ESL/ENL License : Indiana University Southeast

Program Overview

The 'English as a Second Language/English as a New Language' (ESL/ENL) Program at IU Southeast is offered to interested candidates for a license addition, requiring an initial teaching license. The program combines four online courses offered by IU Bloomington and four onsite courses offered by IU Southeast. The ESL/ENL program currently consists of eight (8) courses for twenty four (24) credit hours. Some coursework may be applicable to the master´s degree at IU Southeast; candidates interested in pursuing the master´s should verify this with the IU Southeast graduate licensing advisor and program coordinator. Only nine hours may be used if application to the Master's Degree Program occurs after admission to the ESL/ENL license program. Candidates may choose to also explore +30 options with their districts and schools.

IU Southeast´s graduate licensing advisor will initiate the licensing procedures and will provide assistance to candidates as well as inter-institutional coordination; IU Bloomington's licensing office will finalize license recommendations at program completion. Course substitutions are approved by the IU Bloomington licensing office; advising takes place at IU Southeast.

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Admission Process

Presently, tuition for online courses is considered "in-state" for all participants. Per Reciprocity Agreement between Indiana and Kentucky, candidates from the Kentucky counties of Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, and Trimble are eligible for "in-state" tuition rates at IU Southeast.
Certification: Indiana (Rule 46-47: K-12; Indiana (Rules 2002): same School Setting(s) as initial license; Kentucky: same as Grade Levels as initial license
Clinical experience may take place locally or through a study abroad option in Ecuador.

For candidates admitted after 7/15/2011, a two-year gap in coursework will require a new application for re-admission into any graduate program, and a mandatory meeting with a program advisor. The re-admitted candidate must then comply with any new program requirements, if any.

Admission Requirements

The ESL/ENL License Program features a rolling application process.

Attend a mandatory program advising session.
Complete online application. A $40 application fee is assessed when applying to program. If a previous application fee was paid the fee should be waived. To determine if fee is to be waived, please contact our Record Specialist.

Mary Ann Wild
Record Specialist
Phone: (812) 941-2388
On the Uploads Tab, upload a brief statement as to your professional motivations for pursuing this license. Also, state 3 goals of pursuing your license in ESL/ENL at the bottom of this statement/documentm and address the SOE dispositions in the statement.
Submit official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work completed at institutions other than an IU school. A 2.5 GPA for all undergraduate coursework, 3.0 GPA for all graduate coursework must be reflected on all transcripts.
Also on the Uploads Tab, upload a copy of current teaching license or state of eligibility. (Emergency license not acceptable.)

Please send all completed materials to:
IU Southeast School of Education
Mary Ann Wild, Record Specialist
Hillside Hall 108A
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, IN 47150

This program was conceived as a means to develop a network among higher education, school districts, local schools, and educators with the goal of increasing the success of English Language Learners (ELLs). Its major strategy is capacity building for the development of best practices in the area of English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a New Language (ENL).

View an NCB video about our New Neighbors program.

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