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English Learners Licensesure

Licensure Preparation

A Program Designed with Full-Time Teachers in Mind

As a teacher, you fill many roles in the lives of your students. With an English Learners (EL) licensure addition from Goshen College, you’ll get the tools you need to support English language learners from kindergarten through 12th grade. Our program is designed with the full-time teacher in mind: take one course at a time online and complete the program in just ten months.

In this program, you will gain the skills needed to

Assess second language proficiency levels
Understand the impact of culture on English language learning
Develop lesson plans that meet the needs of ELLs
Implement strategies for teaching reading, writing, listening, speaking, and language acquisition
Understand more about how language develops and functions
Advocate for English Learners

Our curriculum is collaboratively designed and taught by Goshen College education faculty and EL teachers in partner schools. This helps us ensure that we’re integrating the most current research with on-the-ground experiences in schools.

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This convenient program is designed with the full-time teacher in mind:

Classes meet synchronously by Zoom one evening per week.
Current teachers in Indiana can apply for Indiana Teachers of English Learners Licensure (I-TELL) funding for full financial support for tuition, books and material fees to complete licensure coursework. I-TELL will provide the financial support directly to the college, so there is no cost to the teacher to participate. More information here. (Currently a waiting list.)
The affordable tuition cost for non-Indiana teachers: $510 per credit. Some schools use Title II money to cover teachers’ tuition.
Cohorts begin in August each year and finish the following May (10 months).
Fieldwork assignments can be carried out in your existing classroom and school.
Our program addresses all state content standards.

Course of Study

All courses meet online via Zoom and/or asynchronously via our learning management system. Zoom meetings allow you to exchange ideas with colleagues and professors and discuss what you’re learning. Asynchronous assignments allow you to work on course content according to your own schedule.

Fall Semester
Educ 425	4 credits	Methods of Teaching English Language Learners – Tuesdays, 7:00-9:30 p.m.
Spring Semester
Engl 310	3 credits	Intro to Linguistics – Tuesdays 7:00-9:30 p.m.
May Term
Educ 450	2 credits	Professional Capstone – Tuesdays 7:00-9:30 p.m.

HEAR FROM A GRADUATE OF OUR PROGRAM

Karen Yoder, a high school teacher and completer of our English Learner's Licensure program, shares her favorite parts of her Goshen College coursework.

SEE OUR POSITIVE OUTCOMES

We ensure that our program addresses all state standards for EL licensure and prepares teachers for the Praxis exam. View our program outcome data below, including participants’ evaluation of our program and our consistently successful testing data.

Measures of Success

English Learners Faculty