ISU offers a 20-credit English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement.
Course Catalog | Secondary Education
ESL Endorsement Curriculum
Category | Course | Cr |
Modern Language | Any modern language other than English | 4 |
Cultural Diversity | 3 | |
ESL Foundations, Methods, Theories, Federal and State Law | 7 | |
Linguistics | Choose one: | 3 |
| Choose one: ANTH 4450 Sociolinguistics/ENGL 4488 Sociolinguistics | 3 |
Performance Evidence
The teacher education program must ensure candidates are prepared to meet the Idaho Standards for Initial Certification of Professional School Personnel. Included in these standards are the Idaho Core Teaching Standards which all teachers must meet and specific foundation or enhancement standards specific to the discipline area the candidate is seeking endorsement.
Portfolio Guide
To show evidence of these standards, candidates will upload scored work into their Taskstream portfolio. To facilitate this, cach faculty member is requested to remind teacher education candidates in their course to retain evaluated work and upload it into Taskstream. The following one-page document can be distributed to teacher education candidates as needed.
ESL One-page Portfolio Guide (View)(Download)
Program Standards Alignment
Faculty members from both the English and Teaching and Educational Studies departments worked to identify evidence from the endorsement program to support the standards.
Course Evidence and Standards Alignment Matrix | Indicator Level (Excel)
Assessment Reports (password protected)
Foundation Standards: Idaho Foundation Standards for Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language Teachers Enhancement Standards: Idaho Standards for English as a Second Language Arts Teachers (acc. 2019)
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EDUC 4460 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
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EDUC 4463 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
EDUC 4464 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
ANTH/ENGL 1107 |
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Student Teaching | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
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Knowledge Documentation Collection
The repository for documentation is ISU Box.com. Select the appropriate evidence type below and attach the documents to an email. A new window will open addressed to @box.com in a new window. A confirmation email will be sent to your ISU email account.
Attach syllabi and assignment guidelines via email
Attach advising documentation or other knowledge evidence