Foreign Language Cross-Endorsements

The following are foreign language endorsements:

 

• French, 7-12 (#018)
• German, 7-12 (#019)
• Italian, 7-12 (#020)
• Russian, 7-12 (#022)
• Spanish, 7-12 (#023)
• Other World Language, 7-12 (#024)
• Portuguese, 7-12 (#317)
• Mandarin Chinese, 7-12 (#318)
• Latin, 7-12 (#021)
• World Language Instructor – Elementary (#101)

The requirements outlined on this page are general guidelines. Approval and/or acceptance of specific course work will be determined once an application, fee, and official transcripts have been submitted for review.

Foreign Language, 7-12 (#018, #019, #020, #022, #023, #024, #317, #318)

Effective July 1, 2018, educators who hold a valid initial, provisional, or professional educator certificate with a teaching endorsement may be eligible for an additional endorsement in a world language area by obtaining a passing score on the appropriate American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) tests. Additional course work in the content area is no longer required. Please note: this legislation does not apply to Latin, 7-12 (#021) or World Language Instructor – Elementary (#101).

Latin, 7–12 (#021)

• 24 semester hours of credit in Latin, OR
• 18 semester hours of credit in Latin, if course work was started at the intermediate level, OR
• 12 semester hours of credit in Latin, if course work was started at the advanced level, AND
• 6 semester hours including course work in: methods and materials for teaching foreign language, and language acquisition.

World Language Instructor – Elementary (#101)

• Must hold or meet all requirements for a secondary foreign language certificate;
• Three semester hours of credit in language acquisition in young children; and
• Three semester hours of credit in methods and materials for teaching foreign language at the elementary level.

A list of approved courses for the elementary foreign language cross-endorsement is available.

Please note: Course work for all endorsements must result in the award of college-level credit posted to an official transcript from an accredited college or university.