ESL
Advising Sheet:
ESL Program Specialist at Bucknell University
Name __________________ Graduation Year ______ First Certification __________________
To obtain ESL Program Specialist certification, students must:
- Complete the required courses listed below, including the field placement requirements in EDUC 375 (60 hours)
- Submit a portfolio documenting the acquisition of required competencies for review by the end of EDUC 375 (to be taken in the spring semester of the senior year)
Having completed the courses and field experiences required for the ESL Program Specialist certification, candidates with existing instructional certificates can apply for additional certification as an ESL Program Specialist K-12. The ESL Program Specialist is an endorsement that can be added to an existing PA teaching certificate. It cannot stand alone. Other states may have additional requirements for ESL certification.
The following courses are required to complete the ESL Program Specialist certification. Course substitutions are rarely made.
| REQUIRED COURSES | Date Completed |
| LING 105 Linguistic Analysis: Sounds and Words (fall) or LING 110 Linguistic Analysis: Sentences and Dialects (spring) | |
| EDUC 275 Linguistic Diversity and Equity in Education (fall) | |
| EDUC 311 Assessment and Differentiation (spring) | |
| EDUC 318 Critical Multiculturalism (fall or spring)orEDUC 227 Immigrant Youth (fall) | |
| EDUC 375 ESL Methods: Instruction and Assessment (spring) includes competency-focused field experience within a classroom setting |
Revised 11/14/2023