ACE Certificate in K-12 ESL Student Integration
The ACE Certificate in K-12 ESL Student Integration is designed for teachers of grades K-12 who have ESL students in their classes. The course provides ideas, strategies and tools for the successful integration of your ESL students into both your classroom and your school.
Why Choose the ACE Certificate in K-12 ESL Student Integration?
- Complete 20 hours of practical, hands-on learning.
- Learn ideas, strategies and tools with which to successfully integrate ESL students.
- Discuss the key issues and challenges of a multi-lingual and multi-cultural classroom.
K-12 ESL Student Integration Course Content
The ACE Certificate in K-12 ESL Student Integration covers the following topics:
- The connections among education, culture and language
- English language proficiency diagnosis and level placement
- English language teaching methodologies
- Ongoing assessment
- How to find and evaluate resources
- School and community integration strategies and techniques
Course Assessments
Students will complete a Task Journal for each of the nine course modules and submit them on an ongoing basis to their instructor for feedback and assessment. The instructor will assess the students’ understanding of each module based on the correctness and completeness of their responses in the Task Journals.
Tasks include answering discussion and short answer questions, offering personal responses, reflecting on past experiences, evaluating resources and evaluating current classroom and school practices and strategies.
The Task Journals comprise 90% of the final grade. Students will also complete an evaluated Personal Action Plan in which they will select three priority applications of what they have learned in the course to their professional context.
The Personal Action Plan comprises 10% of the final grade.
Courses are offered three times per year:
- September 15 to March 15
- January 15 to July 15
- May 15 to November 15
*Note: Each session is 6 months in duration. It is possible to begin mid-session, provided the course is completed prior to session end date.
| Program | Duration | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| ACE TESOL Diploma Ontario | 3 x 3-month sessions (flexible) | $2,800 |
| ACE TESOL Certificate program | 11 weeks | $1995 |
| ACE Certificate in Teaching Culture | 6 months | $540 |
| ACE Certificate in K-12 ESL Student Integration | 6 months | $595 |
| ACE Certificate in Teaching English for Academic Purposes | 6 months | $650 |
| ACE Certificate in Teaching Standardized Test Preparation | 6 months | $650 |
| ACE Certificate in Teaching Occupation Specific Language | 6 months | $650 |
| ACE Certificate in Language Program Management | 6 months | $1275 |
| ACE Certificate in Teaching Occupation Specific Language | 6 months | $650 |
| ACE Certificate in Online Language Teaching | 6 months | $650 |
| ACE Certificate in Advanced Grammar for English Teachers | 6 months | $650 |
EXTRAS FOR ALL TESOL AND POST-TESOL COURSES
One time Registration fee: $150
Material fee: $90
Students are responsible for arranging their own medical insurance before traveling to Canada. Alternatively, LLI can arrange insurance via Guard.me if required.
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