Coursework
- Culture (i.e. history of the Southwest, lit of the Southwest, education across cultures, cultural anthropology)**
- Parent/community involvement
- Instructional methodology of English Language Development (ELD)***
- Up to 12 hours of any foreign language other than English***
- Instructional methodology of bilingual education
Initial license candidates (pre-service) educators need 24-36 semester hours to receive the TESOL endorsement. Educators with a current NM teaching license will only need 12 semester hours.
Secondary Educators
Secondary educators (6-12) providing most language arts instruction in a language other than English need a bilingual endorsement and a Modern, Classical and Native Languages (MCNL) endorsement. Content teachers (science, social studies, mathematics, fine arts, etc.) need a content-area endorsement and bilingual endorsement.
*** courses align with some of the MCNL requirements
Assessment
Bilingual endorsement candidates must pass either La Prueba or a Native Amerian Language competency assessment.
