Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation 6 courses 120 total credits
The Bachelor of Arts in Education program in elementary multilingual education prepares you to become an educator for linguistically and culturally diverse learners in grades K-8. You can specialize in several areas, including transborder and cultural studies, Indigenous education and Spanish. Course topics include language diversity, dialectal variation, funds of knowledge (i.e., collections of knowledge-based cultural practices), and practices that value cultural and community engagement. You learn processes for identifying English language learners as well as how to develop and support the needs of students with individual language learning plans. You also receive preparation in teaching elementary content areas, including math, language arts, social studies and science, with a specific focus on meeting the academic and linguistic needs of English language learners. Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation has developed a team-based approach to teacher preparation, allowing you to participate in professional experiences (internships and student teaching) with a team of peers while receiving guidance and support from ASU faculty members and highly qualified certified teachers. Team-based professional experiences are designed to prepare you to work with mutually supportive colleagues to address the academic and social-emotional needs of learners. Clinically embedded courses and professional experiences provide you with multiple opportunities to apply to practice in the classroom the knowledge gained in coursework. You complete a series of internships before a semester-long, full-time student teaching experience with the support of a certified mentor teacher and ASU faculty. Upon graduation, you are eligible to earn an institutional recommendation from ASU for Arizona teacher certification in Elementary Education, K-8, as well as an endorsement in either bilingual education or English as a second language from the Arizona Department of Education. To teach in an Arizona public school, you must pass the appropriate Arizona educator exams: National Evaluation Series or Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments. In addition, you must complete six credit hours of a foreign language or equivalent and pass an appropriate language proficiency test outlined by the Arizona Department of Education to be eligible for the bilingual education or English as a second language endorsement. Format optionUpper-division courses in this program are also offered via ASU Sync. ASU Sync enables you to attend live classes remotely via Zoom. Classes are designed to foster active collaboration and discussion in real time with faculty and peers. As a ASU Sync student, you must reside in Arizona throughout the duration of the program. If you have F-1 or J-1 immigration status, you should speak with an advisor about other options to complete this program. Students with F-1 or J-1 immigration status are not permitted to complete courses via Sync. If you are seeking to use GI Bill® benefits for ASU Sync programs, you should contact the Pat Tillman Veterans Center regarding certain limitations. GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
| Total Credits | 120 credits |
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