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    Re: ESL Licensing Question
    Posted by Susan on 8/02/08

    On 8/02/08, Constancia wrote:

    Indiana does NOT allow simply taking the Praxis test to teach - you must
    take college courses - get a Bachelors or endorsements and do practicum
    and student teaching - there is NO Alternate course for this in Indiana.
    However I wouldn't be surprised if teachers from other states are allowed
    to come here without taking the coursework that Indiana requires for it's
    own resident teachers.
    > Sorry to disagree, but there IS a need for teachers in Indiana. Check
    > out the DOE website!
    > http://www.doe.state.in.us/peer/positionsbycategory/welcome.html
    >
    > There are some ELL positions open (and this is less than two weeks
    > before school begins, mind you) and scads of Spanish positions (and I
    > didn't even want to *count* the number of math positions open). We just
    > hired an elementary and a high school ELL person.
    >
    > There are alternate paths to licensing available, and all that's
    > required for the license itself is passing the Praxis I and Praxis II
    > in your content area.
    >
    >
    > On 7/08/08, Susan wrote:
    >> No my license is in El Ed. I am actually planning on going
    >> overseas to teach English for a few years - since there are no jobs
    >> in Indiana - teaching or otherwise. I might get an ESL online
    >> while teaching overseas. I may not even return to Indiana since
    >> this state has no jobs and they making teaching licensing way to
    >> difficult and expensive. Not to mention the horrible winter
    >> weather.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> No On 7/08/08, Job Hunter wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>> Ugh! Forgive my typos in my response. I must have brain freeze
    >>> due to summer vacation!
    >>>
    >>> On 7/07/08, Job Hunter wrote:
    >>>> I'm assuming your talking high school? I don't know about the
    >>>> requirement for the teachers to be bilingual, but as far as
    >>>> the assignment code, it is easily explained there. The
    >>>> website is
    >>>>
    >>>
    >> http://www.doe.in.gov/dps/licensing/assignmentcode/pdf/IndianaAssign
    >> Code-HighSchool.pdf
    >>>>
    >>>> If you have a Rules 46-47 license, it says any license is OK,
    >>>> although they recommend and ESL endorsement. However, for
    >>>> Rules 2002, the teacher must have an ESL endorsement now.
    >>>>
    >>>> I hope this helps!
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> On 7/07/08, Susan wrote:
    >>>>> Does Indiana require teachers seeking ESL licensing in
    >>>>> Indiana to be bilingual? (English and another language?
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Do colleges require this in order to enroll in an ESL
    >>>>> teaching license program?

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    Posts on this thread, including this one

  • ESL Licensing Question, 7/07/08, by Susan.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 7/07/08, by Job Hunter.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 7/08/08, by Job Hunter.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 7/08/08, by Susan.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 8/02/08, by Constancia.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 8/02/08, by Susan.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 8/03/08, by Constancia.
  • Re: ESL Licensing Question, 8/03/08, by Susan.

     
     

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