Secondary Bilingual Education Certificate
APPLY NOW ADDITIONAL INFO GRADUATE COLLEGEThe UTRGV certificate in secondary bilingual education provides students with content and pedagogical knowledge needed for working with bilingual learners and teaching in Spanish and English at the middle and high school levels. This certificate is highly appropriate for teachers at the secondary level who work with second language learners or in dual language schools. Others interested in secondary bilingual education may also find this certificate useful. New cohorts are admitted every fall and spring.
Most courses in this certificate program are transferrable to the Bilingual Education M.Ed.
¿Cómo les enseñas a estudiantes bilingües de secundaria y prepa? Este estudio secundario desarrolla en ti habilidades para trabajar con estudiantes de educación bilingüe a nivel secundario. Algunos cursos se enseñan en español o en los dos idiomas.
Muchos cursos de este programa de certificación pueden transferirse a la Maestría en Educación Bilingüe.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to identify, describe, and critique models of bilingual education appropriate to the secondary education setting.
- Students will be able to apply understandings of second language learning and emergent bilingualism to the secondary education setting.
- Students will be able to design effective lessons that integrate language learning with content learning.
Please note: While this program does not lead to teacher certification, course content is aligned to Texas educator bilingual education standards and may help already certified teachers prepare for Bilingual Education Supplemental or ESL Supplemental TExES exams.