{"id":15776,"date":"2018-02-06T14:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texas.teachersoftomorrow.org\/?p=15776"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:35:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:35:36","slug":"bilingual-esl-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/teacher-resources\/teaching-in-texas-blog\/bilingual-esl-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual vs. ESL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bilingual education in the United States dates as far back as the first settlements in North America in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/20140810131928-39092336-a-short-history-of-esl-bilingual-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mid-1600s<\/a> when there was a variety of spoken languages like German, Swedish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch and French. However, the first large-scale government-sanctioned <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.sfasu.edu\/enlace\/modules\/Chronology%20of%20Federal%20Law%20Guiding%20ELL%20Policy%20and%20Practice%20from%20TEA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bilingual program<\/a> wasn\u2019t initiated until 1963 due to a rise in the number of Cuban immigrants in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us\/Docs\/ED\/htm\/ED.29.htm#B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas law<\/a> enacted in 1995 states that \u201cPublic schools are responsible for providing a full opportunity for all students to become competent in speaking, reading, writing, and comprehending the English language. Experience has shown that public school classes in which instruction is given only in English are often inadequate for the education of those students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that there has been a steady increase in English language learners (ELL), which continues to transform the education system nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/coe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15897 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"\/media-tx\/15-ell-tx-2014-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"256\"><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>By the Numbers:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By 2025, nearly 25 percent of students in public schools will be English Language Learners according to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/HE\/ELL_Policy_Brief_Fall_08_(2).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NEA Policy Brief<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Center for Education Statistics<\/a> (NCES) reported that Spanish was the home language of 3.7 million English language learners (ELL) students in 2014\u201315, representing 77.1 percent of all ELL students and 7.6 percent of all public K\u201312 students. Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese were the next most common home languages (spoken by approximately 109,000, 104,000, and 85,300 students, respectively).<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/fastfacts\/display.asp?id=96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCES<\/a> also stated that the percentage of public school students in the United States who were ELLs is steadily increasing.<\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/programs\/coe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas<\/a>, 15.5 percent of public school students were English language learners during the 2014-15 school year.<\/li>\n<li>In 2016, 32 states reported not having enough teachers for ELL Students according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ope\/pol\/tsa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of Education<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ope\/pol\/tsa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15979 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"\/media-tx\/ell-state-shortage-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"432\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Types off ELL Classrooms<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English as a Second Language (ESL): <strong>teach in English<\/strong> to non-native English speakers\/students. In fact, <strong>you don&#8217;t need to speak Spanish or any other foreign language <\/strong>to teach ESL.\u00a0ESL was developed as an alternative to the &#8220;sink or swim&#8221; approach and can include several language groups in the same classroom. Instruction is all about getting kids to function in English as quickly as possible and spend little time on a child\u2019s native language.<\/li>\n<li>Bilingual Program: <strong>teach in two languages<\/strong> as a means of content instruction. Bilingual programs usually focus on Spanish speakers because they\u2019re the largest non-English speaking group in public schools. In a bilingual classroom, the teacher must be bilingual, and the goal is to help students become fluent in two languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Bridging the Gap:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Alternative certification programs (ACPs), like Teachers of Tomorrow, strive to increase the supply of qualified teachers\u2014especially in programs that are in high-demand like ESL and Bilingual. Also, school districts are constantly offering stipends between $3,000 to $6,000 for teachers in critical need areas like ESL and Bilingual.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"958\" height=\"724\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15869 aligncenter\" src=\"\/media-tx\/Alt-Route-Diversity-2015-16.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Interested in becoming a teacher? Below are the exams required for teacher certification in these areas. Teachers of Tomorrow provides training in more than 40 subjects just like these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ESL Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>154 Supplemental Content Test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bilingual Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>164 Bilingual Education Supplemental Content Test<\/li>\n<li>190 Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test (BTLPT-Spanish)\u00a0\u2014 New! We now offer an exclusive BTLPT test prep program so you can breathe a little easier. Speak to your Program Advisor for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to learn more about becoming a teacher? Check out our free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/become-a-teacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Start a Teaching Career Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bilingual education in the United States dates as far back as the first settlements in North America in the mid-1600s when there was a variety of spoken languages like German, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":15982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/media-tx\/iStock_000043972812_XXXsmall.jpg","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-06 00:48:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15776"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363806,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776\/revisions\/363806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teachersoftomorrow.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}