About the program
Serve your students, their families, and communities by understanding how to effectively engage with English learners in humanizing and holistic ways. Tailored for your busy schedule, afternoon and evening courses are offered all four academic terms. Completing the ESOL endorsement prepares you to serve in roles such as ESOL Teachers, ESOL Specialists, and other education professionals, paraprofessionals, and consultants in the field.
You will be guided through the following six areas that are built upon the standards established by the professional organization TESOL (Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages):
- Know your learners by tactfully probing, learning about, and building upon your students’ family-provided and perhaps also previous-schooling-provided memories and experiences
- Create conditions for language learning
- Design high-quality lessons for language development
- Adapt lesson delivery as needed
- Monitor and assess student language development
- Engage and collaborate within a community of practice (TESOL, 2018)
Drawing from the most current research in the field, gain insights into the historical and legal foundations that underpin and inform our work with English learners.
Our graduates
Our graduates serve the community in a range of capacities, including ESOL teachers, ESOL specialists, school administrators, school district leaders, consultants in the field, and in a variety of other roles at the school, district, state, and national levels.
Why PSU?
With our strong focus on social justice, specifically related to working with English learners and their families, PSU’s ESOL endorsement provides a solid foundation to help all students learn in today’s diverse classrooms.