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This online program is designed to meet the needs of practicing teachers who already have initial teacher certification and are seeking ESOL Certification in the state of Missouri. While other states in the U.S. may accept these courses towards ESOL certification, applicants should inquire with their state educational accrediting entity to confirm that TESOL courses from MU will meet their local requirements.
The TESOL courses in this program encompass all educational competencies required by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for Missouri ESOL certification. Check the DESE educator certification web page for details.
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Choose Mizzou and you'll learn alongside the industry’s best. Our faculty have been recognized multiple times by TESOL International, the largest professional organization for teachers of English as a second or foreign language. The ESOL certification preparation program is the recipient of the 2018 UPCEA Central Region Outstanding Noncredit Program Award, as well as the national 2019 UPCEA Outstanding Noncredit Program Award.
Quick facts
Official name
Missouri K-12 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certification PreparationCampus
Program type
Certification preparationAcademic home
College of Education & Human Development | Department of Learning, Teaching and CurriculumDelivery mode
100% onlineCredit hours
21Estimated cost
$11,797.80*This cost is for illustrative purposes only. Your hours and costs will differ, depending on your transfer hours, your course choices and your academic progress. See more about tuition and financial aid.
Career prospects
Program structure
Delivery of this program is 100 percent online: no campus visits are required.
Courses are semester-based. Most students study part time, taking two classes per semester, and complete the course work in just two years, depending on previous course work taken or a DESE transcript review.
Course work includes
- Second Language Acquisition
- Language and Culture for Educators
- Second Language Assessment
- Methods for Teaching English Language Learners
- Developing ESOL Curriculum
- Linguistics for Educators
- ESOL Practicum
Delivery
100% onlineFaculty spotlight
Nikki Ashcraft is an expert in language teaching methodology and adult learning, with extensive international experience in Latin America and the Middle East. Dr. Ashcraft has held numerous leadership positions in the Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) association and TESOL International Association and has served as an English language specialist with the U.S. Department of State on projects in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Russia. She publishes and presents widely on classroom instruction and teacher professional development topics.
Rachel J. Pinnow is interested in the multimodal ways second language learners gain interactional competencies in academic contexts. Dr. Pinnow conducts both national and international research, funded through the National Science Foundation, to foster expert praxis among teachers of English to speakers of other languages and second language acquisition educators.