This interdisciplinary certificate is designed to prepare educators to serve language-minority students in a variety of contexts, including bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs at K-12, post-secondary, and adult education levels. Students completing the certificate will gain the necessary skills for designing instruction, evaluating and designing materials, and assessing the language development of second language learners across the lifespan.
Students who want to pursue this certificate must receive approval and advisement from the coordinator. Those who want to earn either the ESL or bilingual approval from the Illinois State Board of Education should contact the certificate coordinator for further information.
For more information about the program, see the Graduate Catalog.
The purpose of this interdisciplinary certificate is to prepare educators and librarians to select and use high quality children's and young adult literature across genres and across the curriculum. A student who wishes to pursue this certificate must receive approval and advisement from the coordinator of the certificate program. Students must complete 19 semester hours in approved course work at NIU, including the required four core courses, the 1 semester hour workshop at the annual Children's Literature Conference, and the internship/practicum, with prior approval of the program coordinator.
For more information about the program, see the Graduate Catalog.