Bilingual Education Endorsement
This program has been approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Bilingual Education Endorsement in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In this program, you will develop deep understanding of the unique languages, cultures, and identities of linguistically diverse student populations. The program provides a thorough grounding in research-based best practices for teaching emergent bilingual learners—students learning the language, culture, and content of schools in the United States. You will learn to teach highly engaging lessons through study of culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism and biliteracy, and scaffolding content and language demands of academic tasks and texts. You will explore how listening, speaking, reading, writing, and the arts enable English language learners to access and demonstrate content, language, and literacy knowledge within academic disciplines. You also will learn to work in culturally and linguistically diverse environments in collaboration with multilingual families and school communities to enact a commitment to social justice.
Bilingual Education Endorsement: DESE requires successful completion of 75 hours of field-based experience in a PreK-12 transitional bilingual, two-way immersion, or other bilingual education setting. Additionally, a passing score on a foreign language test acceptable to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the relevant foreign language, as indicated in CMR 7.14(3)(a)1 is required.
Employment Requirements: Please note that a prerequisite license as a Core Academic Teacher is needed for employment as a bilingual educator, per DESE guidance.
Program of Study
| EECLD 6002 | On Languages: What Educators Need to Know about Linguistics | 3 |
| EECLD 6004 | Language Acquisition, Oral Development & Bilingualism | 3 |
| EECLD 6012 | Assessment for Equity & Inclusion of Multilingual Learners | 3 |
| EECLD 6013 | Foundations in Bilingual Education | 3 |
| EECLD 6014 | Teaching Reading and Writing in Two Languages | 3 |