MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CATEGORY II:           Content Area Teachers

REQUIREMENT:         60 ESOL points

TIMELINE:                 Experienced Teachers: One year

Beginning Teachers:  Two years

Current Methods for Meeting the ESOL Training Requirement

Method #1

COLLEGE COURSEWORK

Category II personnel may fulfill his/her ESOL training requirement by taking one (1) College Course approved by the Florida Department of Education which include:

• Cross-cultural Communication and Understanding
• Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
• ESOL Curriculum and Materials Development
• Testing and Evaluation of ESOL
• Applied Linguistics

Method #2

ONLINE INSERVICE COURSEWORK

Category II personnel may fulfill his/her ESOL training requirements by taking one (1) ESOL Online Moodle Course offered by the Marion County Public Schools which include:

• ESOL Essentials for Content Teachers
• ESOL Cross-Cultural Communication and Understanding
• ESOL Methods of Teaching
• ESOL Curriculum and Materials Development
• ESOL Testing and Evaluation
• ESOL Applied Linguistics

Method #3

PRE-SERVICE REQUIREMENT COMPLETION

Category II personnel may fulfill his/her ESOL training requirements by having completed a Florida Department of Education-approved education program in ESOL at the college or university level. This would make the teacher ENDORSED in ESOL and this endorsement does not have to be renewed each validity period, as this endorsement is added to an existing certification area.

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