: Applied Linguistics (60 hours) - Provides educators with the skills needed to acquire a deeper understanding of the structure of English from a modern day linguistic perspective. Enables the educator to analyze the structure of English to contrast with the language(s) of the target population in a given class. Participants learn how to adapt classroom instructional practices to meet the linguistic needs of their English language learners.
Domain 3: Methods of Teaching ESOL (60 hours) - Designed to provide educators with the necessary skills to determine appropriate instructional methods and strategies for teaching English language learners. Educators will use their knowledge of current first and second language acquisition to plan and deliver appropriate, effective instruction.
Domain 4: Curriculum and Materials (60 hours) - Developed to enable educators to select appropriate instructional materials to support the unique needs of English language learners. Educators will be able to determine which materials are effective for the ELL based on his or her communicative skills.
Domain 5: Testing and Evaluation (60 hours) - Upon completion of this course, participants will be prepared to appropriately evaluate instructional outcomes while recognizing the effects of the ELL's language proficiency and culture. Educators will also be able to select and use formal/informal methods of assessment for the ELL in order to make informed decisions about instruction.
Course Schedule/Registration
2023-2024 ESOL Endorsement Courses Schedule
To register for an ESOL Endorsement course, visit our Trainings/Events page and search ESOL Endorsement.
eLearning's VPL courses are for in-service points and are not college level courses. The Florida Department of Education will not accept eLearning's courses if they are submitted by an individual for recertification or endorsement. They must be submitted through a district as part of its approved Professional Learning Catalog.
Participants are responsible for following their district’s requirements to obtain in-service credit and endorsement. If you are unsure if your district will accept courses offered through NEFEC, you will need to check with your district's Staffing Development office prior to taking a course.
eLearning's VPL ESOL Endorsement courses are 8 weeks long. Participants will spend approximately 6-8 hours per week to complete the course in the 8 week timeline. The courses are completely online and require no face-to-face meetings or specific dates/times required to be online.
An email will be sent to each participant with login information and directions for accessing the course through Moodle, NEFEC's course management system, by 4:30 PM on the start date of the course. Sometimes legitimate email messages are filtered by Spam filters within and email program. If you have not received login information by the close of business on the course start date, please check first to see if the message is in a junk or spam mail folder within your email program. If you do not find it, contact elearning@nefec.org, to verify your email and to have the information resent.