COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division of Teacher Education and Licensure
P. O. Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120
ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS
English As a Second Language

1. Graduated from an approved teacher preparation program in English as a second language; or

2. Completed a major in English as a second language or 24 semester hours of course work distributed in the following areas:                                                                 a. Teaching of reading: 3 semester hours;

b. English linguistics (including phonology, morphology, syntax of English): 3 semester hours;

c. Cross-cultural education: 3 semester hours;

d. Modern foreign languages (if an applicant's primary language is other than English, all 6 hours must be in English): 6 semester hours;

e. Electives in second language acquisition, general linguistics, applied linguistics,

psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, ESL assessment, or ESL curriculum development: 6 semester hours; and

f. Methods of teaching English as a second language at the elementary and secondary levels: 3 semester hours.

If the applicant feels that he/she has satisfied any of the indicated deficiencies, please have descriptive statements of the appropriate course work sent to this office. This evaluation is effective for three years. Subsequent evaluations will be subject to the regulations in effect at the time the evaluation is requested.
If the applicant has questions, he/she should contact the employing school division; or, if not employed through a Virginia school, the applicant should write to this office.