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This site provides you with basic information about the Saint Xavier University ESL/ Bilingual Education Program. I hope it will be particularly helpful to new students who may be waiting for registration information and account passwords. All information you need for courses is available on Canvas.
Programs
Programs
ESL and Bilingual Education Endorsements
Key Benefits
Complete the six required courses in as few as three semesters
Earn either an ESL Endorsement or Bilingual Education Endorsement, or both, while taking the same coursework. Passage of a language proficiency exam in the target language is necessary only for the Bilingual Education Endorsement.
Take applicable, interactive courses taught by expert, experienced instructors who will excite, motivate and support your continued pathway to quality instruction in the diverse classroom
Learn to adapt best practices to a variety of challenges at the grade levels you instruct
Benefit from the cohort support group by developing professional and academic relations
What are the various credentials for teaching English?
What Our Students Say
Click here to read students' comments on their learning in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program
A Brief Video Introduction
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FAQs
What are the courses in the ESL/Bilingual Education Endorsements?
See below; please note that all classes for the endorsements now are online. If there is enough interest from a school district or building to begin a cohort, course delivery can be made available according to teachers' interests, e.g., hybrid, traditional, or online.
How do I apply?
Undergraduates can simply enroll--no need to apply.
Graduates need to follow the application process found here.
How long will it take me to finish the endorsement?
Three semesters. Candidates will complete the endorsement requirements in under one year.
If the ESL and Bilingual Education endorsements are pre-K-12, what grade levels will my endorsement/s reflect?
Endorsements are associated with the grade level of your licensure.
Do I have to wait until a new cohort begins?
No, it's perfectly okay to begin at any time; our classes are scheduled for 8 week terms during the year and 4 week terms during the summer. Field hours, indicated below, can be waived with three months of teaching on a valid license in a classroom with ELs.
Graduate ESL requirements
EDGTE 479: Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL and Bilingual Education (Fall I). Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 480: Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL (Spring I). Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 481: Cross Cultural Studies in a Bilingual Program (Fall II).Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 482: Methods and Materials for Teaching English in a Bilingual Program (Spring II). Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 483: Linguistics for Educators (Summer I). Field Hours: 0
EDGTE 484: Assessment of Bilingual Students (Summer II). Field Hours: 0
Graduate Bilingual Education Endorsement Requirements
EDGTE 479: Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL and Bilingual Education (Fall I). Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 480: Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL (Spring I). Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 481: Cross Cultural Studies in a Bilingual Program (Fall II).Field Hours: 25
EDGTE 485: Methods of Teaching Bilingual Education (Spring II). Field Hours: 25 (prerequisite: successful completion of the Illinois Target Language Proficiency Test)
EDGTE 483: Linguistics for Educators (Summer I). Field Hours: 0
EDGTE 484: Assessment of Bilingual Students (Summer II). Field Hours: 0
Undergraduate ESL requirements
EDU 363: Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL and Bilingual Education (Fall I). Field Hours: 25
EDU 364: Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL (Spring I). Field Hours: 25
EDU 365: Cross Cultural Studies in a Bilingual Program (Fall II).Field Hours: 25
EDU 366: Methods and Materials for Teaching English in a Bilingual Program (Spring II). Field Hours: 25
EDU 367: Linguistics for Educators (Summer I). Field Hours: 0
EDU 368: Assessment of Bilingual Students (Summer II). Field Hours: 0
Undergraduate Bilingual Education Endorsement Requirements
EDU 363: Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL and Bilingual Education (Fall I). Field Hours: 25
EDU 364: Methods and Materials for Teaching ESL (Spring I). Field Hours: 25
EDU 365: Cross Cultural Studies in a Bilingual Program (Fall II).Field Hours: 25
EDU 360: Methods of Teaching Bilingual Education (Spring II). Field Hours: 25 (prerequisite: successful completion of the Illinois Target Language Proficiency Test)
EDU 367: Linguistics for Educators (Summer I). Field Hours: 0
EDU 368: Assessment of Bilingual Students (Summer II). Field Hours: 0
Do we meet in person?
No, meeting in person is not required for most of the courses; the exception is EDU 369/EDGTE 480. We do, however, sponsor events as a class, such as showing documentaries and facilitating discussion of language diversity for the SXU community.
I am available to you during my office hours, by appointment, via telephone, email, and virtual appointments on Canvas and google hang outs. Because I am often off campus, email is best; I will answer emails within 48 hours and usually much sooner than that. mcinerney@sxu.edu. Google hang out: khmcinerney@gmail.com.
Do we meet virtually at 5 pm each Monday of class?
No. Each week's learning unit will be available on Canvas on Monday of the first week at 5 pm and Tuesdays after that. You may work at your own pace during the week, with weekly assignments due the following Tuesday at 11:59 pm. This is an asynchronous course.
Are there required field hours?
Yes, there are 100 field hours required by the State of Illinois, and they are distributed among the four required courses that take place during the regular academic year (fall and spring). Ms. O'Grady, Assistant to the Director of Field Placement, will contact you about registering for field hours after you have registered for each class. If, however, you have three months of teaching experience with ELs (classified as ELs), these field hours are waived. You will need to provide a letter from a school or district administrator confirming this, prior to beginning the program, and the letter needs to be scanned and emailed to ogrady@sxu.edu; please simply attach the file and put "ESL/Bilingual Education Waiver Letter" in the subject line. If you have already provided us with this letter in a previous ESL/Bilingual Education Endorsement course, you do not need to repeat this step. Sample language for this letter can be found here.
For the endorsement classes, this means that the classroom where you are observing must include English Learners.
How do I know if any of the students in the classroom are English Learners?
If there are students who were screened for English language proficiency based on the Home Language Survey, have received instructional support as English Learners, and have not yet met the minimum composite score of 5 on the ACCESS test to exit out of services, then, yes, you may use that classroom setting as one that includes ELs. It's best to ask the cooperating teacher.
What are the required texts?
These can be found at the SXU Bookstore site and by clicking here (updated August 2018). I am transitioning to use free, OER (Open Education Resources) as much as possible rather as the alternative to traditional texts.
How do I register?
N.B., There is a new registration system that can be found when you click Academic Planning in your SXU Student Self-Service menu. More to come.
For this program, you need to enroll yourself into the appropriate class if it has not been done for you. Go to my.sxu.edu, sign in* to Self-Service, click Search and Register for Courses, click Register by the course in which you are enrolling. For graduate students in other cohorts: while you may have been enrolled automatically into courses in other programs, in the ESL/Bilingual ED Endorsements, you will be doing this yourself.
*To sign into Self-Service, you need to be admitted and have received your Self-Service account information including your SXU net id and password. Call the Help Desk: 773-298-3291.
How will I know when classes begin?
Go to Self-Service and search for your class under: Location Online.
Graduate students: Under location, click online. Under department, click EDGTE and Location Online to find your courses on Self-Service
Where are the course materials?
You will find the course materials, including syllabus, assignments, and weekly lessons on Canvas. Sign into Canvas by following these steps:
1) Go to the main page at sxu.instructure.com.
2) Click on the link that says “Forgot Your Password?”
3) Choose either option 1 or option 2 and fill in your information with either your username or SXU email Address.
4) You will then get a message that tells you that an email was sent to your SXU email address.
5) Go to your SXU email account (myMail for students and Exchange for staff/faculty members), open up the email from Rola Othman and click on the link to reset your password.
6) Then login to Canvas with your new password.
Graduate Students: See this video for how to register.
How do I see my progress in the program and what courses I need to take?
Click here for a video.
What if I need to drop a class?
Please click here to see the University policies and procedures for dropping classes.
I don't speak another language. Is this Endorsement for me?
Yes. The courses required for the ESL and Bilingual Education Endorsements are the same. At the end of the coursework, you will be able to apply for the ESL Endorsement.
Click here to see the requirements for the ESL Endorsement and the Bilingual Endorsement.
I am bilingual and will take the Target Language Proficiency Test. What do I do?
If you are proficient in a second language, you may take the appropriate ISBE language proficiency test and apply for the additional Bilingual Education Endorsement. You do not have to have completed the Bilingual Education coursework to take the test; register at any time that is convenient. Scroll down on this page to see the test frameworks.
Click here for more information on the language proficiency test.
Do I need to file my own paperwork for these endorsements?
No. The Office of Teacher Certification will do that for you at graduation/completion.
I've never taken an online class before. Help?
Yes, we provide help. Don't be intimidated--I am here to answer questions and troubleshoot, along with the Help Desk people at SXU; Canvas Support is also available 24/7. We do incorporate a number of web-based tools in the courses, and the skills you gain will help you to become a better teacher for 21st Century learners.
Is there financial aid?
YES!
Apply for TEACH Grants and Minority Teachers of Illinois Scholarships
FAFSA just got easier! Use the new IRS Data Retrieval Tool
Also click here for the SOE's page, Funding Your Education.
Contact:
Office of Financial Aid
Office of Financial Aid
Phone: 773-298-3070
Fax: 773-298-3917
Email: finaid@sxu.edu
Would I be able to continue on to earn a master's degree?
Yes! Taking an additional four courses would lead to completion of the Master's Program in Education-TESOL. The requirements for this degree may be found here.
Will this Endorsement increase my chances of getting a job?
As the number of English Language Learners, or Emergent Bilinguals, continues to rise in the U.S., the need for trained ESL/Bilingual Education also increases. Completing this program also prepares you to find teaching jobs in settings beyond pre-K-12 as well; click here to read more.
Who are the program faculty?
Peter Hilton, Associate Professor
Sebastian Szewcyzk, Senn High School and Adjunct, SXU
Kathleen McInerney, Professor
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