Hello, everyone. 

I'm pleased to announce that the latest brief from the Center for Adult
English Language Acquisition (CAELA), Adult ESL Teacher Credentialing
and Certification, is now available on the CAELA Web site and can be
downloaded at
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/tchrcred.html

This latest CAELA brief was written by JoAnn Crandall of the University
of Maryland Baltimore County and Genesis Ingersoll and Jacqueline Lopez
of the Center for Applied Linguistics. Ths brief describes efforts to
professionalize the workforce of adult ESL educators, including efforts
to certify and credential these teachers; discusses the qualification
requirements for adult ESL teachers in the 50 states and the District of
Columbia; and recommends steps for states to take to continue to
professionalize the field. 

  
Of special interest and use, I think, is Table 1, which lists the
credentialing and certification requirements by state, from each of the
50 states, as well as the District of Columbia. This information was
gathered through conversations with staff at the state departments of
education.  The table is a hyperlink, on page 5 of the printer-friendly
version, in the section entitled Data Collection.

We hope you find the information helpful. 

Miriam 
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Miriam Burt 
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA) 
Center for Applied Linguistics 
4646 40th Street NW 
Washington, DC 20016 
(202) 362-0700 
(202) 363-7204 (fax) 
mburt at cal.org (email) 
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