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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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> No On 7/08/08, Job Hunter wrote:
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>>> Ugh! Forgive my typos in my response. I must have brain freeze
>>> due to summer vacation!
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>>> 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
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>> http://www.doe.in.gov/dps/licensing/assignmentcode/pdf/IndianaAssign
>> Code-HighSchool.pdf
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>>>> 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!
>>>>
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>>>> 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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