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ESOL - Category 1
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Primary English/Language Arts/Reading Teachers
Any teacher who teaches one or more ESOL students their "primary English/Language Arts or Reading" class is a CATEGORY I teacher. CATEGORY I requires the addition of either the ESOL Endorsement or the ESOL Subject Area Coverage to your valid certificate by one of the methods below:
State ESOL Endorsement - Requirements - Certification in another subject appropriate to the teaching assignment
- 15 semester hours, 300 inservice points, or a combination of both in ESOL with a credit in:
- Methods of teaching English to speakers of other languages
- ESOL curriculum and materials development
- Cross-cultural communication and understanding
- Testing and evaluation of ESOL
- Applied linguistics
TIMELINE FOR COMPLETING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS CATEGORY I TEACHERS
Begins the day and month you are assigned an ESOL student. Should your teaching assignment change, you must continue to complete requirements per the timeline below. Failure to do so will result in your non-renewal.- First two school years› 3 semester hours or 60 inservice points
- Year 3 › 6 semester hours or 120 inservice points
- Year 4 › 9 semester hours or 180 inservice points
- Year 5 › 12 semester hours or 240 inservice points
- Year 6 › 15 semester hours or 300 inservice points
Deadline to have training completed for each school year is by the end of AprilIf you elect to complete ESOL Category 1 training requirements as district in-service, it is imperative that you register as soon as possible for the course(s) as courses fill up quickly. Register for courses through Learning Across Broward (LAB). NOTE: If the course you attempt to register for is full, please email BVU@browardschools.com to request to be placed on a waiting list.NOTE: If you feel you completed college courses that are applicable toward your ESOL training requirement, please submit a Request for College Course Evaluation with a scanned copy of your transcripts reflecting the courses in question and a course description from the university for each of the courses in question. Please submit as an email attachment to: certificationrequests@browardschools.com with the subject line "Review of Courses for ESOL".ESOL Subject Area Coverage K-12 - Requirements Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in TESOL
Passing score on the ESOL Subject Area examPassing Score on the ESOL Subject Area Exam* Must obtain 120 inservice points or 6 semester hours of equivalent courses within three (3) years from the date of receipt of the ESOL certificatePLEASE NOTE: YOU SAVE NO MONEY BY WAITING TO ADD THE ENDORSEMENT, OR THE SUBJCT COVERAGE AREA, AT RENEWAL TIME. Adding something to one's certificate and renewing one's certificate are two separate issues. Each requires a different application and a separate $75 fee.