Received: from cal.org (cal.org [204.240.146.10]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.6.8/940311.01ccg) with SMTP id MAA04252 for <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>; Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:53:36 -0400 Received: from CAL-Message_Server by cal.org with Novell_GroupWise; Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:57:09 -0400 Message-Id: <s21b07a4.001@cal.org> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 12:55:19 -0400 From: Fran Keenan <fran@cal.org> To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Subject: ESL certification -Reply Status: RO X-Status: Last week I posted a message about ESL certification. (I'd like to keep this strand going, if possible, though I know a lot of subscribers are taking well deserved vacations.) The people who responded to my posting said that there indeed was little in the way of certification training for adult ESL in the US. (Only two people responded so the jury may still be out on this.) I still don't know if any states require adult ESL certification for teachers. K-12 ESL certification requirements and adult ed certification requirements vary state by state. Where do adult ESL educators fit in this picture? Would required adult ESL certification or other credentials benefit practitoners? Would it give more legitimacy (read job security, a living wage, benefits) to the profession or would it exclude dedicated and otherwise qualified teachers? Fran Keenan, Assistant Director, NCLE National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education Center for Applied Linguistics 1118 22nd Street NW Washington, DC 20037 fran@cal.org 202-429-9292, ext. 243 (phone) 202-659-5641 (fax) ********************************************************* The Center for Applied Linguistics can be visited on the World Wide Web at http://www.cal.org *********************************************************
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