The online Teaching Emergent Bilingual Populations in Content Areas Graduate Certificate at App State
App State’s Graduate Certificate in Teaching Emergent Bilingual Populations in the Content Areas provides you with strong grounding in culturally sustaining pedagogy and creative methods for engaging multilingual learners in the areas of math, science and multiliteracies.
In North Carolina, about 20% of our K-12 student population grows up in a multilingual home. These students bring rich linguistic and cultural resources to schools, which teachers can learn about and build upon. By participating in this program, you will grow your confidence and ability to create inquiry-based, multimodal learning opportunities in math and science with a specific focus on multilingual immigrant and refugee youth.
Whether you are a preservice or current classroom teacher, curriculum specialist, or ESL teacher, this certificate will help you grow your knowledge and skills to help multilingual learners reach their full potential.
Certificate details
Program information
- Completion time: 12 months
- One class per semester: Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II
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Eligibility and application requirements
Eligibility:
- hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum 2.7 GPA
- Meet Graduate School admission criteria
Application requirements:
- Completed online application to graduate school
- Application fee
- Unofficial transcripts (or evaluated transcripts for degrees and coursework earned outside of the United States) should be uploaded showing any completed degrees and coursework.
Note: Official transcripts will be required prior to enrolling. - Resume
Note: Test scores are not required for this program.