DUAL LANGUAGE EDUCATION

The ESOL Graduate Certificate and Dual Language Graduate Certificate programs start in summer term or fall term. Applications are now closed for the 2024-2025 academic year. Applications for summer 2024 start will be open in March 2024.

 

Overview

The Dual Language Education Program at Oregon State University is designed to assist preservice and licensed teachers in developing knowledge, skills and abilities in dual language instruction in order for them to effectively help K-12 students, who are learning in bilingual or dual language classrooms, improve their bilingual, biliterate, and multicultural competencies. 

  • Successful completion of the Dual Language Education program at the College of Education allows licensed teachers to add a Dual Language Specialization to their license.

Dual language is a form of bilingual education. The goal of dual language programs is for K-12 students to become academically proficient in two languages. Dual language programs are also referred to as dual immersion or two-way immersion programs because classrooms are generally comprised of approximately half native English speakers and half native speakers of the other target language.

Our program was approved by Oregon’s Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) on January 18, 2018. To begin, we are offering Ecampus online-only courses, focused primarily on the professional development needs of licensed educators who are already teaching in a K-12 Spanish-English dual language program or hope to do so.

For many years, we have offered a strand of our ESOL Endorsement Program fully-online and specifically geared to the needs of practicing teachers in Oregon. The Dual Language Education Program builds on this experience, the resources of OSU’s award-winning Ecampus, and strong partnerships with districts throughout the state.

Who is eligible to take Dual Language Education courses? 

  • Currently licensed teachers can take our online coursework in the Dual Language Education through our Ecampus online platform 

  • Currently licensed teachers working in a dual language school can complete ED 510: Dual Language Internship/Practicum in their current classrooms without having to take a leave

  • To add the Dual Language Specialization to your current Oregon teaching license, you must receive a passing score on the Official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Assessment for Dual Language Specialization. TSPC has set the passing score at Advanced-Mid or higher in the language the applicant is seeking to add to the license. 

  • ESOL/DL Scholarship for teachers 

    • Earn a scholarship and become an expert in ESOL and/or Dual Language teaching. Make a positive difference in the lives of English learners and bilingual students. Apply by April 3, 2024.

    • How to apply and details: education.oregonstate.edu/teams

Students in the MAT-Clinically Based Elementary and MS in Education programs will need to take the ESOL Endorsement coursework (18 credits) and Dual Language Education coursework (additional 3 credits) and will receive the Dual Language Education and ESOL Endorsement simultaneously 

To add the ESOL Endorsement and Dual Language Education to your initial teaching license, you must successfully pass the English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) National Evaluation Series test and the Official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Assessment for Dual Language Education. TSPC has set the passing ACTFL score at Advanced-Mid or higher in the language the applicant is seeking to add to the license. 

Students in the Education Double Degree program will need to take the ESOL Endorsement coursework (18 credits) and Dual Language Education coursework (additional 3 credits) and will receive the Dual Language Specialization and ESOL Endorsement simultaneously 

To add the ESOL Endorsement and Dual Language Specialization to your initial teaching license, you must successfully pass the English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) National Evaluation Series test and the Official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Assessment for Dual Language Specialization. TSPC has set the passing ACTFL score at Advanced-Mid or higher in the language the applicant is seeking to add to the license. 

OSU-Cascades MAT students are eligible to take the Dual Language coursework if they are also receiving the ESOL Endorsement and are in good academic standing in the Cascades MAT program.

To add the Dual Language Education to your current Oregon teaching license, you must receive a passing score on the Official ACTFL Oral Proficiency Assessment for Dual Language Specialization. TSPC has set the passing score at Advanced-Mid or higher in the language the applicant is seeking to add to the license.  

ESOL/Dual Language Endorsement Lead
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