Bilingual Education Extension NYS Teacher Certificate - Advanced Certificate

Admission Requirements

1. Either a master’s degree with an overall GPA of at least 3.5 from an accredited institution acceptable to Hunter College or a bachelor’s degree with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and NYS teacher certification (initial, permanent or professional).

• Early childhood education (birth-grade 2)
• Childhood education (grades 1- 6)
• Common Branches PreK-grade 6
• Middle childhood education (grades 5 - 9)
• Adolescent education (grades 7 - 12)
• Special subjects
• Literacy education
• Students with disabilities in early childhood, childhood, middle childhood, or adolescent education or special education K-12
• Teachers of students who are blind or visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing, or speech and language impaired

2. An on-site writing sample in English and in Spanish, French or Chinese and an interview conducted in English and in Spanish, French or Chinese.

3. Two letters of recommendation, including one from a supervisor.

Bilingual Extension NYS Teacher Certification Course of Study

Total Credits: 13-14 credits

• BILED 70100 - Foundations of Bilingual Education
• BILED 77900 - Multicultural Education
• BILED 77100 - Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

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• BILED 71100 - Bilingual Literacy-Spanish

• OR

• BILED 71200 - Bilingual Literacy-French

• OR

• BILED 71300 - Bilingual Literacy-Chinese

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• BILED 71150 - Fieldwork in Bilingual Literacy

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• BILED 76800 - Instruction through the Native Language-French

• OR

• BILED 76900 - Instruction through the Native Language-Chinese

• OR

• BILED 77800 - Instruction Through the Native Language-Spanish

Exit Standards:

1.  An overall GPA of 3.0
    
2. A grade of at least B in the field experience course
   BILED 71150
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