Bilingual Education Information

A Bilingual Education license enables you to foster students’ native language literacy while simultaneously developing their English language skills and academic content. This program will develop your knowledge base in the areas of second language acquisition, effective teaching practices to foster bilingualism and biliteracy, research and theory related to second language learners, program models, the history and politics of Bilingual and ESL education, and the rich cultural and linguistic characteristics second language learners bring to school.

Bilingual-Bicultural Education is a K-12 supplemental license and is not available as a stand-alone license. This may be added on to an existing teaching license or pursued along with an English as a Second Language minor. Proficiency in English and Spanish is a requirement for this license.

The Educator Preparation licensure programs are approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). These programs meet the requirements of Wisconsin’s PI34 rules for Teacher Education Program Approval and Licenses.