Accelerated Graduate Pathway Leading to M.S. Ed. in TESOL

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Students who are pre-service teachers and earning their initial teaching certification/license in a different academic area as undergraduate students can earn the add-on Maine Department of Education (DOE) ESOL Endorsement by completing the MSEd in TESOL program and submitting their paper work to the Maine DOE.

Program Requirements

Declare the AGP in TESOL when nearing senior/fourth year status (~84 credits).
Apply to the MSED in TESOL program via the standard graduate admission application. (It is strongly recommended that the application be submitted by December 1, but are accepted through January 31 each academic year for matriculation the following fall.)
Take EDU 561 English Linguistics for Educators and EDU 560 Methods and Approaches in TESOL, in that sequence, with grades of B- or higher in each.
Take EDU 558 Curriculum and Assessment for Multilingual Learners, and EDU 559 Methods for Teaching Reading and Writing to Multilingual Learnders and earn a B- or higher in each.

Only the 12 credits of TESOL courses noted above may be completed at the undergraduate level. If grade requirements are not met, students may be required to repeat the course(s).

Remaining Requirements

Remaining required courses at the graduate level (18 credits) as a matriculated graduate student:

EDU 562 Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
EDU 567 Theories of Second Language Acquisition
EDU 600 Research Methods and Techniques
EDU 607 Teacher Research in Literacy and Language Development
EDU 635 Seminar in Second Language Literacy
EDU 623 TESOL Practicum and/or EDU 689 TESOL Thesis