ESL/Bilingual Supplemental Certification

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Candidates wishing to add the ESL or Bilingual Supplemental Certification may apply for “overlap” status when they have completed 95 hours and take the following courses:

For Bilingual Supplemental Certification

SPA 475 - Advanced Independent Studies Credit(s): 1-3 and pass the BTLPT
ELE 578 (linguistics)
ELE 505 *
ELE 506 *
ELE 507 *
TExES #190

For ESL Supplemental Certification

ELE 515 - Language Acquisition for ESL/Bilingual
ELE 505 *
ELE 506 *
ELE 507 *
TExES #154

Note:

*These courses must be taken in sequence.

The bilingual and ESL supplemental certificates must be added to a valid Texas certificate based on a bachelor’s degree and will match the grade level of the base certificate.