English as a Second Language • Master of Education • Carthage College

Carthage offers a licensure program for the English as a Second Language Wisconsin educator license. This program can be completed at the graduate level leading to the #1395 English as a Second Language add-on license and your Master of Education degree, or it can be completed as a post-baccalaureate program leading to the license only.

Note: This is an add-on license that must attach to one’s initial or primary license. The primary license dictates which grade levels you are eligible to teach with the #1395 add-on license.

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English as a Second Language Requirements (30 credits)

M.Ed. Core Classes (9 credits)

All M.Ed. candidates are required to take the following:

EDU 5060 Foundations of Education (3 credits)
EDU 5249 Research Paradigms in Educational Research (3 credits)
EDU 5282 Culturally Responsive Instruction (3 credits)
EDU 5990 Master’s Degree Capstone Completion (0 credits)

All students must choose one of the following (3 credits)

EDU 5550 Master’s Degree Capstone Experience (3 credits)
EDU 5950 Master’s Comprehensive Exam (3 credits)

Additional required courses (18 credits) — Courses for the add-on license

EDU 5230 Reading and Research in Multicultural Children’s and Young Adult Literature (3 credits)
EDU 5280 ELL Literacy and Accommodations (3 credits)
EDU 5281 English Language Learner: Methods and Study in Education (3 credits)
EDU 5282 Culturally Responsive Instruction (3 credits)
EDU 5284 Practicum in ESL Classrooms (3 credits)
EDU 5285 Fundamentals of Linguistics for Teachers of Diverse Learners (3 credits)

Additional DPO Licensure requirements

Candidates must successfully complete the Praxis 2 Test: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) or meet Carthage’s waiver criteria of at least a 3.00 average GPA in all ESL licensure courses.