Certification Requirements: Secondary World Language (018, 019, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 317, 318)
1) A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.
2) A minimum of 39 semester hours of college credit in general education including:
- A three-credit survey course in United States history
AND - Coursework in at least five of the following six areas
- natural science (biology, chemistry, earth science, physics)
- English
- social studies (psychology, sociology, economics, political science, anthropology)
- fine arts (visual art, music)
- mathematics
- foreign language
3) A subject area major in the world language
OR
A minimum of24 semester hours of credit in the language
4) A minimum of 18 semester hours of college credit in professional education in a planned program of study, including:
- foundations of education (e.g., philosophy of education, school effectiveness, history of education and comparative education)
- educational psychology (e.g., growth and development children from birth through the life span, psychology of learning, child-adolescent psychology)
- curriculum and methods of teaching (e.g., subject area curriculum and methodology and effective teaching skills)
- student teaching (minimum of six credits)
- an approved three-credit course of study in special education including gifted and talented.
5) Passing scores on the ACTFL OPI and WPT tests for the language sought.
NOTE:
- Tests are not required for Latin (021)
- For ASL (024), Praxis ASLPI test is required instead of ACTFL
A printable version of these requirements is also available.