Educator Certification, Recertification and Preparation

Requirements for Bilingual Approval

Persons seeking this approval must have a total of 18 semester hours of coursework required below and meet the other requirements:

• A valid professional Illinois teacher certificate.
• Bilingual clinical experience totaling 100 clock hours or three months teaching experience in bilingual programs.
• Successful completion of a language examination in the non-English language to be taught.
• Credits totaling 18 semester hours distributed among the following course areas:
  1. Foundations of Bilingual Education
  2. Assessment of Bilingual Students
  3. Methods and Materials for Teaching Limited-English-Proficient Students in Bilingual Programs
  4. Cross-Cultural Studies for Teaching Limited-English-Proficient Students
  5. Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language.

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